Native Animals /Birds/Reptiles in you backyard

[Tyreless]

A blurry photo of a yellow-tailed black cockatoo being swooped by a noisy miner. We had a squadron of 12 fly by, with 3 of them making return visits (which the noisy miners objected to - they are extremely territorial).

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[Franco]

The very common wattle bird :

this tree is just a few meters from the back door and at the moment it gets several of those birds for a few hours a day yet it has been harder than I thought to get a decent shot.
Finally I took that one this morning. Not that good but better than my other attempts.
This is the same tree that usually has wrens and finches flying about.

[north-north-west]

My butcherbirds are back!!!! First time I've seen them for months.

[Franco]

this morning :

one of a pair. The other one is just off to the top left in the non cropped image.

[Franco]

This is Ripper.
I know her mother, she has grown up here, as well as her grandmother.
So Ripper is somewhat special to me.
ripper because of the way it runs around like a total lunatic.

[Franco]

Outside my kitchen window .

the other day I found Edna again. (after seeing her many holes...)

[cajun]

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Can anybody ID this handsome specimen? It's abdomen is about the size of a 50c piece.
Thanks
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[MickyB]

Can anybody ID this handsome specimen? It's abdomen is about the size of a 50c piece.
Thanks

Looks like an orb spider - perhaps a Garden orbweaver. Not 100% sure though.

[cajun]

Thanks Micky. It seems to be a great season for arachnids at our place. I have never seen so many, and so many different species.

I haven't been able to track down the exact orb weaver, the Aust Museum tells me that there are 100 species.

[taswegian]

These little fellas insist on taking shortcut through house.
Eventually flew off.

Silvereye (Tasmania)

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[neilmny]

You ought to enter that in the photo comp. A very unusual view of a wee bird indeed.

[corvus]

What is the Bird Please?

[taswegian]

Thanks Neilmny.
Hadn't thought about that.

Corvus it's a Silvereye

[highercountry]

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[corvus]

Should have picked it from the eyes ,don't get too many round here in Devonport.

[phan_TOM]

Spotted by the front door a few days ago.

I've seen many of the empty shells over the years but never witnessed the actual event before.

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[ofuros]

Nice capture phan_Tom.

[cajun]

Fantastic timing and a great shot!

[taswegian]

Thanks phan_Tom, agree with others.
I've often looked at the empty case and boggled at how it could happen.

[corvus]

Nice one.

[taswegian]

I was somewhat stunned today to see 20 Swallows lined up on the power lines to the pump house.
There could have been more about, but I counted 20.
No camera though.

I would never have thought that possible to see so many flocked together.

[Neo]

Last week and a ~year ago, counted 30+ black cockatoos passing over. Like a dozen, then ten, then another eight etc headed inland. This is at Port Mac at my mums place a km or so off the beach. A few of them often stop and like chewing the old Coast Banksias next to her house and from there can see some tall Blackbutt that they sometimes roost in

[Franco]

I missed a great photo the other night when a flock of cockatoos flew overhead in a formation that looked like the outline of a seagull in flight.
Last here on a couple of occasions i have seen the black ones forming a ball just before a storm would hit us.
We get several types of honeyeaters here, three of those feed on the kangaroo paws in front of the kitchen window.
This is one I shot the other day just before it bounced onto another stalk :

[corvus]

Great Pic , is that Noisy friar bird ??

[MickyB]

Great Pic , is that Noisy friar bird ??

It is a great photo. Eastern Spinebill perhaps?

[MickyB]

I was somewhat stunned today to see 20 Swallows lined up on the power lines to the pump house.
There could have been more about, but I counted 20.
No camera though.

I would never have thought that possible to see so many flocked together.

We had similar about a week and a half ago. Had about 30 or so Welcome Swallows all perched on an old metal frame. We often see 3 or 4 at a time but have never seen so many all at once.

[corvus]

Looks like it.
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=East ... gPWbq0HUQM:

[Franco]

The one in my photo is an Eastern Spinebill. I should have mentioned that.
But we do get several other types too.
This is another one, one that I don't know :

and the very common wattle bird :

[Neo]

Looks like a Lewins Honeyeater. Sings a nice tune too.

[MickyB]

The top photo could be a White-eared Honeyeater.
Red Wattlebird below.