Wildlife Visitors in February

These are the wildlife visitors and residents I’ve managed to snap this month. As usual I’m frustrated by “the ones that got away”. Maybe next time!

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Furry

Hot weather brought out this possum in daylight.

This Koala seemed unhappy in the heat.

Feathered

Crested Pigeon

Currawong

Eastern Spinebill

Young Tawny Frogmouth

Grey Flycatcher

Unknown

Grey Shrike-thrush

Magpie sentries

Feral Pigeon

Rainbow Lorikeet

Red Wattlebird enjoying the sprinkler

Adelaide Rosella

Scarlet Rosella

Sneaky little Silvereye

Flighty

Bee in Cucumber flower

Blue-banded Bee in Hollyhock flower

Cabbage White butterfly on Lantana

Citrus Swallowtail

European Wasp

Fly

Fly

Grasshopper

Hoverfly

A couple of Lesser Wanderers

Locust

Meadow Argus Butterfly

Moth

Mud Dauber Wasp collecting mud

Planthopper

Southern Grass Dart

Southern Old-Lady Moth

Wasp

Wasp

Wasp drinking

Tiny wasp looking for a nest site

Scaly

Barking Gecko

Skink

Creepy, Crawly, Slimy or Scary

Boxer Bark-mantis

Freaky caterpillar

Beetle

Earwig guarding eggs

Frog on a window

Jumping Spider

Monarch chrysalis

Scorpion

Slater

Monarch caterpillar

Water Boatman dining

City Dweller

I was cutting out some Ivy today at an Adelaide city townhouse less than 100 metres from what will be a racetrack on the weekend. I was startled when something flew out of the Ivy and past my face but I’ve a feeling that will be minor compared with the Owl’s experience when the Clipsal 500 V8 Supercars start roaring along East Terrace in 4 days time.

Macro Moments: Week 32

My submission for the Macro Moments Challenge this week is a photo of a Slater or Woodlouse shedding its old skin.

 

WPC: A Good Match

Maybe not quite what was intended for this week’s theme but I think the moth’s colouring is definitely a good match for the tree bark.

Macro Moments: Week 31

This week’s theme is, “baby animal” and I’ve had to revert to my archives because we’re past the season for babies now. This photo is of a chick we watched hatch in an incubator.

It was taken with my Canon 350D.

Macro Moments: Week 30

I was hoping to get up close to a little Silvereye for this week’s challenge of “bird” but they wouldn’t cooperate so it’s a Tawny Frogmouth instead.

WPC: Shadow

Just a shadow of the real thing.

Macro Moments: Week 29

A twig with lichen, fungi and a Portuguese millipede.

After 0ver 150000 shots my Panasonic Lumiz TZ60 has finally become so uncooperative I’ve had to replace it with a TZ80. Looks like the new lens won’t disappoint me.

WPC: Solitude

A perfect place to enjoy solitude.

 

My Top 10, 2017

There are so many wonderful sculptures on display this year at the Brighton Jetty Classic Sculptures. I’ve chosen the ten that appeal to me most, some because they’re fun, others beautiful but so many just blow me away with the skill of the artists.

Going Nowhere by Mac Gray

detail from Going Nowhere by Mac Gray

Oi You! by Tony Howard

Sealion Bird Bath by Silvio Apponyi

The Solitary Tachyglossidae by Greg Hann

Yakka by Robert Garrett

Seed by Brett Quilliam

Mack, the Brighton Sea Serpent by Linda Baker and Bruce Long

Close up of Mack by Linda Baker and Bruce Long

Joey by Joel Zimmerman

Composition with Yachts by Tim Shaw

Concrete figure