Flora, fauna and other animals people see whilst out driving.

**Cuppa** · 11th December 2019, 10:58 PM

Watched this this afternoon. Green Tree Snake eats White Lipped Green Tree Frog.

**Cuppa** · 10th January 2020, 12:06 PM

Although the monsoon trough is yet to reach us we think the wet season has begun. Since 1st January we have had 428.9mm or rain (as of this morning 10/1/20), including one overnight dump of 146.5 mm on the 5th & 151.5mm on the 8th.

The ground is just starting to soften up & these weird rainforest fungi have started popping up everywhere.

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**Cuppa** · 10th February 2020, 08:35 AM

Marbled Frog in car headlights (+torch). It's defensive strategy was to 'freeze'. After taking the photo we picked it up to take it off the road & it remained rigid until released into the shadow of a bush.

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**Cuppa** · 10th February 2020, 08:54 AM

White Lipped Green Tree Frog calling - at the Portland Roads rubbish tip last night.

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**mudnut** · 14th February 2020, 09:19 AM

This tiny thing came for a very quick visit, yesterday. I've had a go at identifying it but have had no success. Probably a very common bird or an immature one.

It has a grey back and a very short, dark tail, and stands 4-5cm tall. I would appreciate it if anyone could post its species name.

**Cuppa** · 14th February 2020, 03:22 PM

To me it looks like & reads like a fairy wren of some sort, maybe a young one. However fairy wrens have a fairly long tail, maybe young ones don't? It's body shape & stance look fairy wren'ish. Colours are hard to tell as it the pink/purple artifacts look like something that editing has thrown up?

**mudnut** · 14th February 2020, 05:28 PM

That is what I thought too, but all the pics I have seen, show the young ones with a solid colour to their faces. I must add that it flew very fast and direct, not wobbly like a youngster.

**Cuppa** · 14th February 2020, 06:57 PM

This mornings 'captures'.
I think I have finally realised that photographing birds, for me is like hunting. Getting a good shot of a species for the first time involves many of the skills of hunting, but nothing dies.

Olive backed Sunbird

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Red Browed Finches.

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MB · 14th February 2020, 07:13 PM

Truly beautiful natives very well captured Cuppa Mate!
Fair Dinkum hunters do honestly shed a tear for their humane kills, heart strings do need to be pulled for the greater good of such amazing pictures to please keep sharing good man!!

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**PeeBee** · 14th February 2020, 08:15 PM

This bloody thing scared the daylights out of me last night as I left the mess, was prowling around in the herb gardenlizard2.JPG

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