Happy New Year everybody!
Hope you are all refreshed and relaxed and I am sure many of you are back to work today. I am back officially next Monday but still around here if needed.
I was trying to get my holiday brain to think of a bird challenge for this week and I was struggling - so instead lets open it up to an off topic theme. Instead of photos of birds, lets see photos of any other wildlife EXCEPT birds!
This would be my favorite non bird pic that i have.
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
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Wow, fantastic shot Shorty!
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane
Not a great shot, as taken on my mobile phone, but it is non-birdy.
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane
Black-Fin Reef Shark from a trip to Heron Island in 2014.
Samford Valley Qld.
Thanks Tim.
Playing peek-a-boo with an Echidna.
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
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Water Dragon
LM
This butterfly landed close by whilst I was trying to photograph something else. By the state of its wings I'd say it was close to its use by date....
Samford Valley Qld.
Wallaroo in flight.
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
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Anyone who has been around a while will know my hobbies are predominately animal rescue, now specialising in snakes, and fishing, so you won't be surprised if I pop in a few photos also containing a human element into this challenge. Most will be critters I have rescued or removed from harmful human involvement. The first a Tasmanian Devil (sarcophillus harrisii) not hurt, but an unwanted guest in a chicken house.
i bet most of you thought it was going to be a snake!
Dale Huonville, Tasmania
Yes I wouldn't want him in my chook pen. They always sound really cranky!
Horsefly.
Samford Valley Qld.
Some gorgeous Fallow Deer...
M.M.
Wallaby chillin'
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
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Can they be pets? Other than birds, like dogs?
Tegan - Melbourne Vic.
Holly does state "Wildlife" but i don't care what is posted. Maybe wait for Holly to give the green light though.
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
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Wombat removed from a veggie garden, landowner said it had been hit by a car, but nothing found, took 45 minutes to corner and catch. Had a full assessment, and was released nearby.
Dale Huonville, Tasmania
Rawshorty wrote:
Holly did say wildlife but don't care what is posted. Maybe wait for Holly to give the green light though.
sounds fair enough, Holly is the boss!
Tegan - Melbourne Vic.
This guy was in my back yard tonight
soakes
Olinda, Victoria, Australia
...and I'm not sure this qualifies as wildlife...
soakes
Olinda, Victoria, Australia
Sorry I am a bit late!
Hmm - sure, lets see pets too Tegan :)
Thanks Holly! Here is my sweetie Maggie!
Tegan - Melbourne Vic.
Thanks Holly, was going to post this one, but technically I is a pet. You may have seen other photos of this snake I rescued a few weeks ago from a lady's back yard. Well my son runs a Facebook called Reptile Awareness Tasmania. He posted photos of this girl, turns out she escaped from an enclosure near where she was caught. A captive bred Tasmanian Tiger snake, (notechus scutatus). She has now been returned to her rightful owner. A lovely girl, pleasant to handle and good looking to boot.
Dale Huonville, Tasmania
One of my faves from a while back at the Bunya Mtns.
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane
Awesome, soakes! How lucky are you? (in response to the Echidna shot)
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane
Big Salty in the Annan River.
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
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Blue-tongued Lizard (would have been great to take a photo with his tongue flicking out)
Photographed in the creek at the end of my backyard! :)
Cool pics everyone!
Seal at Narooma.
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
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Golden Orb Weaver, I think
Tegan - Melbourne Vic.
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
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15KG Dolphin Fish or "Mahi Mahi" about to meet the gaff!
Samford Valley Qld.
That is a nice photo Reflex, any idea why the Dolphin Fish has such an odd blunt head?
Tegan - Melbourne Vic.
Not just a great looking fish, but very tasty :)
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
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Huh, I didn't know they were a fish you ate?
Tegan - Melbourne Vic.
A Grey having a swim.
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
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Because it is a male fish or a "Bull" as they are known. The female has a more streamlined head.Stunning fish and it's adrenalin that makes the fish "light up" once they are brought on board they change to a dull grey colour, within a few minutes. Marlin and Sailfish do the same.
Samford Valley Qld.
Don't be fooled by the name, they are not a dolphin :)
Shorty......Canon gear
Canberra
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Another photo of a Fallow Deer... this time of a fawn.
M.M.
Rawshorty wrote:
Don't be fooled by the name, they are not a dolphin :)
haha I knew that Shorty, they just look to pretty to eat!, I guess their name is like 'whale shark' not a whale, but a shark.
Tegan - Melbourne Vic.
Mictyris longicarpus, the light-blue soldier crab.......
Samford Valley Qld.
St Andrew's Cross Spider
Eastern or Robust Striped Skink (Ctenotus robustus)
Tegan - Melbourne Vic.
Dale will like this photograph. Morelia spilota or Carpet Python and harmless to humans.......but I still keep my distance.
Samford Valley Qld.
Thanks Reflex, a beautiful photo. Anything scaly I just adore, snakes, lizards, and fish.
This is an old phot photo I have dragged up. Snake in the centre is a Lowlands Copperhead (austrelaps superbus) a Tasmanian Tiger (notechus scutatus) has him surrounded!
If the sizes were reversed, it is highly likely the copperhead would have the tiger for dinner!
Dale Huonville, Tasmania