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Daryl

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Kookaburra on the clothes line

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Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

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I think this joey is getting too big to stay in the pouch...

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Rainbow Lorikeets getting into the Schefflera flowers

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As was this Noisy Miner

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Brushtail Possum getting a bit cheeky...

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Kind of cute, compared to our toothy opossums. Great shot!

Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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A Grey Heron stork bird, what is this ? anyway, it called in this morning, we've had good rains and I've been away, the grass has grown in patches quite strongly.

Just confirmed that this is a native bird to the area, it is a white faced heron, Egretta novaehollandiae.

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Happy Gardening

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Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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Wal, looks similar to our Great Blue herons that I even see in Virginia, but without the white face. Thanks to all for the great photos. I enjoy every one!

Cindy Adair

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Sulphur crested white cockatoos arrived this morning.

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Happy Gardening

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Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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I love this thread. So cool to see garden visitors from all over the world.

Cincinnati, Ohio USA & Mindo, Ecuador

 

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Great photos Daryl and Wal what an awesome wild life you have. Thanks for taking the time to share with us :greenthumb:

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Kookaburra on the clothes line

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OK, you win the photography contest, hands down.

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Thanks for the comment Keith...I just try to put up good photos, but no photo contest... :)

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Here's a couple more visitors

This bird (Noisy Pitta) flew into the window and stunned itself pretty well. To the point that I could pick it up and place it in a box without it even flapping...after an hour or so it was well enough to fly off again.

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Another visitor today...this Carpet Snake cruised straight past the missus and I and then climbed up my Capentarias and into the roof, I'm presuming for his winter snooze. He was a decent size ...about 3m (10ft) long and about 100mm (4") thick in the middle.

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Daryl

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Whenever I see a new post from Daryl in this thread, have to take a look. Never disappointed! Love your crisp, clear nature photos, thanks!

Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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Thanks Kim!

Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

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Here's a couple more visitors

This bird (Noisy Pitta) flew into the window and stunned itself pretty well. To the point that I could pick it up and place it in a box without it even flapping...after an hour or so it was well enough to fly off again.

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Another visitor today...this Carpet Snake cruised straight past the missus and I and then climbed up my Capentarias and into the roof, I'm presuming for his winter snooze. He was a decent size ...about 3m (10ft) long and about 100mm (4") thick in the middle.

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Daryl

Hi Daryl, what species palm appears in the last photo in post #136 with the snake? And does anyone have an ID on the snake, this photo is going in Palmpedia, thanks, Ed

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Ed, the snake is a Carpet Snake, or Carpet Python (Morelia spilota)...the large trunk in the photo belongs to Carpentaria acuminata and the thinner trunks are Ptychosperma macarthurii

Here's a better shot...

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Daryl

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Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

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Ed, the snake is a Carpet Snake, or Carpet Python (Morelia spilota)...the large trunk in the photo belongs to Carpentaria acuminata and the thinner trunks are Ptychosperma macarthurii

Here's a better shot...

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Daryl

Gee, thanks Daryl, we're getting all new software on Palmpedia, gonna be a couple more days probably until Dean gets it configured, but it should be "state of the art" keep an eye out, Ed

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A little Yellow Robin doing a bit of fence sitting..

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A few recent bird photos...

Yellow Robins are always around this time of the year

Photos taken from my secret bird spotting enclosure (living room)

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Scarlet Honeyeater

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A couple of others

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Beautiful native bird shots Daryl.

Heres some native Pacific black ducks on the dam spillway enjoying grains and an Eastern longneck turtle sunbaking on the spillway.

Pete :)

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Superb Fairy Wren

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Had these little Red Browed Finches hanging about yesterday

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Little frog...

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Pete, do you get many of those Rough Scaled snakes at home?

Here's a few Lorikeet photos from this morning...munching on the fruits of my Glochidium sumatranum in the rain...both Scaly Breasted and Rainbow Loris were having a treat!

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Pete, do you get many of those Rough Scaled snakes at home?

Here's a few Lorikeet photos from this morning...munching on the fruits of my Glochidium sumatranum in the rain...both Scaly Breasted and Rainbow Loris were having a treat!

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Yes Daryl, they are common along our small streams and near the edge of the dams as this is their "favoured" place to hang out, they move on when approached like all snakes , except the Brown , but in saying that, when Demi was just 15 yo she was struck twice by a very small rough scale and her hand where she was injected went red and hot "straight away".. Anyway, we rushed her to hospital and Demi was given the "wrong" anti venom ( for a Brown not a Tiger) and we really thought we where going to loose her, her whole body went purple and she puffed up massively over her "entire body". Very, very scary for any parent.

I could "go on" but so, so thankful our darling daughter Demi is alive and well.

Pete :)

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Pete. I have read that they pack a punch...you were all very fortunate from the sound of things. No snakebite can be taken lightly. That would have been a very stressful time for you all....glad it all worked out OK.

Daryl

Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough!

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Love to see the bird life in Australia. Especially love the lorikeets.

El Oasis - beach garden, distinct wet/dry season ,year round 20-38c

Las Heliconias - jungle garden ,800m elevation,150+ inches rainfall, year round 15-28c

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A mere eastern gray squirrel (native here, pest in many places) lunching in a Carpentaria.

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Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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Good to see some more contributions here! Please keep them coming...

Here's a couple more from my garden...

We have a lot of Water Dragons here due to the creek

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Kookaburra enjoying the shade of a Poinciana tree

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Blue Faced Honeyeater sitting in Dypsis canaliculata and eating all of the spiders...

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Here's old mate again...smile for the camera!

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