Sooo many butterflies around now and this is one of our more common smaller species - the Orange Bushbrown (although this one doesn't look very orange!).
They are only found along the coastal strip of far north Queensland, often on clumps of blady grass like this, and they will often sit for long periods sipping juice from fallen fruit.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Flycatchers
The blog seems to have been on the backburner for a while as we've been busy planning our holiday for later in the year. Isn't it always the way that when you haven't got the camera with you a bird comes and sits in perfect view on a nearby branch?! As I was taking over a guests' breakfast tray just now this male Leaden Flycatcher did just that - I raced back for the camera and just spotted him in the Geisha Girl bush in front of Sunbird Sanctuary. Different birds around at the moment - Silvereyes, our usual Sunbirds - and yes they are always around that bungalow! - lots of Rainbow Bee-eaters round the dam swooping for insects.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Helmeted Friarbird

Saturday, May 8, 2010
Home again
No blog updates for a while - or photos as both my cameras suddenly spat their dummies and required new cards. I've now bought a new one for my 'main' camera, the Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ7, but my handy little stick-in-your-pocket Kodak Easyshare LS420 might be terminally ill as it's multimedia card isn't made any more.
We've also been away for a few days - flew back from Sydney yesterday after a great 3-day break. So impressed with Qantas this time - good seats, service and (amazingly!) very good meals! Stayed in a lovely self-contained 1-bed apartment - Oaks Maestri Towers on Sussex St, only one block from Darling Harbour. Large, airy, modern, quiet and only $134 a night thanks to a 3-night special on Wotif. To be thoroughly recommended!
We've also been away for a few days - flew back from Sydney yesterday after a great 3-day break. So impressed with Qantas this time - good seats, service and (amazingly!) very good meals! Stayed in a lovely self-contained 1-bed apartment - Oaks Maestri Towers on Sussex St, only one block from Darling Harbour. Large, airy, modern, quiet and only $134 a night thanks to a 3-night special on Wotif. To be thoroughly recommended!
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