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fotoi wrote in post #19137984
A Wood duck.

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Very nice!

A quick shot of one of the resident wild Blue-tongued skinks (Tiliqua scincoides) that live in my garden. It was enjoying the sun today.

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S.R.M. wrote in post #19138603
Looks a bit damp Richard! It sounds like you have had good rain down there... we badly need some in Brisbane!

yes we've had very good rains and more to come I think.
Some places had too much.

Your Blue Tongue is a beauty.
Hope it gets some moisture. I saw one rather wanting in the heat we had a couple of years back.
Your's maybe different, ours more used to a damp weather and when a severe hot dry comes it's foreign to the poor things.

S.R.M. wrote in post #19138606
A quick shot of one of the resident wild Blue-tongued skinks (Tiliqua scincoides) that live in my garden. It was enjoying the sun today.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2jVo​6CX Blue-tongued skink enjoying the sun by Stephen Mudge, on Flickr

How do they go with the cane toads Stephen? We used to have heaps of them here in Darwin but you hardly see them any more. Cane toads arrived here 15 years ago and have killed off a lot of species.

avondale87 wrote in post #19138608
Your Blue Tongue is a beauty.
Hope it gets some moisture. I saw one rather wanting in the heat we had a couple of years back.
Your's maybe different, ours more used to a damp weather and when a severe hot dry comes it's foreign to the poor things.

Thanks Richard! We have a ground-level "lizard bath" in addition to the bird bath in the garden, and the blue-tongues drink from that when its dry

Pippan wrote in post #19138609
How do they go with the cane toads Stephen? We used to have heaps of them here in Darwin but you hardly see them any more. Cane toads arrived here 15 years ago and have killed off a lot of species.

We have had cane toads for longer than that, and the blue-tongues (and other wildlife) seem to know to leave them alone. Perhaps they have learnt over many generations? We certainly have cane toads in the garden, but we've had quite a few generations of blue-tongues over the years as well, and if anything they are more numerous now that 20 years ago.

S.R.M. wrote in post #19138605
Very nice!

Thank you.

S.R.M. wrote in post #19138612
We have had cane toads for longer than that, and the blue-tongues (and other wildlife) seem to know to leave them alone. Perhaps they have learnt over many generations? We certainly have cane toads in the garden, but we've had quite a few generations of blue-tongues over the years as well, and if anything they are more numerous now that 20 years ago.

Yeah, I think you're right; as a species they do slowly learn to leave them alone (or eat only the non-toxic bits). We are, in the last two or three years, starting to see small goannas again (no big ones yet) and frilly lizards too. Hopefully the blue-tongues will reappear eventually. Strangely the water goannas seem to have been unaffected by the arrival of the cane toads--still plenty of big ones around--and they were one of the species scientists had been most concerned about.

My first ever bear! At Yosemite Park, I think it's a brown bear. There were super calm rangers on scene watching her/making sure no one did anything stupid, so I felt safe even though in this moment she seemed very alert.

fotoi wrote in post #19138424
That's a great shot!

S.R.M. wrote in post #19138602
Love it!

Thanks for the comments!
Steve

avondale87 wrote in post #19138601

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That is really a cute little rabbit, Richard. We have nothing over here that looks like yours. Our cottontail is the closest looking rabbit to yours.

SYS wrote in post #19138660

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Very nice, SYS!I swear, this one tries to pose for you.

hcat wrote in post #19138726
My first ever bear! At Yosemite Park, I think it's a brown bear. There were super calm rangers on scene watching her/making sure no one did anything stupid, so I felt safe even though in this moment she seemed very alert.

This is a great shot of your first every bear. Congratulations! This is actually a brown phase of a black bear. We don't have any brown bears (grizzles) at Yosemite Park. I think most folks don't realize that.

fotoi wrote in post #19138730

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Beautiful, sharp lion shot, fotoi! Excellent lighting!