Residents …
A striped marsh frog I think. Very fast to escape attention, as soon as you take your eye of him he’s gone. A regular caller at evenings, already father to a pool of tadpoles.
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Hunter wasp, tracks down the Huntsman spiders and lays an egg on them after paralysing it. Here gathering some mud to seal the nest entrance with.
Kookaburra, always about to observe where other birds play and feed. In case something in the grass is disturbed to movement. Then she’s on it in a flash.
A shy female wallaby, usually settles down to take a little food at the end of the day. We bump into each other at night too, as I go for a walk under the stars.
Grasshopper on zinnia. They’ll eat everything if let. But they are prey to many other creatures in the garden so not much for me to do there.
Yellow zinnia, one of many colours in the garden right now. With more on the way. It’s a simple pleasure to tend the garden.
On the stick by the birdbath, a native noisy mynah shaking off the excess water. On the lookout for any playful, or otherwise, attack.
Another coloured zinnia. There’s many more flowers about but too much for this post.
The young stone curlew. Mum and dad are away, maybe left this one to find it’s own feet. Like we all need to do eventually.
I’ve had the place to myself for a while now, more or less. So I’ve been wandering about the acre or so, tending the flowers and bumping into some of the more obvious visitors and a few permanent residents.
It’s the way it is, if nature is given the space some creature will take up residence. What nature does.
For best effect all I’ve got to do is not think, too much …
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Mynah ! interesting – my first view 🌱 thanks
Thanks Eco…
Always wonderful to ‘walk’ through your garden! My fav is the sweet wallaby! There are none of those in my corner of the world! :)
Thanks Laura. Every place has its unique nature for us to enjoy.
Beautiful photos and words…that wallaby is just gorgeous, and how lovely to see her at night under the stars. So peaceful.
Thanks Rose. It’s nice under the stars, and then the clouds came. But they’ll go again. :-)
All very nice. I especially like the wasp and spider.
Thanks David. Those are with the G7 + macro lens. Most are with the FZ300.
Great shots Mark. Have a lovely day and greets.
Thanks Rudi. Appreciated.