Daryl Posted October 9, 2010 Report Share Posted October 9, 2010 We get a fair amount of wildlife in the garden here, including Wallabies And Kangaroos, plus many other native animals, birds and reptiles. This little Wallaby was happily munching on the Singapore Daisy this afternoon. Even though wet from the rain, his fur is much darker than that of the usual wallabies we get around here. Daryl 4 1 Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dypsisdean Posted October 9, 2010 Report Share Posted October 9, 2010 We get a fair amount of wildlife in the garden here, including Wallabies And Kangaroos, plus many other native animals, birds and reptiles. This little Wallaby was happily munching on the Singapore Daisy this afternoon. Even though wet from the rain, his fur is much darker than that of the usual wallabies we get around here. Daryl Are they related to Walaroo? Kona, on The Big Island Hawaii - Land of Volcanoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted October 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2010 Believe it or not Dean, Wallaroos are very similar, but closer to a Kangaroo in appearance. They are not usually so 'coastal' but could possibly inhabit the area. This is just the common local Wallaby, but with a bit more 'colour'. I am suspecting it is one that has been visiting my garden since very small, the rusty belly being very distinctive when he was still just 'out of the pouch'. This little guy/girl is about 1 metre tall as sitting. Daryl Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulgila Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 no,he means "Wal"-aroo.get it? the "prince of snarkness." still "warning-free." san diego,california,left coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted October 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 Could be! At least he's not called 'Wombat' That is a frequently used term in these parts... Daryl Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulgila Posted October 12, 2010 Report Share Posted October 12, 2010 then it would be "Wal-bat." the "prince of snarkness." still "warning-free." san diego,california,left coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted May 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2011 Here's a couple of bird photos from the garden... Willy Wagtail Rainbow Lorikeet perched up at about 100ft PeeWee Kookaburra Aussie Magpie 3 1 Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted May 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 There seem to be a lot of Black and White birds here lately... Wagtail... Pied Butcher bird eating the cat's breakfast Pale Headed Rosella 3 1 Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted May 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 A few more birds from today... Spangled Drongo Silvereye Golden Whistler Pied butcher Bird 3 4 Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff in St Pete Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 Nice Daryl. I love to see wildlife in the garden! Formerly Jeff in Costa Rica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 Excellent photos, Daryl. Birds can be so difficult to photograph, always moving and often backlit or obscured by foliage. Quite a varied group of visitors. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazondk Posted June 1, 2011 Report Share Posted June 1, 2011 Great pictures Daryl. Don Kittelson LIFE ON THE RIO NEGRO 03° 06' 07'' South 60° 01' 30'' West Altitude 92 Meters / 308 feet above sea level 1,500 kms / 932 miles to the mouth of the Amazon River Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil - A Cidade da Floresta Where the world´s largest Tropical Rainforest embraces the Greatest Rivers in the World. . Click here to visit Amazonas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter John Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 Great shots Daz, more would be good. I was down Stanthorpe last week, saw heaps of black cockatoos, crimson rosellas and a couple of wedge tails, love the aussie bird life we have. 1 Happy GardeningCheers, WalQueensland, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntheastpalms Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 Looking good Daryl, I love birds in the garden I did'nt realise that the Pale headed rosella's came that close to the coast. I would love to have them in my garden. I get the Eastern rosella here all the time, the pair even raised 4 young last spring, I occasionally get crimson rosella in winter here as well. Matt Northern New South Wales Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted July 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 Here's a few more from the garden... Fig Bird Scrub Turkey Female Spangled Drongo Rainbow Lorikeet at Newcal's place Quack 1 2 Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted July 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2011 Striated Pardalote...this little fella was hard to catch...a bundle of nervous energy... Daryl 1 Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted August 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Here's a couple of larger animals this morning... Daryl 1 Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edric Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Cool shots Daryl, Ed MOSQUITO LAGOON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevetoad Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 You live in a zoo or what? I get excited when I get a fox in my back yard and you have Roos bouncing around. I'm jealous. 1 "it's not dead it's sleeping" Santee ca, zone10a/9b 18 miles from the ocean avg. winter 68/40.avg summer 88/64.records 113/25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted September 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2011 Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree... Brown Pidgeon? 1 1 Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted September 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 A couple of non-birds... Water Dragon hiding on a tree trunk ] 1 1 Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted September 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 A Dwarf Tree Frog 1 Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-Vero Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 This being North America, the yard gets eastern gray squirrels (the ones that overran England), marsh rabbits, black racer snakes, legless glass lizards, opossums, moles (they seem to like the bromeliad bed), Cuban tree frogs, Carolina and Cuban anole lizards, and the usual birds--cardinals, blue jays, fish crows, with occasional white ibis. The plastic flamingos don't count. The big iguanas plaguing south Florida haven't reached here yet. Wallabies would be neat. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted September 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 Dave, are the White Ibis a pest there? The ones here go through the garbage and are dirty scavengers. They smell pretty bad too! Daryl Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiearoids Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 This Goanna lived in the nursery at Mission BEACH , I have seen one in my back yard. 1 1 Michael in palm paradise, Tully, wet tropics in Australia, over 4 meters of rain every year. Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmmermaid Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 Daryl, The white ibis aren't pests as far as I am concerned. They fly around in small flocks and eat bugs in the grass. We are starting to get more glossy ibis here in Palm Beach County - a little south of Dave. I think the ibis are adapting to the ever-changing landscape we have created. Palmmermaid Kitty Philips West Palm Beach, FL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted October 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 Daryl, The white ibis aren't pests as far as I am concerned. They fly around in small flocks and eat bugs in the grass. We are starting to get more glossy ibis here in Palm Beach County - a little south of Dave. I think the ibis are adapting to the ever-changing landscape we have created. Hi Kitty, I'm thinking our White Ibis is a different species to your White Ibis... the old 'common name' issue! Here is a little birdy that was perched high up in my Blue Quandong yesterday...a Black Faced Monarch... Speaking of birds, I heard this interesting bird on my recent rainforest walk with Charles from Portugal... I never saw it, but it had an interesting call. Here is a poor quality video...you may have to turn up the sound. Daryl 1 Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry@TreeZoo Posted October 3, 2011 Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 Daryl, When I was Down Under, I noticed your Ibis were white with black heads. They were very aggressive, sort of like our seagulls at the beach, but I guess yours go inland too. Our Ibis are brown as juveniles then turn all white. They are not aggressive at all and like Kitty says, they flock in small numbers eating bugs and grubs from your lawn. One time, while giving a tour in the Arboretum, I came upon a flock of Ibis poking their long beaks into the grass, looking for something to eat. One Ibis was separated from the others and one of the tourists commented that the flock must have ostracized him. I wisely explained that ostriches are a completely different type of bird. So many species, so little time. Coconut Creek, Florida Zone 10b (Zone 11 except for once evey 10 or 20 years) Last Freeze: 2011,50 Miles North of Fairchilds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted October 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2011 But, did he have his head in the sand??? Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted October 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Birds love power lines! 1 Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro 65 Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Daryl, your recorded bird call is the Green Catbird 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted October 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2011 Thanks Pete, I thought it might have been one...it certainly sounded like a cat! Daryl Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahili Posted October 28, 2011 Report Share Posted October 28, 2011 Daryl, I just played your video of the catbird and the dogs came running! The volume wasn't even turned up that high, and they were even a few rooms away . Maybe because they had never heard one before.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazondk Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 We have some sort of interesting wildlife around here. This guy was in town, but not at my place. 1 Don Kittelson LIFE ON THE RIO NEGRO 03° 06' 07'' South 60° 01' 30'' West Altitude 92 Meters / 308 feet above sea level 1,500 kms / 932 miles to the mouth of the Amazon River Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil - A Cidade da Floresta Where the world´s largest Tropical Rainforest embraces the Greatest Rivers in the World. . Click here to visit Amazonas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter John Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 Daryl, When I was Down Under, I noticed your Ibis were white with black heads. They were very aggressive, sort of like our seagulls at the beach, but I guess yours go inland too. Our Ibis are brown as juveniles then turn all white. They are not aggressive at all and like Kitty says, they flock in small numbers eating bugs and grubs from your lawn. One time, while giving a tour in the Arboretum, I came upon a flock of Ibis poking their long beaks into the grass, looking for something to eat. One Ibis was separated from the others and one of the tourists commented that the flock must have ostracized him. I wisely explained that ostriches are a completely different type of bird. Hi Jerry, here's a link to this aussie white ibis to clarify. I actually thought it was a species that flew in from Asia in the 70s/80s or hitched a ride with some boaties because I never saw or heard of them till I was about 30 years old. Apparently it's native though and edged eastward to the populated coastal areas of Australia due to long extended inland droughts. Australian White Ibis Happy GardeningCheers, WalQueensland, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry@TreeZoo Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 This morning, on the pool deck, I found evidence of a night time visitor. It was a little gruesome so I did not take a picture of it. All sorts of frogs and toads swim in my pool and last night we had several inches of rain so it was like frog heaven in my back yard. One of the visitors was the Cane Toad, Buffo marinus. Most know that this toad has poison glands on the back of its head/neck, and most animals avoid it for this reason. This morning I found a cane toad, minus all its four legs lying on its back in a tiny pool of blood. Apparently, whatever predator did it has leaned to eat all the legs but leave the body alone. 1 So many species, so little time. Coconut Creek, Florida Zone 10b (Zone 11 except for once evey 10 or 20 years) Last Freeze: 2011,50 Miles North of Fairchilds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry@TreeZoo Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 In Florida, our Ibis look like this with white heads and orange beaks and legs. So many species, so little time. Coconut Creek, Florida Zone 10b (Zone 11 except for once evey 10 or 20 years) Last Freeze: 2011,50 Miles North of Fairchilds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter John Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 This morning, on the pool deck, I found evidence of a night time visitor. It was a little gruesome so I did not take a picture of it. All sorts of frogs and toads swim in my pool and last night we had several inches of rain so it was like frog heaven in my back yard. One of the visitors was the Cane Toad, Buffo marinus. Most know that this toad has poison glands on the back of its head/neck, and most animals avoid it for this reason. This morning I found a cane toad, minus all its four legs lying on its back in a tiny pool of blood. Apparently, whatever predator did it has leaned to eat all the legs but leave the body alone. Interesting. I wish I had that predator here (within reason), the toads are becoming plentiful again, annoying buggers. , one of the worst introduced animals here for sure. Happy GardeningCheers, WalQueensland, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl Posted October 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 The native crows in these parts have figured out how to eat Cane Toads. I find a lot of them in my yard , dead on their backs with their guts eaten out. The word has got out how to handle them! The only good thing is that they keep the deadly snake population low. Daryl 1 Gold Coast, Queensland Latitude 28S. Mild, Humid Subtropical climate. Rainfall - not consistent enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazondk Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 That is interesting about cane toad predators. Although the toads are native here I do not see many of them. I suppose that there are natural predators that keep their populations down here. Since the rains have now kicked in the frogs have started to sing again. dk Don Kittelson LIFE ON THE RIO NEGRO 03° 06' 07'' South 60° 01' 30'' West Altitude 92 Meters / 308 feet above sea level 1,500 kms / 932 miles to the mouth of the Amazon River Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil - A Cidade da Floresta Where the world´s largest Tropical Rainforest embraces the Greatest Rivers in the World. . Click here to visit Amazonas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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