This morning, while watching Musky Rat-Kangaroos in our garden, we heard Sulphur-crested Cockatoos (Cacatua galerita) screeching quite differently from their normal calls. We discovered a group of 5 birds in the large Kuranda Quandong tree behind our house, harassing a… Read moreSulphur-crested Cockatoos attacking Lace Monitor
We had some good rainfalls two weeks ago, but the recent cyclones didn’t affect us at all- we had sunny and very hot conditions again. Sitting on our back veranda yesterday afternoon, I noticed a big lump high up in… Read moreGreen Ringtail Possum keeping cool
Frogs turn up in unusual places: This is a female Stony-creek Frog (Litoria jungguy): This Common Green Tree-frog (Litoria caerulea) spent the long dry spell in the overflow of an outdoor basin, quite safe from a butcherbird’s beak or… Read moreFrogs and Snakes
Loud scolding by several species of small birds late in the morning brought a 2 meter long Amethystine python (Morelia amethistina) to our attention. It was making its way up along the frond of a large tree fern, and when… Read moreThe (almost) invisible python
We found our first Pygmy-possum while spotlighting last week. There are 5 species of those very small (about 10cm head-body length) possums in Australia. Here in the tropical rainforest of North Queensland we have the Long-tailed Pygmy-possum ( Cercartetus caudatus)…. Read morePygmy- possums