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#AustralianNature

Galahs are common all over Southern Victoria. They are the only bird I know which is curious enough to sit and watch humans being silly!
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Bird #BirdsOfMastodon #Galah #Parrot #AustralianNature #Victoria #CacatuaRoseicapilla

Galah, pink parrot, pink cockatoo, curious bird, Galah on a branch, Galah watching humans

This Echidna is doing what Echidnas do - turning over an old log looking for termites. Those spines are sharp - so I wasn't about to turn it over to see if it was male or female!
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #AustralianNature #Echidna #Spiny #ShortBeakedEchidna #TachyglossusAculeata #SpinyAnteater #AustralianWildlife

Echidna, spiny, Spiny Anteater, foraging, looking for termites, wildlife

Budgies are always amorous - so this little guy is chatting up a female. Hope lives eternal!
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #AustralianNature #Bird #BirdsOfMastodon #Budgies #Budgerigars #Amorous #MelopsittacusUndulatus #BudgieRomance #Parrots #AustralianParrots

Amorous Budgies, #Budgerigars, #SmallParrots, Green Birds, Chat Up, Yellow Faces

Everyone in Australia loves Black Swans - but they don’t like us very much. This one glared angrily at me - and hissed loudly!
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #AustralianNature #Wildlife #AustralianWildlife #BirdsOfMastodon #BlackSwan #AngrySwan #CygnusAtratus

Black Swan, black bird, Australian bird, red beak, glare, angry swan, swan head shot,

A gum tree at the back of my place is in full flower - and the Rainbow Lorikeets are in full cry! The noise is amazing!
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #AustralianNature #WildBirds #BirdsOfMastodon #RainbowLorikeet #TrichoglossusHaematodus #Parrot #AustralianParrot

Australian parrot, Lorikeet, Rainbow Lorikeet, colourful bird, blue head, red breast, green back Lorikeet perched on a branch

Hi - I'm Benni - and I'm going to welcome members of Eastern Climate Action Melbourne to the next newsletter.
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #AustralianNature #Wildlife #AustralianWildlife #Koala #HealesvilleSanctuary #PhascolarctusCinereus

Koala, Koala waving, Koala in a gum tree, male Koala, Drop Bear!, Koala smiling

This is a less common bird you might see in a local park. It’s a Gang Gang cockatoo. They love Banksia flowers and Coast Banksia is very common around the Mornington Peninsula - so look out for them. Sometimes you’ll hear them first - they have a call like a creaky door!
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #AustralianNature #Wildlife #AustralianWildlife #Parrot #Cockatoo #GangGangCockatoo #CallocephalonFimbriatum #BirdsOfMastodon

parrot, cockatoo, grey cockatoo, red head cockatoo, red crest cockatoo, bird walking, tree branch, Gang Gang cockatoo, male Gang Gang

Heard a familiar piping sound from my Cotoneaster tree yesterday. Imagine my surprise when I saw an Eastern Rosella - not the more usual Crimson Rosella. The berries on the tree have set, but are still green - He’d beaten the Sulphur Crested Cockatoos - by too big a margin!
#Photography #Nature #AustralianNature #NaturePhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #EasternRosella #PlatycercusEximius #WildParrot

colourful bird, colourful parrot, Rosella, Eastern Rosella, parrot, bright colours, red, white, yellow and blue bird

That beach looks really inviting when it’s 39º outside - but it’s at Point Nepean, in Victoria, Australia - and is littered with unexploded shells and bombs - so it’s a no go area. Best stick to Bayside beaches!
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Landscape #Seascape #Beach #Danger #AustralianNature #PointNepean #NationalPark #Victoria #Australia #RockyBeach

Beach, Rocky Beach, Seascape, Beachscape, Waves, Rocks, Breaking Waves, National Park, Sunny Day, Coastal Scrub,

In death there is life… This mossy log has been there for a few years - and is providing a home for myriads of tiny creatures - and of course the moss!
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #AustralianNature #Mosstodon #ThickTrunkFriday #Victoria #Australia #Moss #FallenLog #LifeAfterDeath

log, moss, mossy log, life, life after death, forest floor, green moss

On another hot day in Victoria, Australia - this Tasmanian Devil has the right idea - cooling off in the creek.
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #AustralianNature #Wildlife #AustralianWildlife #TasmanianDevil #SarcophilusHarrisii #CoolingOff #Swimming #Creek

