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Large rainforest pigeon, often found foraging on the ground on stocky pink legs. From behind it presents as a steel-gray bird with uniformly gray wings, back and tail. From the front it shows a white belly, and striking white “V” on the chest. Often heard in the distance, with a loud hooting call repeated roughly twice every second. (eBird)
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These pigeons were part of the welcoming committee, along with the various parrots and bowerbirds.
O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat, Queensland, Australia. October 2022.
Eagle-Eye Tours - Eastern Australia.
Wonga Wonga Vine (Pandorea pandorana)
I noticed today that our Wonga Wonga Vine has lots of buds showing.
Taken at Saltwater N.P. Wallabie, NSW
The Wonga Pigeon, or Wonga Wonga, is a large, plump, forest ground-dwelling pigeon with a small head, short, broad wings and a long tail. It is mainly grey above, with a pale face, a distinctive white V on the breast and white lower parts which are boldly marked with black-brown crescents and wedges.
A shy bird, except in areas where it has become used to humans, it will take off with explosive wing-claps if disturbed.
The Wonga Pigeon is found along the east coast of Australia, from south-eastern Queensland to Gippsland, Victoria.
The Wonga Pigeon is found in dense coastal forests, rainforests and scrubs. It is often seen in clearings near forests.
The Wonga Pigeon feeds on seeds of native and introduced plants as well as fallen fruit and the occasional insect. It forages exclusively on the ground.
Populations of Wonga Pigeons have suffered from land-clearing, fox predation and, during the 1940s, from shooting to protect crops or for the table, although numbers in many areas have now recovered. Wonga Pigeons feeds on seeds of native and introduced plants as well as fallen fruit.
Photographed Maleny, Queensland, Australia.
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Wonga Wonga Vine (Pandorea pandorana)
For my 100 Flowers Project - 2021
Our Wonga Wonga Vine is flowering so Spring must be coming.
Réalisé le 03 novembre 2011 au Lamington NP, dans la région de Brisbane, Australie.
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Taken on November, 3rd / 2011 at the Lamington National Park, Brisbane's area, Australia.
Wonga pigeon Inhabits areas in eastern Australia with its range being from Central Queensland to Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia
Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia
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Sony A7R : 135mm Kyoei Optical "Acall" f/3.5
I'll try for another image of this when the blooms are more fully opened, but I rather like the waxy buds shown here.
This small waterfall is at the base of Macquarie Pass which is about 16km inland from Shellharbour, New South Wales and it ceases to flow when conditions are dry.
It is next to the Cascade Falls - maybe 40 metres over my right shoulder as I captured this photo.
This small waterfall was far more photogenic than the Cascade Falls which is open to the sky and was in full sunlight at the time.
The luscious green surroundings are comprised of warm temperate and subtropical rainforest including tall eucalypt, large native strangler figs, lily pilleys, lianas, ferns, and wonga vines.
In this photo a profusion of wonga vines can be seen hanging down from the dense overhead canopy.
Moss is almost on everything and did I mention how green this area is.
I probably disturbed this Kookaburra's nap, but he/she was tolerant of me approaching closer for a snap.
native creeper Wonga Wonga vine. this creeper in the wild scrambles over everything and produces masses of gorgeous pale pink flowers in summer. I posted another photo last April.
Wonga Wonga Vine (Pandorea pandorana)
For my 100 Flowers Project - 2022
The Wonga Wonga Vine is flowering.
Take a walk amongst subtropical rainforest and 600-year-old trees along the Wonga walk in Dorrigo National Park, home to the Tristania and Crystal Falls.
Wonga Beach, a popular and remote seaside destination close to Daintree in Queensland, Australia.
It has a beautiful, lush back drop of huge Calophyllum trees interspersed with Coconut palms. In 1770 Captain Cook named the northern bay’s continental Island Snapper Island and the near-by coral cay Low Isles.
Looking south from Wonga Beach you can see Island Point which shelters the harbour entrance of Port Douglas. The rainforest clad mountain range to the north is called Alexandra Range after a Danish princess who married the Prince of Wales. The rainforest clad mountain range behind Wonga Beach is called Dagma Range after Alexandra’s younger sister.
The Daintree River, Wonga Beach and the beach end of Alexandra Range form a natural funnel when the prevailing south-east trade winds are considered and explain why there are no sandflies at Wonga Beach and there are so many different species of mangroves in the Daintree.
There are three maintained graves along the beach. One belongs to a maritime hero Charlie Lifu and includes an inscription of his feats. It is near the Close that bears his name.
Behind the coastal vegetation is an extraordinary array of architecture. From the quaint owner-built holiday and fishing shacks of the 1930s to the newer multimillion dollar homes.
In 1985 a large volcanic eruption beneath the Coral Sea released thousands of Pumice stones to the ocean surface which were then blown along north Queensland's shore by the trade winds.
Birdwatchers visit Wonga Beach to see three uncommon bird species: Gould's bronze cuckoo, double-eyed fig-parrot and the beach stone-curlew. The last species is easily confused with the ubiquitous bush stone-curlew noted for its wailing calls at night.
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The rains of last week washed out the road to this spot, so this vine will be left in peace for quite a while. I hope it's even more tangled when we next get to see it.
Alice tells me it's a Wonga vine.
Pentax-A series 35-105
Ever since I was a child, tug boats have fascinated me, so Tug Boats on Sydney Harbour was an inevitable theme. I took this shot of Wonga heading into Darling Harbour, Sydney in November 2006. Built in 1984 by Tamar Steel Boats, Launceston, Australia, the Wonga is now in Port Adelaide, South Australia.
Wonga Wonga Vine (Pandorea pandorana)
For my 100 Flowers Project - 2025
Our Wonga Vine is flowering.
Perhaps missing some of the subtlety & mystery of the actual dance, but I thought the look was priceless. 2nd visit for this normally shy and flighty native.
Takumar 200/3.5 (with double glass door filter)
Leucosarcia melanoleuca
O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia
Pandorea pandorana native Australian creeper/vine, this one, seen growing wild in bushland... it climbs over everything nearby and has massive clusters of beautiful flowers in summer.
Wonga Wonga Vine (Pandorea pandorana)
For my 100 Flowers Project - 2023
The first flowers are open on our Wonga Wonga Vine.
Curling up a tree and flowering profusely is tis lovely Wonga Wonga Vine (Pandorea pandorana). The flowers on the right are from the canopy of the vine on the left
Wonga Pigeons are known their "woop, woop, woop, woop, woop..." call, which can go for hours, almost without a break. In older times it was known for being good eating, and is one of the only (perhaps the only) pigeon with white meat.
The Wonga Pigeon is almost always seen on the ground and it is very shy, (perhaps not surprisingly after being seen as game), they are heard much more than they are seen - sometimes producing explosive wing claps when disturbed. They tend to occur on the ground forraging and are located in rainforests, wet eucalypt forests, coastal forests, picnic areas, walking tracks, carparks and gardens.
I've stalked these shy birds for years without success. Today this one was parading up and down the railing, 2m from where I was sitting, seemingly taunting me. Only problem was the double glazed glass door between us, but I'm happy enough to have at last gotten something resembling a shot.
www.birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/wonga-pigeon
Takumar 200/3.5