Today I Saw a Native Animal

[Nightjar]

Honeyeaters nest in shrubs around our home every year, this nest is under the patio safe from the crows.
The two eggs took nearly two weeks to hatch.
The two chicks now are covered in fluff will get a photo tomorrow.

 

[Nightjar]

It is now full on "Meals on Wings," the chicks are growing at a rapid rate.

 

[Nightjar]

A few years back I made up a sign for a bit of a laugh to warn visitors we have Honeyeaters crisscrossing under out patio every 10 minutes to feed their chicks.

 

[Solid Luck]

Don't have a clue what these are. Glad I didn't accidentally step on them.

 

[grubstake]

Looks like processionary caterpillars, to me. They often march along in single file, nose to tail and if they're on a branch above you and you disturb them, they drop acidic ooze that burns your eyes. Unfriendly little beasties.

 

[Pro-oz]

Don't have a clue what these are. Glad I didn't accidentally step on them.

Is there a gum tree near by? As kids down in Cooma NSW we used to see them in the gum trees. Still don't know what they are!

 

[grubstake]

https://www.australiangeographic.co...llars-are-even-more-dangerous-than-they-look/

 

[user 14190]

I have always known them as Spitfires, saw a lot of them when in the Goulburn area

 

[user 14190]

 

[leannemfarrell]

Don't have a clue what these are. Glad I didn't accidentally step on them.

We used to call them spitfires in tassie when i was growing up too, yes in gum trees

 

[Gassman]

yep ...spitfires we call em.... dont touch them....make you itch,,,,they are a big grub which form into a wasp @ a quarter of the size they were.....
....if you see a big line of them...like a hundred or so....yep seen it....on concrete....push the lead one slowly onto the tail of the last one .....
....lol....they will do circles following each other.... lol.... BUT ...dont be cruel ...after your amusement push one to the side n off they go.....
....I have seen a green saw fly once...iridescent.... stunning....

 

[Hawkear]

Had these in our garden at Drouin and killed one and nearly killed some of the young trees we planted. I learned from experience how foul smelling they can be. Part of ecology I suppose but not my favourite part.

 

[Gassman]

 

[Jaros]

Great camouflage hey?

 

[Gassman]

stunning little things.....but I have cheated...this is 3 yrs ago.....
heading towards the olgas...for the 2nd time I was there
...first time i was wondering bout all the funny dark things on the road....
2nd trip I decided to stop n have a look....a heap of em on the road....??? so I moved 6 or so off to the left of the road....
....nope....they all wanted to go to the right...so picked em up n put em over there,,,,LOL....
bucket list thing for me....wanted to see one since i was 15....im now on the wrong side of 60....

 

[David-Karratha]

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I believe the local kids in Exmouth were putting “double-gee” (aka “3 corner jacks”) prickles into matchboxes on some cotton wool, and selling them at $25 each, as “Thorny Devil eggs”, to some of the Yanks stationed nearby. They were being picked up by the customs & border protection folk.

Enterprising little buggers Over here…

 

[user 12139]

each year Thrush's nest in my shed. Well, I walked in the shed one day to find a bloody brown snake making a hasty exit with one of the chicks in its gob.

 

[Dave's Office]

The parents have left them to fend for themselves now and they're certainly big enough to do that.

 

[Dihusky]

Found him looking out of the Dining Room window in one of the pickers cottages, quite happy to be picked up, no alarm just totally chilled in my hands.

 

[spud1970]

I thought I would start a thread where we can show pics of native animals that we might see when out in the field, detecting, panning, fossicking etc. Occasionally I come across something that stops me in my tracks, and I have to put the detector down and get my old flip phone out and take a photo if I'm quick enough.

I'll start with this lizard that I saw today in Kingower Vic. Not sure if it's a Shingle Back, Maybe Nightjar will know. Anyway, he wasn't in any hurry to be anywhere and was happy to oblige while I hunted around in my back pocket for my phone.

I didn't find any gold, but this little guy put a smile on my face

Its the best camping prospecting and wild life love it