Weekend herping photos

[Kristy_07]

Just thought I'd post some pics of my romantic weekend away herping and birding

Since my herping skills are limited to the animals I trip over, I didn't really find much to be proud of. But I ran into a friendly RBB, a small GTS, and some skinks that I don't know anything about (maybe someone will idea them for me ).

Also heard (but unfortunately didn't see) some Albert's lyrebirds, which was absolutely amazing, and got to watch a great display put on by 4 male and 2 female Eastern whipbirds one morning. Lots of other great birds; wompoo pidgeon, crimson rosellas, king parrots, jacky winters, a white-throated tree creeper (!!), spectacled monarchs, logrunners (one of my favs), tawny frogmouth, noisy pittas, Bassian thrush, Rufous wagtails, Eastern yellow robins, satin bowers, green catbirds, pale-yellow robins, white-throated scrubwrens..... that'll do

The spiders were fun, and the mammals were nice, too; one mother of a ringtail (!!), mountain brushtail, red-necked and red-legged padies, swamp wallaby.

Great weekend, hope you like the pics (sorry the bird pics are pretty low qual - even my f2.8 lenses were struggling in the overcast morning rainforest light. Or maybe it was just me )


Friendly Huntsman

Trapdoor

Platform Spider (I think...)

Fuzzy Caterpillars

Skink 1

Skink 2

Skink 3

Skink 4

Red-bellied Black sunning

...we helped him move off the path...

Male Eastern Whipbird

Female Eastern Whipbird

Spectacled Monarch

Bassian Thrush

The Biggest Wasp Nest EVER

Wasps

Pretty pool

Friendly Leeches

Leech Legs

 

[Omgitschris]

looks like a good trip - love the rbb shots and the friendly leechs made me laugh :lol:

 

[reptiledude1]

how did u get blood on your legs?

 

[Kristy_07]

thanks, mate! was a great weekend away, but sooo many leeches...

 

[smeejason]

Need to put up a bl00dy warning for all us aracnaphobes(sp). took me 5 min to be brave enough to come back into room after that big hairy spider appeared on the screen.
nice photos though lol

 

[kkjkdt1]

Love the trapdoor, skink 1 and the caterpillar shots, oh and the red belly and ALL OF THEM.
Well done

 

[bluereptile]

loved the red belly black photos and the leeches made me have a laugh lol

 

[Dark_Morelia]

Nice pics! looks like you saw a good amount of wildlife. The monarch and whip birds are impressive - I can never get near monarchs and whips are so secretive!
Are you sure the wasp nest is a wasp nest? looks an awful lot like fungus to me?
Where'd you go to see all this stuff?

 

[Kristy_07]

Are you sure the wasp nest is a wasp nest? looks an awful lot like fungus to me?
Where'd you go to see all this stuff?

Hey, yep the pics don't do it justice, but definitely a wasps' nest, not fungi. At Binna Burra and Lamington Nat Park, QLD.

 

[Kristy_07]

to my best knowledge...

skink 1 - Murray's skink Eulamprus murrayi
skink 2 - Carlia pectoralis (???)
skink 3 - Saproscincus rosei
skink 4 - (???)

Man, skinks are HARD!

 

[carmen]

nice pics!! hoped you would get some this time of year. what camera/lense do you use?

 

[Wild~Touch]

Excellent pics and thanks for sharing

 

[AllThingsReptile]

how did u get blood on your legs?

haha are you really that blind coz of leeches read the description of the photo first ay

 

[AllThingsReptile]

Need to put up a bl00dy warning for all us aracnaphobes(sp). took me 5 min to be brave enough to come back into room after that big hairy spider appeared on the screen.
nice photos though lol

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH sorry i almost pissed my self when i read that

 

[Kristy_07]

Thanks for the comments, all.

nice pics!! hoped you would get some this time of year. what camera/lense do you use?

Hey, carmen. I've got a Nikon d300. The close photos were taken with a 105mm f2.8 Nikon macro lens, those further away were either a 70--200mm f2.8 nikon, or (more likely) a 18-200mm f3.5-5.6 nikon lens. This is not the right lens for the rainforest! But that said, it is much lighter than the zoom 2.8 lens, which I still struggle to hike more than about 10km with (by the end, it feels like it weighs about 10kg on its own!)

 

[lizardman59]

great photos kristy LOL there must have been $#@! load of leeches

 

[moosenoose]

Exceptional Photos! Well done!

 

[shellfisch]

Great pics Kristy, where did you go?

And I hope you gave each other a thorough checking over for leeches when you got back

 

[lizardman59]

i love threads like this where people post pics of threads of herps they have found its awesome kristy make a group like backyard herpers or something we could all share pics of herps we have found it would be awesome

 

[Darlyn]

Nice pics, thanks for sharing.
I'd be taking salt or matches for the leeches next time tho.