Today I Saw a Native Animal

[Nightjar]

A few more wildlife pics.

A pair of young Nightjars, their parents chose one of the nesting boxes we placed around our camp.

Ringnecks nested in a hollow log we positioned above our shower shack.

 

[Nightjar]

Wedgetail chick

 

[Deepseeker]

There should be another button for "sort of like". I love the Mountain Devil and the Echidna, great photos Nightjar.

I guess the spiders are beautiful in their own way too, and I'm sure their mother loved the ones that got away quick enough without her eating them :lol:

 

[RM Outback]

Yep, that's a shingleback (aka bobtail, sleepy lizard, two-headed lizard). We now know that uniquely among lizards, a pair mate for life although they only hang out together in the breeding season. Also, they can live for 25 years! Very cool lizards, these fellas.

Also known as a Bogeye, saw them by the thousands in south western NSW as a kid.

 

[Adrian ss]

Why does clicking "Like" not work on all posts here??

 

[EVIE/BEE]

Why does clicking "Like" not work on all posts here??

Are you saying you don't know everything mate?? :8

 

[Tathradj]

Refresh the page.
Then click.

Happens to me as well.

 

[Teemore]

This bloke laid some skin on me ....... guess he's gone walkabout.

 

[Dave law]

Why does clicking "Like" not work on all posts here??

Dont know mate. Worked for me. Cant like your own post maybe.

 

[grubstake]

Why does clicking "Like" not work on all posts here??

I find that sometimes it's much slower to accept the click and update with your name on the Likes list, than others. Also, if you've had a page open for too long, all you get is a dumb pop-up message; if that happens, reloading the page is the way to get the Like button to work.

 

[Mike678]

In N.W. Queensland .

 

[Mike678]

I had a "close encounter " with one of these in NSW. It was not so big as this one , about 1 mt . It had been wandering around my camp in the forrest for a few days . I was sat on my chair with my feet on a log . I had thongs on , when suddenly he put his head between my legs . He was eyeing off my smelly toes ... I had my back to him so I did not notice him creep up . I know that they do not go backwards so my bare feet were in danger . I lifted both legs up in the air , he came out from under my chair and ran along the log at high speed ! He could have taken a chew on my toes or put his claws into my bare feet as he made his escape ! I kept a close eye on him after that .

 

[Simmo]

This fella on one of our Playing fields in Kuranda.

 

[Moneybox]

This fella on one of our Playing fields in Kuranda.

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/4105/1601277151_20200711_130235.jpg

Simmo, I had one of these guys stalking me in one of those national parks up there. He just wouldn't leave me until a few teenagers came down the track. I quickly got out of sight and he took off after them

 

[Moneybox]

Whatever it was, it was just lying there staring at me..... :8

 

[Tathradj]

Ants nest by the look of them.

 

[Pro-oz]

https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/3960/1601301889_ant_nests.jpg

Whatever it was, it was just lying there staring at me..... :8

I see the same looking hole out at Georgetown, still don't know what they are!

 

[Solid Luck]

This lizard kept popping up all over the place at one campsite. It would be in front of me and I would turn around and it was there again.
I just thought it was a fast mover.
Then..
I caught them out..told em to go get a room.

 

[Capertee gold]

Does this one count as native

 

[Occasional_panner]

Had to get this little fella out of a roller door yesterday.