Recent sightings

Here's a snapshot of some of the sightings over the past few months.

Short-Beaked Corella pulling out Onion Grass and eating the bulbs 

Yellow-Tail Black Cockatoo's roosting in the dead branches of a tree

Crested Pigeon perched on a fence post

Local - wondering what we're doing?!?!

.......and another after rain.

Black Wallaby - minding its own business, and hoping we'll do the same.

Eastern Rosella

A pair of Sulphar-Crested Cockatoos - on the roof

Mum n' Joey - snoozing in the morning sun

Wedge-Tail Eagle - flyin' by.

Chestnut Teal family

Weasel Skink - warming up on the front garden wall 

White-Faced Heron - hangin' around the dam, hunting for frogs

.........another Wedge-Tail Eagle fly by

Pacific Heron (left) and White-Faced Heron (right) sharing the dam

Biggish male Kangaroo - grazing one morning

Five (5) White-Faced Heron's

......not good with our ID of insects........Black-Faced Percher Dragonfly (we thinks?)

Australian Kestrel - roosting on a fence post

Grazing in the evening

Hope you enjoyed!!!

Wasp - making a home

During the period between spring and summer, we observe wasps excavating holes in the ground around the home.

We're not sure whether the hole is used for catching prey, or to be used as a nest or nursery for their young, but considering the time of year, it's probably to be used as a nursery.

We know some wasps hunt spiders or caterpillars. Often, their sting only paralyses the prey. They then leave an egg near or inside the paralysed insect so once the wasp larvae emerge from the egg, they have food to eat.

We recorded one such wasp digging it's hole. We think it may be a Spider Wasp but are happy to be corrected.

A hi-res version is located at :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrAwSVXo4B4

Enjoy!!