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David de Groot 📸📸
@david@photog.social
David de Groot 📸📸
@david@photog.social

Hang in there, it's almost Christmas!

#AustralianWildlife #Bird #WildOz #LittleCorella

A medium white cockatoo (Little Corella) hanginf from a palm frond core upside down by its beak and claws.
David de Groot 📸📸
@david@photog.social

New album just dropped.

(as an aside, do you know it's been 30 years this year since Silverchair released their debut album, Frogstomp)

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #EasternDwarfTreeFrog #frog

Three tiny green frogs on a curved reed leaf. At the leaf peak, the three frogs sit as if posing for an album cover with the lead frog being just over the peak and angled to the right. “Drummer frog” in the back only has its head visible and is out of focus.
David de Groot 📸📸
@david@photog.social

We had three wallabies in the backyard this morning. Seems to be the female with joey (trying very hard to hide behind the weatherstation pole) and a male keeping watch behind her.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #SwampWallaby #joey

Three wallabies in a grassy area, with one wallaby carrying a joey in its pouch who is holding a tried leaf. A metal pole with a wildlife camera attached is visible in the foreground, surrounded by greenery and some foliage in the background.
David de Groot 📸📸
@david@photog.social

A Lewin's Honeyeater perched on a green branch in a patch of sun.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #Bird #LewinsHoneyeater

A mostly olive green bird with black cap, yellow crescent behind the eye and yellow gape, perched on a thin green branch in the sun. It is looking to camera left.
David de Groot 📸📸
@david@photog.social

There were seven #EasternDwarfTreeFrog s on the reeds yesterday morning. Here's two (well one in focus, and one blurred behind).

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #UQ #frog

A small green frog with its legs tucked up under it, sitting vertically on a reed leaf. It has a dark strip through the eye and pale underbelly.
David de Groot 📸📸
@david@photog.social

One of the many Brown Thornbills that were calling the back yard this afternoon.

#LittleBrownBird #Bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #BrownThornbill

A tiny bird who is mostly brownish, with a pale yellow underside and russet cap. It has red iris' and a short sharp black beak. Pictured here standing on a branch with orange dots on it, and facing to the right. A tiny bird who is mostly brownish, with a pale yellow underside and russet cap. It has red iris' and a short sharp black beak. Pictured here far facing the camera, looking quizzical.
David de Groot 📸📸
@david@photog.social

I was stuck at work this afternoon for longer than expected and so I used that time for a spot of birding.

I found some Masked Lapwing chicks, a family of Bush-Stone Curlews and a ridiculous Little Corella.

#Bird #australianWildlife #WildOz #bushstoneCurlew #maskedlapwing #littlecorella

Three Bush Stone Curlews sittings and standing in a patch of late afternoon sun at the base of a pine tree. One of two Masked Lapwing chicks on grass. They are fluffy white bodied birds with brown mottled wings and cap and slightly long legs. One of two Masked Lapwing chicks on grass. They are fluffy white bodied birds with brown mottled wings and cap and slightly long legs. A Little Corella ( a small cockatoo ) on a dead branch of a Jacaranda tree, wings spread out and up, beak open mid-call. Behind it there are living jacaranda branches with green leaves and purple flowers.
David de Groot 📸📸
@david@photog.social

A pair of Little Corellas watching me watch them this afternoon.

#bird #LittleCorella #AustralianWildlife #WildOz

Two smaller Cockatoo adjacent birds on a branch. They are white, with the hint of pink underneath on the chest. Some pink/red at the base of the beak and blue around the eyes. Both birds are looking down at the camera.
David de Groot 📸📸
@david@photog.social

One of two Grey Goshawks that were hanging around home this morning. They didn't stay long because they were being mobbed by Spangled Drongos and Pied Currawongs.

#bird #BirdOfPrey #GreyGoshawk #australianWildlife #WildOz

A large hawk in light and medium grey with a yellow beak, legs and claws. Perched on a branch, standing upright and looking suitably regal. It has its head turned to the left and slightly back. A large hawk in light and medium grey with a yellow beak, legs and claws. It is perched horizontally and ready to take off. A large hawk in light and medium grey with a yellow beak, legs and claws. Having just landed on a branch and thus still horizontal. There's a small (possibly unused) nest further along the branch. A large hawk in light and medium grey with a yellow beak, legs and claws. Perched on a branch next to a small (possibly unused nest). The Goshawk is calling, beak open.
David de Groot 📸📸
@david@photog.social

A male Australasian Darter sunning himself on the walk bridge across the northern part of the lake at work yesterday morning.
He was not at all worried about the passing foot traffic.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #AustralasianDarter

Portrait of the Darter showing mostly neck, shoulders and head. He is a dark brown colour with a yellow pointy beak, white stripe from the beak under the eye. He has a rufous patch on the front of his neck where it curves, and the part of the wing that is visible has some light brown feathers. Full shot of the Darter perched on a stainless steel railing. It is mostly dark brown, but with a patch of rufous on the neck, white stripe behind the yellow beak, and patterned wings (lighter and darker feathers on the fore edge, dark trailing “flight” feathers. The tail is light brown tending to grey with a lighter ladder patten up the middle.