Category Archives: Fauna

Here be wombats!

Posted on 3 May 2014 by countrylifeanddeath

Watch out Ellie! You don’t want to go in there… In my final post for last year,  I wrote of the return of wombats to our land after many decades absence. Here is fresh evidence – a new wombat hole! … Continue reading →

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Swimming in Milk

Posted on 24 March 2014 by countrylifeanddeath

This morning I found this lovely green frog swimming in one of the poddy calf feeders. I was just about to put the teat in Paddy’s mouth when I saw a dark shape moving around inside the bottle. I took … Continue reading →

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Jacky dragon

Posted on 8 March 2014 by countrylifeanddeath

I hear her more often than I see her. This pretty little Jacky dragon who lives in the garden at the side of my house, near my clothes line. When I go to hang out the washing she usually dives … Continue reading →

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Good things to end the year

Posted on 31 December 2013 by countrylifeanddeath

Despite carrying my camera with me all the time, I have some stories for which I have no images. So I thought I’d end the year with a few of the recent ones that have made my heart full and … Continue reading →

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Caterpillars on milkweeds

Posted on 2 December 2013 by countrylifeanddeath

Are they not gorgeous? The caterpillar sheds his skin to find a butterfly within Caterpillar sheds his skin to find a butterfly within They are Monarch Butterflies-to-be. Also known in Australia as Wanderer Butterflies, they were first recorded in Sydney … Continue reading →

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Old friends at sunset

Posted on 21 October 2013 by countrylifeanddeath

Late one afternoon a couple of weeks ago, I went to visit some old friends on my neighbour’s place. These three donkeys move all over the property. I hadn’t seen them for many months but here they were back in … Continue reading →

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Welcome baby Welcome Swallows

Posted on 16 October 2013 by countrylifeanddeath

Here is this year’s gang of four baby swallows, barely able to fit in their nest because they’ve grown so big. They fill me with pure and concentrated happiness. Every year a pair of Welcome Swallows raises a family in … Continue reading →

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I know this to be true. Everything alive is fragile. Extremely fragile. This beautiful young female kangaroo dropped dead, from fright, last Monday morning. She was with her mother when Ellie started chasing their mob. In the confusion of the … Continue reading →

Posted on 6 October 2013 by countrylifeanddeath | Leave a comment

Echidna dreaming

Posted on 29 September 2013 by countrylifeanddeath

Watch out Ellie, leave the sleeping echidna alone! Yesterday morning, while looking for a missing calf, my husband came across this echidna who was breakfasting on ants at the time. The echidna was digging the ground with its front claws, … Continue reading →

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Bearded dragon on the fence post

Posted on 26 September 2013 by countrylifeanddeath

On the way to town today, I met this bearded dragon on a fence post. This is as close as I’ve ever been to one. Isn’t he lovely? I always watch out for bearded dragons on the road. They are … Continue reading →

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