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24.01.2022 I usually start with habitat, general stance then the ears but noses are helpful too when trying to ID macropods.

24.01.2022 As Michael Cermak points out colour is not a wonderful guide to snake ID

24.01.2022 Thanks to Matthew Connors. This is his choice for the weirdest of animals. Quite a few problems for the gravid moth there with all the positive buoyancy which would come from air trapped in its scales.

24.01.2022 This little endemic beauty of the Wet Tropics is actually expanding its range down the mountain and into the eucalypt forest which goes against the trend of most species. Ecology is not rocket science: it's no where near that simple.

24.01.2022 Weevils are a great group of beetles. In north Qld we have some strange ones which I'm yet to see living on the bark of primitive plants. Thanks Matthew for sharing your knowledge.

23.01.2022 https://aviation-facility.weebly.com//anthropogenic-noise-

23.01.2022 Have a read of Patrick's Wildlife Diary and if you were thinking of Cape York next year then make contact with him.

22.01.2022 Q. When is a fig leaf good enough to hide your whole self? A. When you are a Long-tailed Pygmy Possum

21.01.2022 My darling and I took the long way home from dancing this evening. No, no, not that; we went owling. It was very unproductive until we got home where the local Barn Owl was not happy. This is Rufous Owl is why.

20.01.2022 All these places are well worth a visit and if I'm not to win then you might as well.

19.01.2022 A quick walk at the Curtain Figtree this morning looking for a spectacular Pale-yellow Robin with a white head. I did not find this bird but saw six Green Ringtail Possums, a Wet Tropics, Atherton Tablelands endemic. Here are two of them and another from an earlier time.

19.01.2022 I wish that sub-editors had a school where they learnt to write headlines which not only caught attention but were accurate. Our biodiversity did not get richer and our awareness of it only increased a little. Our biodiversity is still going backwards. https://www.smh.com.au//australia-s-biodiversity-just-got-

18.01.2022 How great to see the council getting behind the local community conservation projects in this part of Victoria. We need some form of rate relief for conservation properties as we cannot sustain our wonderful biodiversity only in National Parks.

18.01.2022 Murray Fairholme is another ex-teacher in the district and a much more accomplished photographer than myself. Here are three of his insectivorous birds.

18.01.2022 Wonderful work by a local dedicated wildlife rehabilitator.

18.01.2022 Thanks to Matthew Connors for this wonderful post. I'm not sure I could have a 'best spider' but this is a good contender.

18.01.2022 This is a follow up to Matthew Connors post of the "best" spider.

18.01.2022 While Premier Berejiklian prevailed over Mr Barilaro this time, he is still there, imposing his backward policies that protect feral animals and impinging on the welfare of native animals. https://reclaimkosci.org.au/about/

18.01.2022 I'm still to see this species in the wild. I really need to get organised.

17.01.2022 What a wonderful series of shots

17.01.2022 In southern Australia rather than in this part of the woods but a wonderful scene and the honeyeaters and bees will be loving it.

16.01.2022 for those in WA

16.01.2022 My little helpful friend and photographic assistant.

16.01.2022 When on the Atherton Tablelands a visit to Tolga Bat Hospital should be on the agenda. They do great work.

15.01.2022 Read the text below for a smile on your face.

15.01.2022 Alan Henderson of Minibeasts Wildlife has created an app for spider ID called Spidentify and he takes great pictures too. See if you can find this little beauty next time you and in the north Qld rainforest.

15.01.2022 This beautiful Pale-yellow Robin has been seen at the Curtain Fig in Yungaburra for a couple of weeks now but it took me four goes to find it. After having seen it one wonders how one could miss it.

13.01.2022 Some more good news on the wildlife scene.

13.01.2022 If these dates don't suit you contact Patrick and if he cannot help I know a few other really good guides.

13.01.2022 I love these posts from Matthew Connors: amusing, well written and educational. I'd be surprised if you cannot learn something from this post.

