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dgar, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

What’s the scariest Australian animal?
(Set 1/2)

tj, 2 months ago to diy

I would like to stick a coating onto my home office window to reflect infra-red radiation with minimal reduction of visible spectrum light. Does anyone know much about this?

Random internet searches mostly return results for mirror coatings, or broad-spectrum tints. Not quite what I'm after.

#diy

dgar, 29 days ago (edited 29 days ago) to random

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strykeroz, 8 months ago to Birds

Hi #birdsofmastodon experts

This soared high overhead yesterday morning and I'm at a loss for a positive ID. My thoughts are an immature Kite, either Whistling or Brahminy. But I defer to the brains trust here as I'm far from certain

Your thoughts?

#WildOz #OzBirds #Birds #Wildlife #Raptors soaring over Enoggera Reservior (northwestern suburbs of Brisbane)

strykeroz, 5 months ago to Birds

A sunny day today, and while I took the chance to mow, the local magpie family decided it was time for some sunbaking

I was initially worried someone had baited them! But they were happy as clams alternating jumping on insects the mower was scaring up, and flopping down like jellyfish, relaxing in the sunshine...

#WildOz #Ozbirds #Birds #Brisbane #Wildlife

Magpie laid out flat on grass
Magpie laying flat on grass at edge of mown strip enjoying the sun

strykeroz, 9 months ago to PetBirds

Happy #wrensday everyone!

Brought to you this week by this assortment of dead leaves & bark, and a female Red-backed Fairy-wren

#wildoz #ozbirds #birds #wildlife Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve

strykeroz, 8 months ago to Birds

This Buff-banded Rail was foraging on the track up ahead of us

They're famously shy, and remembering that, this one ran to vanish in the tall grass nearby

#WildOz #OzBirds #Birds #Wildlife Oxley Creek Common

strykeroz, 9 months ago to PetBirds

There's a story here, but I'm not sure what happened

The male Scarlet Honeyeater landed next to a juvenile, but rather than share his spider, appears to shoo the youngster off

#WildOz #OzBirds #Birds #Wildlife Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve

Juvenile Scarlet Honeyeater flies off a branch, apparently chased by the bright red adult male in the background

strykeroz, 21 days ago to Birds

No Platypus seen this morning, but to my delight I was joined by a pair of Azure Kingfishers

South Pine River, Samford Eco-Corridor

#WildOz #OzBirds #Birds #Wildlife #Brisbane

strykeroz, 8 months ago to Birds

A very formal looking Leaden Flycatcher was our escort in the trees along the track for a while, launching from nearby branches to take insects in flight

#WildOz #OzBirds #Birds #Wildlife Oxley Creek Common

strykeroz, 6 months ago to Birds

What a handsome devil

Highlighted in a patch of dappled light in the otherwise dark forest is the red head and yellow wattle of a male Australian Brush Turkey

The distant look makes him look like he forgot why he came into this room though

#WildOz #Ozbirds #Birds #Wildlife South Pine River

strykeroz, 2 months ago to wildlife

A Red-necked Pademelon scanning its surroundings while grazing the wet grass

The mountain was shrouded in cloud this morning with every surface covered in droplets

#WildOz #Wallaby #Wildlife #Brisbane Maiala picnic grounds, Mount Glorious

strykeroz, 6 months ago to Birds

A Red-backed Fairywren couple for your #Wrensday enjoyment

The female is mostly brown, and in the foreground. The male is black with a red back (just like it says on the tin), on the branch behind her

Hope you have a good one, wherever you are

#WildOz #OzBirds #Birds #Wildlife South Pine River

strykeroz, 26 days ago to Birds

A female Red-backed Fairywren soaking up some warm morning sunshine

Have a great #Wrensday everybody!

#WildOz #Ozbirds #Birds #Wildlife #Brisbane

strykeroz, 1 month ago to Birds

A female Variegated Fairy-Wren needs to have a word

Happy #wrensday everyone!

#WildOz #OzBirds #Birds #Wildlife #Brisbane

strykeroz, 1 month ago to Birds

Golden Headed Cisticola, not as I'd incorrectly ID'd them Little Grassbirds, seen here...in grass

Thanks @aviceda for the correction

Oxley Creek Common, Rocklea

#WildOz #Ozbirds #birds #Wildlife #Brisbane

Three small birds with laple chests and brown heads perches on long grass stems. Background is blurred grassland

strykeroz, 1 month ago to Birds

Happy #wrensday !

For all who celebrate Here's a female Red-backed Fairywren on a farm fence

#WildOz #Ozbirds #Birds #Wildlife #Brisbane

strykeroz, 19 days ago to Birds

#Wrensday has come back around so quickly!

Brought to you this week by this very cute Superb Fairywren, puffed up against the chilly morning, and moments from launching off this perch

#WildOz #Ozbirds #Birds #Wildlife #Brisbane

strykeroz, 12 days ago to Birds

Hope this #WrensDay finds you well

#WildOz #OzBirds #Birds #Wildlife #Brisbane

strykeroz, 21 days ago to Birds

Breakfast buffet

Backlit by the bright morning sun, a mixed group of finches enjoying grass seeds from grass dripping with dew

Here, the foreground bird is a Red-Browed Finch while out of focus in the back is a Double-Barred Finch

Samford Eco-Corridor

#WildOz #OzBirds #Birds #Wildlife #Brisbane

Two small birds sitting in long grass eating seeds. The foreground bird is facing right away from bright low sun so is partially in silhouette. The background bird is out of focus.

strykeroz, 1 month ago to Birds

It's treacherous business relocating along a power line when you have giant webbed feet

A male Australasian Darter using wings, tail, and at times the long neck to balance, catching himself with his left foot in a moment

There were plenty of perfectly good and safe trees to choose from here, but sure

#WildOz #OzBirds #Birds #Wildlife

strykeroz, 21 days ago to Birds

Angel of death (of rats)

A juvenile Black-shouldered Kite hovering over grassland searching for prey below

There were two working this area of sky this morning adjacent to the South Pine River

#WildOz #OzBirds #Birds #Wildlife #Brisbane

Mostly white and pale brown bird of prey with dark wingtips and orange talons, facing the camera with wings outstretched and head looking down and legs hanging down below. Background is pale blue sky

strykeroz, 2 months ago to Birds

A juvenile Forest Kingfisher sat on a properly kingfishery perch for a portrait

#WildOz #OzBirds #Birds #Brisbane Oxley Creek Common

strykeroz, 27 days ago to Birds

Large numbers of juvenile Chestnut-breasted Mannikins with all the grass seeds around, but didn't sight a single adult among them

Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve

#WildOz #OzBirds #Birds #Wildlife #Brisbane

Small brown bird perched on branch looking to left of shot
Small pale brown bird perched on branch with head turned to right of shot

strykeroz, 28 days ago to Birds

Rainbow Bee-Eater, seen here, eating a bee

Sometimes it is exactly what it says on the tin

#WildOz #Ozbirds #Birds #Wildlife #Brisbane