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Re: Backyard critters, great and small
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2023 9:10 am
by stylofone
I hope the link to Pixelfed plays nice with the forum software.
https://pixelfed.au/p/AvonVilla/610597285004799642
Re: Backyard critters, great and small
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2023 7:21 am
by stylofone
Re: Backyard critters, great and small
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 8:45 pm
by Irrev-Black
No footage, alas, but I was just escorting Dog out for her Evening Empty, and a huuuuuuge grey shape lifted off from the far end of the shed.
It can only have been a Powerful Owl.
Re: Backyard critters, great and small
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:26 pm
by stylofone
Re: Backyard critters, great and small
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:21 pm
by Irrev-Black
Yay, "Frogs of Australia" website, for solving the mystery!
We currently have a rather loud Striped Marsh Frog going "TOCK!" at regular intervals from near the back fence.
https://frogs.org.au/frogs/ofQld/Darling_Downs
Re: Backyard critters, great and small
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:21 pm
by Irrev-Black
Re: Backyard critters, great and small
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2023 3:29 pm
by Irrev-Black
'Tis t'irsty work, dis pollinatin'!
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And they were 5cm from a Venus Flytrap.
Re: Backyard critters, great and small
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2023 10:19 am
by Irrev-Black
Less habitat and food for the local critters, more urban heatsink for us.
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I gather the placement is inconvenient to somebody building what may be another storage facility for the fruits of people's accumulated overconsumption.
Re: Backyard critters, great and small
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2023 4:21 pm
by Irrev-Black
Bees - habitual drinkers after a hard day's work?
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Re: Backyard critters, great and small
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2023 4:34 pm
by two dogs
It's that time of year when some black swans breed in the constructed wetlands in my southern suburb of Wollongong, Shell Cove. It's not my photo, but the cygnets are adorable:
