#australian wildlife

[flockofteeth]

its dangerous to go alone. here, take these bilbies

#bilbies #australian wildlife #bilby #dammit i was gonna blaze this i thought it was 10 bucks but apparently its 20 bucks in nzd and i can't justify that 😭 #quite proud of the alt text on this one lol #australia #cute animals #it me #excellent creatures #creature feature

[ningauinerd]

you’re not a true dasyuromorph disciple until you have a wild quoll walk up to you and sniff your phone

#this was on my 20th birthday too #best present #australian wildlife #wildlife #mammals #marsupial #marsupials #quoll #quolls #quollity content #mammalwatching #my stuff

[voidbirds]

Here's something you don't see everyday!

Currumbin Wildlife sanctuary has a daily show where they feed the Wild Eels that live in the water adjacent to the sanctuary.

They would stomp their feet along the shore and a dozen of eels would come right up for a snack. It was crazy and super interesting.

#Not birds #australian wildlife #Australian natives #Eels #Eel #Water

[maureen2musings]

New Holland honeyeater

benjamingoode

#birds #wild birds #pretty bird #australia #australian wildlife #curators on tumblr

[natureisthegreatestartist]

What’s this? An itsy bitsy Australian marsupial called a Giles' planigale.

#Animals #marsupials #australian wildlife #cute little creature #giles planigale

[skydarcyedwards]

Wet beast experiences bliss (a very good scritch)

We watched this tiny platypus for a while, diving and feeding. Then it came out onto the bank, surprisingly bold, to have a scratch.

I'm obsessed with monotremes.

#monotremes #platypuses #platypi #wet beast wednesday #wet beast wednesday saturday #platypus #tasmania #tasmanian wildlife #australia #australian wildlife #wildlife #wet beast #sky darcy edwards #animals

[sarah-rhiannon]

sketches of one of the local king parrots. they have a very high chroma & light value red colour in real life, which is tricky to handle in watercolour!

#my art #artists on tumblr #sketchbooking #parrots #bird art #pen and ink #watercolour #watercolor #sketchbook #ink sketching #birdwatching #king parrot #australian wildlife #traditional art #traditional painting

[five-crows-in-a-trenchcoat]

@todaysbird I need some help identifying something and I was wondering if you knew something about it;

We’ve got a whole bunch of king parrots that live around the house, and I’ve noticed that some of the adult females have peach-coloured spots on the end of each tail feather while some don’t (none of the males have these spots). I couldn’t really find any sources on it so I was wondering if you knew anything about whether it’s a colour mutation of some kind.

(They’re not the exact same feather because I only collect feathers from the ground, but the one on the left has the peach spot and the one on the right does not. Both are from separate adult females)

Technically two feathers is not a full bird so here ya go

#birds #wildlife #australian wildlife #australian birds #parrots #king parrot

[lil-tachyon]

Zebra Finch

#birbfest2023 #zebra finch #australian wildlife #finch #bird art

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #WorldNumbatDay:

"An ant-eater, Fowlers Bay, South Australia" by Edward Russell, 1870

pen & ink, 11.4 x 17.8 cm

inscription: "Length fr. top of nose to top of tail 10 inches, colour a red brown & white stripes."

National Library of Australia

#animals in art #animal holiday #illustration #numbat #World Numbat Day #drawing #Edward Russell #marsupial #Australian art #colonial art #Australian animals #Australian wildlife #19th century art #National Library of Australia

[pyjamacryptid]

I am SO sure that my local kookaburra knows I’m obsessed with him because anytime I hear him or see him in my backyard I’m running and pressing my face (and phone camera) to the glass with the giddiest smile on my face.

Also he’s looked right at me with all the judgement a bird with mocking laughter for birdsong can have. I love him.

#I am obsessed with kookaburras #birds in general #but I love kookaburras #and lorikeets #and I love hearing kookaburras #I instantly smile #birds #kookaburras #australian wildlife #aussie tag #ren rambles

[wildsideoflifeencounters]

Some days getting out of bed is so hard.

A joey's inelegant exit from its mother's pouch.

#kangaroo #australian animals #australian wildlife #australia

[ningauinerd]

Doing sleepy lizard fieldwork in the Mid Murray today involved bountiful encounters with goofy fellas as usual

This guy is somehow missing the keratin on most of his large tail scales, revealing the bony scutes (osteoderms) beneath. We’re not exactly sure how this occurred, hopefully he’s not scuffed up too bad, but it is quite cool to look at

Then there’s grumps over here, sucking on his pacifier. We named him Cupcake after his delightful personality

Cupcake is now getting clamped because he’s naughty and bit someone (actually just taking a measurement of head depth)

Polite gentleman patiently getting his tail measured (not a sleepy lizard, doesn’t want to be here)

#south australia #australian wildlife #wildlife #reptile #reptiles #lizard #lizards #skinks #bearded dragon #shingleback #fieldwork #herpetology #my stuff

[voidbirds]

A Superb parrot who knows he is superb.

A vulnerable parrot species from Southern Australia, much like many Australian native species, they have suffered due to a destruction of their habitat and the introduction of invasive predatory animals.

#birblr #bird #birb #parrot #endangered species #vulnerable #australian wildlife #endemic

[foxpost-generator]

I went to a wildlife park today... the fox was sleepy and wouldn't come out 😭

The other beafts were very good though. I touched a wombat. There were lots of cool reptiles and nocturnal critters. Quoll.

Or for wildlife that's wild: @skydarcyedwards

#it's the most Fox australian animal #not foxes #not a fox #animals #quoll #spotted tailed quoll #marsupials #australian wildlife #australian animals #carnivore #mammals

[natureisthegreatestartist]

What's this? An Australian bird called a frill-necked monarch (Arses lorealis). Arty and awesome, right?

#Animals #frill-necked monarch #arty and awsome #australian wildlife #beautiful birds