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Surprise find :)
Well !
Mentioned in a previous post that I've decided to return to the same spots to see if anything new had popped up, but what I had in mind were the seasonal wild flower blooms, or various birds coming and going.
Called in here both Sat. and Sunday, a spot I always thought was a bit of a boring, quiet little bend of the road, where the land past the farm fence drops down into a creek gully and not much ever seems to happen.
One park bench shaded by tall old gums, looking out across the cow paddocks, only the occasional car passing by, just seemed like a good place for meditation more than anything else, somewhere to let the Girlz out for a little stretch and sniff about when I didn't feel like going very far.
On Sat., spotted a pair of King parrots but failed dismally at a crisp 'capture'.. too many branches in the way, and never settled long enough for me.( One reason why we came back the next day, just in case I'd get a second chance.. )
Then a pair of lorikeets stayed and played for ages.
Managed my first decent pics of these gorgeous birds, but have just sorted the best ones out and thought I'd be posting one today …
From the previous post, Pips has her attention on something down at the water's edge.
Only just recently let them wander down there for a quick look then call them back after a minute, as it's Spring which means the deadly brown snakes are coming out of hibernation, very active and aggressive, on the move looking for mates.
Went to the fence to call her and spotted a blue wren down there. Got one snap before it flew off. Called Pips back up and she was so reluctant, not her obedient-eager-to-please self at all.
Gave me such a look that called me a real 'party-pooper'..
Still, she was quite captivated by whatever was down there and stayed at the fence line, transfixed.
After a minute, both Girlz erupted and charged barking down the creek gully right to the water's edge.
Remembered that Miss Woolly had been poking her nose around there the day before.
Meet our Aussie 'Eastern Water Dragon'.
Scientific Name: Intellagama lesueurii, formerly Physignathus lesueurii
Had forgotten about these guys, it's breeding season for them too, and there were so many of them, each defending their little patch of territory, bobbing their heads up 'n down at each other.
Bigger than the chinese ones, as far as I know. We had all sizes yesterday. This is just a little fella :) There were bigger and uglier ones too. They're for later.
What fun, but don't worry, there was plenty of distance between us.
There's an old bush saying, that if you have the lizards, you won't get the snakes..
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Surprise find :)
Well !
Mentioned in a previous post that I've decided to return to the same spots to see if anything new had popped up, but what I had in mind were the seasonal wild flower blooms, or various birds coming and going.
Called in here both Sat. and Sunday, a spot I always thought was a bit of a boring, quiet little bend of the road, where the land past the farm fence drops down into a creek gully and not much ever seems to happen.
One park bench shaded by tall old gums, looking out across the cow paddocks, only the occasional car passing by, just seemed like a good place for meditation more than anything else, somewhere to let the Girlz out for a little stretch and sniff about when I didn't feel like going very far.
On Sat., spotted a pair of King parrots but failed dismally at a crisp 'capture'.. too many branches in the way, and never settled long enough for me.( One reason why we came back the next day, just in case I'd get a second chance.. )
Then a pair of lorikeets stayed and played for ages.
Managed my first decent pics of these gorgeous birds, but have just sorted the best ones out and thought I'd be posting one today …
From the previous post, Pips has her attention on something down at the water's edge.
Only just recently let them wander down there for a quick look then call them back after a minute, as it's Spring which means the deadly brown snakes are coming out of hibernation, very active and aggressive, on the move looking for mates.
Went to the fence to call her and spotted a blue wren down there. Got one snap before it flew off. Called Pips back up and she was so reluctant, not her obedient-eager-to-please self at all.
Gave me such a look that called me a real 'party-pooper'..
Still, she was quite captivated by whatever was down there and stayed at the fence line, transfixed.
After a minute, both Girlz erupted and charged barking down the creek gully right to the water's edge.
Remembered that Miss Woolly had been poking her nose around there the day before.
Meet our Aussie 'Eastern Water Dragon'.
Scientific Name: Intellagama lesueurii, formerly Physignathus lesueurii
Had forgotten about these guys, it's breeding season for them too, and there were so many of them, each defending their little patch of territory, bobbing their heads up 'n down at each other.
Bigger than the chinese ones, as far as I know. We had all sizes yesterday. This is just a little fella :) There were bigger and uglier ones too. They're for later.
What fun, but don't worry, there was plenty of distance between us.
There's an old bush saying, that if you have the lizards, you won't get the snakes..
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