Australian Bird Index
This page provides a quick access to Australian bird species posted on the site. Parrots Australian Ringneck Parrot, Crimson Rosella, Eastern Rosella, Musk Lorikeet,...
Lake Esmond, Victoria: List of Birds
Last update to list November 2021. You can see posts of critters from Lake Esmond here. Lake Esmond is like an extended front yard...
Dad and the Kids, Cullulleraine, Victoria
We drove up to Lock 9 on the Murray River on the weekend. On the way back, this family group of emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae)...
Apostlebird, Paringa, South Australia
We came across a small family group of apostlebirds (Struthidea cinerea) on Lock 5 Road, Paringa, South Australia, on the weekend. These are the...
Australasian Nankeen Night-Heron, Bendigo, Victoria
Came across this juvenile Australasian Nankeen Night-Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus ssp. australasiae) back in April 2021 at Lake Weeroona Park in Bendigo. It was being...
Australian Fur Seals, Bruny Island, Tasmania
Australian Fur Seals, also known as the Longnose Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) have a couple of colonies at Friar Rocks, at the southern end...
Mourning Dove, Tucson, Arizona
With the Tucson Show about to kick off, I thought I’d share a critter photo that I took over there in 2012. Mourning Dove...
Ibis, Bendigo, Victoria
A small group of Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca), congregating on Bendigo Creek, Bendigo, Victoria. Photographed November 2021. Click on the image below to...
Common Brown, Redbank, Victoria
Another butterfly today. This Common Brown Butterfly (Heteronympha merope) was photographed in December at Redbank, Victoria. Click on the image below to view on...
Australian Painted Lady, Gong Gong, Ballarat, Victoria
Lots of these Australian Painted Lady Butterflies (Vanessa kershawi) around at the Gong Gong Reservoir back in September 2021. Click on the image below...
Mangy Fox near Gordon, Victoria
We decided to visit the Moorabool Reservoir today (we hadn’t been there before) and I missed a turnoff and ended up going down an...
An Australian Peliguin!
Reporters quite often get things right, but not always. This Australian Broadcasting Commission (the ABC, or Auntie as it is affectionately known) got the...
A Woolly Verandah!
Saw this old abandoned cottage today at Springbank, near Ballarat, Victoria. Abandoned except for a small flock of sheep!
Stick Insect, Lake Esmond, Canadian, Victoria
An uncommon visitor, a stick insect, species not known. Likely a female (no wings). Hanging on to one of our upstairs windows. About 16cm...
Damselfly, Lake Esmond, Canadian, Victoria
A lovely little damselfly, one of two I encountered while out weeding the front garden yesterday. This one is a Common Bluetail (Ischnura heterosticta)....
Indian Bean Tree, Castlemaine, Victoria
A plant critter today. The impressive Indian Bean Tree (Catalpa bignonioides) at the Castlemaine Botanical Gardens, Castlemaine, Victoria, is also known as the Southern...
Australian White Ibis, Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, Victoria
There is a small colony of Australian White Ibises (Threskiornis moluccus) on a small island in Lake Wendouree. Happy with this shot of one...
Blue Ringtail Damselfly, Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, Victoria
A beautiful sunny Summer’s day today with the temperature in the mid twenties. I took the opportunity to take some photos around Lake Wendouree...
Emu, Tower Hill, Warrnambool, Victoria
We hoped to see koalas when we visited Tower Hill, near Warrnambool, Victoria back in April 2021, but this emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) was a...
Koala, Tower Hill, Warrnambool, Victoria
A sleeping koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) in a tree at Tower Hill, near Warrnambool, Victoria. Tower Hill is an interesting volcanic complex and reserve. Photo...
Pelican, Warrnambool, Victoria
A lone Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus), photo taken January 2020, at Warrnambool, Victoria. Click on the image below to view on iNaturalist.org.
Bennett’s Wallaby, Margate, Tasmania
A small mob of Bennett’s Wallabies (Notamacropus rufogriseus rufogriseus), smaller than the ones known as Red-necked Wallabies on mainland Australia, in Margate, Tasmania. Photo...
White-Winged Chough, Moonambel, Victoria
A White-Winged Chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos) in flight at Moonambel, near Avoca, Victoria. It has, I think, a yellow grub in its mouth. Photo taken...
Noisy Miners, Echuca, Victoria
Judging by their behaviour, I am pretty sure one of these two Noisy Miners (Manorina melanocephala) is a a young one. Photo taken in...
Magenta Stork’s-Bill, Redbank, Victoria
Today, another plant critter, although this one has a bird-like name 😁 Found quite a few specimens of this pretty native, the Magenta Stork’s-Bill...
White-Winged Chough, Bridgewater, Victoria
A family of eight White-Winged Choughs (Corcorax melanorhamphos) near the Loddon River, Bridgewater on Loddon, Victoria. Photo taken November 2021. Click on the image...
Grey Butcherbird, Bendigo, Victoria
Butcherbirds, such as this Grey Butcherbird (Cracticus torquatus) are aggressive predators, feeding on small birds, lizards and insects. They have a very distinctive call,...
Pacific Gull, Kingston Beach, Tasmania
Trying hard to hide, but maybe a bit too buoyant, this Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus) was photographed at Kingston Beach in July 2010. Click...
Devil in the Hen House
This Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) managed to break into our Chooks house. Fortunately, I got down there and let them out and they spent...
Gila Woodpecker, Tucson, Arizona
Leaving Australia for this one. A pair of Gila Woodpeckers (Melanerpes uropygialis) at the old Inn Suites, Tucson, Arizona, United States. Click on the...
Galahs, Mannum, South Australia
A pair of very noisy Galahs (Eolophus roseicapilla) in the eucalypts along the Murray River at Mannum, South Australia. Photo taken in May 2019....
Spotted Marsh Frog, Parwan, Victoria
Yesterday, a Striped Marsh Frog, today, a Spotted Marsh Frog (Limnodynastes tasmaniensis). Found down in the entrance to Parwan lava cave. Photo taken in...
Striped Marsh Frog, Lake Esmond, Canadian, Victoria
You generally only hear, not see, the various frogs around Lake Esmond. This Striped Marsh Frog (Limnodynastes peronii) was photographed in July 2015. Click...
Echidna, Windermere, Victoria
A Short-Beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) seen today near Lake Burrumbeet, Windermere, Victoria. Click on the image below to view on iNaturalist.org.
Brushtail Possum, Allens Rivulet, Tasmania
A common occurrence when we lived in Allens Rivulet, Brushtail Possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) climbing our walls, drainpipes or anything else, and then running back...
Southern Sentinel Crab, Port Cygnet, Tasmania
Wander down to Port Cygnet at low tide and you will very likely see quite a few of these Southern Sentinel Crabs (Tasmanoplax latifrons)....
Cattle Egrets with, er, Cattle!
Interesting that the Cattle Egret’s Latin name is Bubulcus ibis! But egrets are not ibises. This photo of Cattle Egrets with their arch-nemesis, cattle,...
Platypus, Allens Rivulet, Tasmania
When we lived in Allens Rivulet, we used to go down the back to Allens Rivulet itself and sit on rock ledges (Permian mudstone)...
Brown Thornbill, Camperdown, Victoria
Another cute little bird photographed at the Camperdown Botanical Gardens in October 2021, a Brown Thornbill (Acanthiza pusilla). We sometimes see these at Lake...