Wednesday 30 December 2020

December 2020

 

A very cute Tawny Frogmouth family.



White-throated Nightjar



Pied Butcherbird with fledgling.




Pied Currawongs



Australian Magpie



Pale-vented Bush-hens



Dusky Moorhen



Variegated Fairywrens



Red-backed Fairywrens




An Olive-backed Oriole just out of the nest above, and after a week or so, below.



Sacred Kingfisher calling to define its territory, at least two pairs are nesting here.



The new generation has left the nest.




A young Kookaburra just out of the nest.



Spangled Drongo on the nest.



Tree Martins



Scaly-breasted Lorikeet



Black-faced Cuckooshrike



Black-faced Monarch



I assume this is the family of Australian Wood Ducks that had seven ducklings last September, if it is, only one survived to learn to fly.



Southern Boobook



Dollarbird



Eastern Whipbird





Great Egret



Royal Spoonbill




Rainbow Lorikeets feeding themselves and their young on the flowering Brush Box.




Scaly-breasted Lorikeet feeding young.



Australian King Parrot



An young Noisy Friarbird feeding on the Brush Box while the parent is catching some protein.



A beautiful pair of Rose-crowned Fruit-doves, feeding on the abundance of figs and berries.





Channel-billed Cuckoo





Pheasant Coucal




Juvenile Fan-tailed Cuckoo



Striated Pardalote



Noisy Miner



Juvenile Lewin's Honeyeater



It looks like moulting season has started - Kooaburra, Pied Currawong, Tawny Frogmouth, Torresian Crow,  Magpie-Lark and Pheasant Coucal (predated - broken calamus).








Brushtail Possum sleeping inside a termite nest.



It's always nice to see one of the reserve's beloved koalas.






Eastern Water-dragon



Dark Palm Dart



Orange Palm Dart



Australian Painted Lady



I had never seen this beautiful little butterfly, a male Small Green Banded Blue along the creek.



Rounded Six Line Blue



Common Crow Butterfly



Common Grass Blue



Tailless Line Blue, another new one for me.



Common Pencilled Blue



Zebra Blue

I am not 100% sure about the identification of some of the butterflies, if anyone wants to give suggestions please leave a comment.


Gastrophora henricaria



Two-spots Tiger moth



Pale Hunter



Yellow-tipped Tigertail



Common Bluetail



Scarlet Percher



A Banded Bee Fly.



European honey bees swarming - relocating with their old queen, leaving the main hive to the new queen.



Saint Andrew's Cross Spider



Nymph of a planthopper.




Flowering Brush Box