Out the back
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 2:34 am
This girl has been visiting since about 2006.
A few others.
A few others.
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Re: Out the back
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 6:52 am
Beautiful!
Re: Out the back
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 7:56 am
Nice photos.
Re: Out the back
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 1:46 pm
Nice Geebung 
Re: Out the back
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 4:27 pm
Scotts1au wrote:Nice Geebung
A cutting from the polo club!
Re: Out the back
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 7:26 pm
Very nice pictures.
Love the parrot.
Interesting how the blotchie keeps coming back.
Love the parrot.
Interesting how the blotchie keeps coming back.
Re: Out the back
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 3:07 am
Gorgeous pictures El Lobo! We get doves and rosellas visiting here daily but don't have a yard that looks half as good as the one in those pictures. Living in the suburbs has its downsides!
Re: Out the back
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 4:49 am
Nice shots norm,shes a beautiful example of an alpine blotchie
Laurie,you would be suprised out how often they hang around,especially if they call uour property part of there home range,ive watched quite a few easterns come back at parents place for 15 years now,still get a few blow ins but alot come and go and are seen regularilly every year
Laurie,you would be suprised out how often they hang around,especially if they call uour property part of there home range,ive watched quite a few easterns come back at parents place for 15 years now,still get a few blow ins but alot come and go and are seen regularilly every year
Re: Out the back
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 6:24 pm
I think she is probably a permanent resident but good at hiding herself. She is a little more cautious at the moment and doesn't let me get as close as in previous years.
We fed the other blotchies this morning so put out an extra dish when we saw her around one of the compost heaps. I noticed she has two ticks near the front left leg so I might need to catch her soon and get rid of them.
We fed the other blotchies this morning so put out an extra dish when we saw her around one of the compost heaps. I noticed she has two ticks near the front left leg so I might need to catch her soon and get rid of them.
Re: Out the back
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2015 2:29 am
That's brilliant. I don't get much in my back yard. The blue looks pretty plump in that last pic...
Mark.
Mark.
Re: Out the back
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2015 2:34 pm
She has a similar pattern to one of my females who used to be more yellowish but has changed to a more orange with age. mmm
Anyway out my front door this morning :-)
Anyway out my front door this morning :-)
Re: Out the back
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2015 2:44 pm
'Straya!
Re: Out the back
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 9:01 am
My God I wish I lived there!
Re: Out the back
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 11:48 pm
Re: Out the back
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2015 5:45 am
OMG that was hilarious ! and awesome at the same time
Re: Out the back
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2015 3:01 pm
That roo is what u ride down to the general store to pick up milk and the paper isnt it scott,lol
Norm i think shes going to be leaving some more babies around this season,she does look solid,might explain her being alittle more shy to
Shes a beautiful skink
Norm i think shes going to be leaving some more babies around this season,she does look solid,might explain her being alittle more shy to
Shes a beautiful skink
Re: Out the back
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2015 4:38 pm
If you look closely you can see where the saddle was strapped on. hehe
Re: Out the back
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 7:58 pm
The blotchy does look quite big but for as long as she has been here I have only observed her having young every other year, starting from 2006. She had young early in 2014.
A few others from today.
Christmas beetle (Anoplognathus species) at the end of life cycle.
A few others from today.
Christmas beetle (Anoplognathus species) at the end of life cycle.
Re: Out the back
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 9:06 pm
Does she look a bit like this 
Re: Out the back
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 10:12 pm
Scott - I would have to say she does look as though she may be gravid; body girth plus some scarring, although the scarring could be from previous years. They are not usually born around here until March or even early April.
She is definitely more cautious of me getting too close. A couple of weeks ago she bolted when 4 yellow tailed black cockatoos flew over calling. It might be because their call is different to most cockatoos and parrots we have around regularly, more like the whistling sound of a raptor than a parrot.
She is definitely more cautious of me getting too close. A couple of weeks ago she bolted when 4 yellow tailed black cockatoos flew over calling. It might be because their call is different to most cockatoos and parrots we have around regularly, more like the whistling sound of a raptor than a parrot.