I’ve added a few new photos to my List of Birds in Tasmania at Wikipedia. I’m linking to them there, rather than posting them here, so that you can see them full resolution (if you want to).
What I’d like to do is a proper gallery for each “form”, but the chances of my ever seeing some of these birds (like the Sacred Kingfisher) are slim to none.
However, if only for your sake, I’ll keep trudging along.
I have a morbid fear of bats that dates back to when I was 4 or 5 years old and woke up from a nap to go out into the hall where my dad was trying to chase one out of our house (it had gotten into the attic) and it flew towards me.
The house where the bat trauma occurred is just a quarter mile from mine, so I guess I’m surprised too. So far, we just get the occassional bird that flies in by mistake, though.
I’ve added a few new photos to my List of Birds in Tasmania at Wikipedia. I’m linking to them there, rather than posting them here, so that you can see them full resolution (if you want to).
Yellow-tailed Black cockatoo.
Galah.
Black swan.
Wonderful photos Keres. Thanks for linking to your page, too.
Thank you, and you’re welcome.
When I moved to Tasmania, I had a hard time finding resources about our fauna and flora online – so I started making my own.
And you’re doing a great job … except for the slight lack of pictures. 😉
Yeah, yeah, yeah – I know.
What I’d like to do is a proper gallery for each “form”, but the chances of my ever seeing some of these birds (like the Sacred Kingfisher) are slim to none.
However, if only for your sake, I’ll keep trudging along.
From our recent trip, these little cave bats are about 2 inches tall:
Bats on a log at Monkey River, Belize:
I know, they’re hard to make out…
They’re like little wing-ed limpets.
My favorite bat watching was during Summer evenings when they literally flew through my horses legs in pursuit of the horseflies.
Oh no, they have bats in Belize?
Those were cuddly, furry ones.
This guy is a bit worse:
Ahhhh. That’s just a bitty one. You should come to Australia and see the “Salties”.
Your “John McCain – Less Jobs More War” tag doubles nicely as a caption for the photo.
True. This one was probably only 2.5-3 feet long.
I’ll stay far away from the salties, I recall your pic the other day of the tourist posing with one…
Very cool photo.
Bats make up almost a quarter of all mammal species, so dis’ them at your own peril.
I have a morbid fear of bats that dates back to when I was 4 or 5 years old and woke up from a nap to go out into the hall where my dad was trying to chase one out of our house (it had gotten into the attic) and it flew towards me.
These weren’t too bad, though.
I hate to break it to you, but bats are literally everywhere except Antarctica. We just don’t see them very often, because we’re on the “day shift”.
I can handle them in the barn or outdoors, but not in the house.
These bats were just waking up with the warmer weather, so they weren’t all flying around.
I’m surprised you don’t get bats in your house now — it happens at least a couple times a year for us.
The house where the bat trauma occurred is just a quarter mile from mine, so I guess I’m surprised too. So far, we just get the occassional bird that flies in by mistake, though.
photogenically.
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Photogenically, indeed.
Could you send some of that precipitation our way?
Boy, I would love to. The woods are a sea of muck, the ground is completely saturated, and every river around here is above flood stage.
That just put such a big smile on my face and brought back happy memories of my own frisbee dog, who’s been gone for years now.
(I think you should post this in the current open thread too, btw.)