Tasmanian Devil, black fur, ferocious animal, red ears, cooling off, swimming, wading, wading in creek, hot day, cool water

This is the second best beach - in the world! Caught this on the news this morning - but missed which was the best beach. It’s Norman Beach on Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia - after school holidays finished.
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #AustralianNature #BeachPhotography #WhiteSand #BeachParty #NormanBeach #WilsonsPromontoryNationalPark

beach, white sand, blue sky, beach party, empty beach, sunny day

Koalas sleep for around 18 hours a day - so finding one awake - and smiling for the camera - is pretty rare!
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #AustralianNature #Koala #SmilingKoala #PhascolarctosCinereus #HealesvilleSanctuary #CuteAnimal

Koala, cute Koala, smiling Koala, male Koala, awake Koala

Illawarra Flame Trees are not native to Victoria, but one of my neighbours has nurtured this one to maturity. When in flower at this time of year, it’s really spectacular!
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #AustralianNature #FloweringTree #FlameTree #IllawarraFlameTree #FlowersOfMastodon #BrachychitonAcerifolius #RedFlowers

Illawarra Flame Tree, red flowers, red flowering tree, red blossom, spectacular tree, crimson flowers

Having a good year for Alamy sales - just need one more to break my record. This photo of a female Gang Gang giving her partner a love bite just sold to Australian Wildlife Conservancy magazine - nice to have a local sale.
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Bird #BirdsOfMastodon #Cockatoo #GangGang #AustralianParrot #CallocephalonFimbriatum #AustralianBird #AustralianNature #Victoria

pair of parrots, pair of Gang Gang cockatoos, red head cockatoo, love bite, female biting male, biting partner's head, grey cockatoos

Breeding season brings some odd behaviour - this Chestnut Teal is trying to impress the ladies - by walking on water!
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Duck #ChestnutTeal #AustralianNature #Victoria #MatingDisplay #AnasCastanea

Chestnut Teal, Duck, mating display, walking on water, green head, chestnut breast, green water, pond

It’s Spring - and the birds are busy feeding babies. This Eastern Yellow Robin is very cheeky and stole a mealworm from the Lyrebirds at Healesville Sanctuary.
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #AustralianNature #Bird #BirdsOfMastodon #Robin #EasternYellowRobin #EopsaltriaAustralis #ThievingRobin #Victoria#AustralianBird

robin, Eastern Yellow Robin, yellow breast, cheeky robin, thieving robin, mealworm in beak,

Dancing flowers? These Spider orchids are doing a duet to celebrate Spring. Their common name is Southern Spider Orchid - but they are not common!
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Wildflowers #Macro #FlowersOfMastodon #AustralianNature #Orchids #SpiderOrchids #CaladeniaAustralis
#DancingFlowers

wildflowers, orchids, Spider orchids, twin orchids, dancing orchids, Southern Spider Orchids,

You know it’s Spring when the ducks are out with their chicks.This pair of Wood Ducks (Mum in the lead) had 9 chicks originally, but, sadly, the foxes prey on them, so they’re down to the 5 I can see in this shot. The chicks are prone to wandering off, so there may be more.
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #Birds #Ducks #WoodDucks #ChenonettaJubata #AustralianNature #Victoria

Ducks, Wood Ducks, Chicks, fluffy chicks, 5 chicks, Mother duck, Father duck, green grass, creek bank, sunny day, Spring

Another Spring bloomer - a pair of Ear Sundew flowers. These vary from deep pink - like this pair - to almost white. Their sole purpose is to attract insects to the sticky leaves below - where they get eaten. These were at Baluk Willam Reserve in Belgrave, but they’re very common in woodland everywhere.
#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #AustralianNature #Wildflowers #FlowersOfMastodon #Victoria #Sundews #EarSundews #DroseraAuriculata

A pair of twin Ear Sundew flowers, pink flowers, 5 petal pink flowers, leaf litter background, Spring wildflowers

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