13.01.2022 We hope to be this lucky on Saturday when out on the River with Murray.

12.01.2022 A male Lamprima aurata turned up this afternoon. I think it might have emerged from the woodchip mulch which is a few years old.

12.01.2022 A nymph of Kuranda Spotted Katydid (Ephippitytha kuranda), a herbivorous katydid from North Queensland

11.01.2022 Sorry about the adds but they are worth going past.

11.01.2022 How cute is this little bat at the Tolga Bat hospital where they do marvelous work.

11.01.2022 Stay safe everyone.

11.01.2022 How cool is four bowerbird species in one spot?

11.01.2022 Geoff writes that he does not network much but some of you do and can share this around. If he wins he'll be buying a 60 hectare block which is prime inhabited habitat. "Excellent, my short film trees of life has been formally approved for entry into Rode Reel 2020. If you can kindly vote for this film, I would greatly appreciate it. You can see the film and vote for it by following this link. I have no chance of winning the popular prize (most votes) as I don't network very ...much) but the more votes I get, the more it will spread the word about our most beautiful little creatures of the tropical wet sclerophyll forest to an audience that probably doesn't know that much about them. Please share. https://eblast.rode.com//r-l-e6bdceb8f3ef11eaba536d22b9d8/ See more

10.01.2022 Always something of interest on the river with the Daintree Boatman.

10.01.2022 Could a solution to superbugs be waiting in the wings? Researchers at RMIT University discover how cicada and dragonfly wings kill off bacteria. #KeepItClever http://ow.ly/DW4A50CcUfg

10.01.2022 Yes, we need old trees.

10.01.2022 John Clarke’s legacy was never in doubt. The actor, famed for his satirical comedy on the ABC, left a body of work fans will enjoy for decades when he passed aw...ay in 2017. However the family of the late comedian, who was also a passionate conservationist and ornithologist, has now left another invaluable gift in his name - a small area of globally significant wetland on Phillip Island. Helen McDonald, John’s widow, recently donated an eight hectare property that she owned with her husband to Trust for Nature. It’s a timely gift, given John would have celebrated his 72nd birthday today. The land is part of the unique, richly biodiverse Rhyll Inlet, which is one of the most significant sites for migratory birds in Australia and recognised as a globally significant wetland under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. Thank you Helen and John. For the full story and to read what Helen says about the property https://www.trustfornature.org.au//satirist-john-clarke-le Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Phillip Island Nature Parks

08.01.2022 In eastern Australia one must watch out for the plants. They might not kill you but it is not comfortable.

08.01.2022 Off to the printers next week.

08.01.2022 Xylopea maccreae, Orange Jacket, is a beautiful small tree of the Wet tropics of Queensland in the custard apple family, Annonaceae. New growth is a soft apricot colour and the solitary white flowers are beautifully fragrant. The pendant orange fruit splits to reveal a red inside and these blue-grey seeds. It is the host of the Green & Green-spotted Triangle Butterflies.

08.01.2022 What a tough life I lead. Distracted from work to HAVE to eat this offering. Note the wildlife, pictured in the comments, which came to interrupt the meal.

07.01.2022 Another good news story involving knowledgeable landholders doing the right thing.

07.01.2022 A very interesting explanation of how things might have happened. https://scitechdaily.com/discovery-supports-a-surprising-/

07.01.2022 Some friends' kids decorated our tree for us and then this morning I find an angel on the top of the tree. The tree is a native conifer, Prumnopetes ladei, also known as Mt Spurgeon Black Pine and the moth is a Hercules Moth, Coscinocera Hercules. This is a male moth with the fluffy antennae and long tails. Females are even bigger. Tonight he will fly and try to find a female. The adults eclose without mouthparts so the females sit tight, pumping out pheromones and the males go looking, or rather smelling.

