Postcards Catalogue
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Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
One of the fastest flying birds in the world. The ‘Rolls Royce’
of the falcons. It hunts birds with amazing speed and agility, launching
attacks from high in the sky or sometimes from a vantage point at ground
level. Lens 200 mm
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Dingo Canis familiaris
A dingo drinks from a waterhole with a pup at its side. The dingo controls
kangaroo numbers within its normal range in Australia, but inside the
Southern exclusion zone, provided by a 3400 kilometre long fence, the
larger kangaroo species thrive. Lens 300 mm
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Mallee ringneck parrot Barnardius
barnardi
A brilliantly coloured parrot found in inland eastern Australia. Seen
here in a country flower garden feeding among among chrysanthemum. Lens
200 mm
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Osprey feeding young
Photographed after the young had fledged , to avoid unnecessary harassment
of the birds, A parent bird arrives at the nest with food. The osprey
lives exclusively on fish. Lens 20 mm
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Numbat
Myrmecobius fasciatus
This beautiful, inoffensive little marsupial is active by day and feeds
on termites. Endangered species.
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Frilled lizard Chlamydosaurus kingii
Found in northern Australia, where it spends much of its life in trees,
adjusting its body temperature by moving around among the foliage, either
avoiding or seeking the sun. Lens 135 mm
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Budgerigar
Melopsittacus undulatus
A pair of budgies whisper ‘sweet nothings’ to each other at
their nest hollow in an outback creek bed. Lens 300 mm
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Wild Australia
A collage depicting Australia’s diverse wildlife
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Tawny frogmouth Podargus strigoides
A large nocturnal nightjar. It eats insects, spiders, frogs and small
mammals. It is extremely well camouflaged when sitting on a branch of
a tree. Lens 100 mm.
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Green tree-frog
Litoria caerulea
For some reason this frog seems to have a smile on her face. This frog
is very common in northern and eastern Australia, often gathering around
electric lights, in settled areas, to feed on insects.
Lens 55 mm
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Western Pygmy possum Cercartetus concinnus
A young pygmy possum pauses for a moment on a flower of Banksia marginata.
The mouse sized possum feeds on insects and nectar and thrives in low
heath country. It is common in remnant roadside vegetation in southeastern
Australia. Lens 100 mm
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