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Friday, 17 July 2015

Duck-billed Platypus


Ornithorhynchus anatinus
The duck-billed platypus is a semiaquatic egg-laying (monotreme) mammal with a tail like a beaver and feet like an otto.  It is endemic to eastern Australia.
Millaa Millaa, Queensland
July 2015

Brolga

Taylors Beach, Queensland
July 2015

Lesser Crested Tern

Taylors Beach, Queensland
July 2015

Saturday, 4 July 2015

Pacific Baza

Also known as the Crested Hawk

Yungaburra, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland
July 2015

Rock Wallaby

Atherton, Queensland
June 2015

 The arrow points to a Rock Wallaby across the Mandu Mandu Gorge, Exmouth, WA (spotted by Gillian)

Hard to see as the wallaby blends in with the rocks
Exmouth, WA
June 2016


Brown Cuckoo-Dove

Lake Eacham, Queensland
July 2015

Tooth-billed Bowerbird

Townsville, Queensland
June 2015

Friday, 3 July 2015

Amethystine Python

Pythonidae / Morelia amethistina
Estimated length: 4.5m to 5m
Australia's largest snake species
Lake Eacham, Queensland
July 2015
Also known as the "Scrub Python"
Photos taken on three consecutive days
This photo taken by Gillian on her mobile phone


White-gaped Honeyeater

Townsville, Queensland
June 2015

White-cheeked Honeyeater

Atherton, Queensland
June 2015

Bridled Honeyeater

Atherton, Queensland
June 2015

Millaa Millaa, Qld
July 2015

Helmeted Guinea Fowl

Introduced species from Africa
Lake Eacham, Queensland
July 2015