07.01.2022 Looks like a great experience.

07.01.2022 This will be worth a look!

07.01.2022 The males of this species take up prime sites on rotting or over ripe figs. They rarely come to blows but face each other and measure the size of their .. ... eye stalks. When two closely matched males meet it may lead to a battle in which the eye stalks are the main weapon. Females eyes are unstalked.

06.01.2022 I’m famous! I’ve made it to YouTube! Here’s a great 5 minute video regarding my little cruise on the Daintree. Huge thanks to filmmaker Peter Waterman.

06.01.2022 How about these crazy testosterone driven teenagers videoed at Crater Lakes? This is a great place to base yourself on the central part of the Atherton Tablelands as much of the sort after wildlife is right at your door.

06.01.2022 What wonderful wildlife we have. We still have these despite stuffing up most of their habitat. Can we keep them is the question.

06.01.2022 Some good news. It seems Maria's sighting from the car a few years ago was not the last of its tribe. (I was checking my eyelids for light leaks at the time and missed the animal.)

06.01.2022 Filming tree-roos at the moment with Ed and Dan. This shot is taken with a long lens and Ed is also using a long lens, he is not this close to the roos but he's not that close to the ground either.

06.01.2022 Doug Herrington and Murray Hunt went out on the Daintree River where they saw this little gem. Little Kingfisher is indeed a little kingfisher and this is one reason I support the capitalisation of standard common names for animals and plants.

05.01.2022 I spent a very pleasant evening spotlighting with Patrick De Geest of Eyes on Wildlife last night. We had a good range of possums, macropods and a few herps. Th...is Little Red Flying-fox was licking sap from a Yellow-bellied Glider Tree and the Northern Greater Glider was just hanging out. They seem to do this a lot, being the "koalas" of the possum world in that they eat eucalypt leaves. Thanks Patrick for the pictures

05.01.2022 Barn Owls can be hard to see beside the road but if you do hit one or find one please call a wildlife carer.

05.01.2022 Thanks for sharing this picture Grant Batterham. It really does show how effective this camouflage is or can be.

05.01.2022 Something for the someone you treasure?

04.01.2022 Some take their wives out for dinner: I take mine out to watch others eat.

04.01.2022 A very special place and this access is amazing for educational and recreational purposes.

03.01.2022 For those travelling through central Qld.

03.01.2022 One of the special plants of the Australian Wet Tropics EDIT: I should add that they've understated the range of the species as it is found in two small catchments to the south of Cairns as well. https://www.nybg.org//a-dinosaur-blooms-in-the-conservat/

03.01.2022 I've not seen the guest suite but I can vouch for the birds, mammals and your hosts.

03.01.2022 Sometimes things just go your way. As Bonaparte said, "It's good to be good but it's better to be lucky." How's this for luck. These two pictures were taken less than five kilometres and thirty minutes apart. Yellow-bellied, Krefft's and Feathertail Gliders and a Lemuroid Ringtail possum with joey. Thanks Glenn Weston for the pictures.

03.01.2022 It's not often you get to see Krefft's Glider in the rainforest. It is more common to hear them but on this occasion Grant Batterham was on hand to snap this great shot. Thanks Grant. One can see the patagium, gliding membrane, tucked up out of harms way.

02.01.2022 With the weather warming up and the larger butterflies starting to emerge from their winter pupa I remembered a sequence I took of Ulysses earlier in the year. ...These butterflies can be difficult to photograph as they are constantly moving. Some of their colour comes from refraction rather than pigment so add that to their reflective capabilities and exposure also becomes problematic. However with a little help from one's friends, sharp pictures are possible without expensive camera gear. I'll post later how I got the first picture.

02.01.2022 You don't have to walk to Yungaburra but if you decide to then this might be an exciting way to do it.

02.01.2022 This would be a good trip.

01.01.2022 Here is some more wonderful insect info from Matthew Connors: thanks Matthew.

01.01.2022 It might be good to be good but it's better to be lucky.