A Pacific Black Duck getting the glamour glow treatment from the reflections of the evening light off the water of Lake Ginninderra

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Aurora Australis over the Molonglo River near Canberra the other night.

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A Currawong acting out *that* scene from The Silence of the Lambs

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Floating in the sky - featuring a Pacific Black Duck.

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That's really interesting! The perfect victims haha.

Yeah they're brood parasites

A juvenile Eastern Koel waits impatiently for its foster parent Wattlebird to bring it some food. Must be hard work for the Wattlebird when the Koel is already bigger than them.

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Another abstract water reflection photo of Lake Ginninderra

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a thick tree trunk situated in a winter wonderland. the trunk is at least 5 feet in width, the ground is covered in several inches of snow, and some of it has caught on the bark of the tree. behind the tree stands a majestic and incredibly long husky. his head sticks out from the left side of the trunk, while his hind end pokes out from the right side. i suppose there's a world in which this could be two dogs... but that's probably not what's happening here.

This dog is too long for our current rating system to handle. We are working internally to address this problem, but in the meantime please only send regular-length dogs. Thank you… 13/10

This Crimson Rosella was clearly ready for its close-up!

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Eastern Spinebills and Kangaroo Paws - a love story

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The dive-bomb

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Yeah they're actually very different from other mammals. They even lay eggs!

Mr Snuffles is a great Echidna name haha

Been a while since I posted a cute Echidna, so here you go!

Came across this intrepid one at Mulligan's Flat. To get the shot I put my camera up on the log and shot while hiding my face out of view. Got pretty lucky I must say!

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The Corymbia cultivars at the Australian National Botanic Gardens are flowering nicely. I think this my favourite, with is pretty two-tone flowers.

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A water dragon stuffing its face with food scavenged from the cafe at the Botanic Gardens. Majestic.

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Kangaroo grass (Themeda triandra) illuminated by the glow of last night's sunset. This is my favourite native grass, and a key indicator species of high quality natural temperate grasslands.

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Can you handle the fluffiness of Black Swan cygnets?

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Not very common, and mostly confined to late summer. The storms also tend to skirt by along the mountain ranges to the east and west.

Thanks! Yeah it was a wild one! I actually got this from my bedroom haha. No way I was going out in it.

A classic Canberra sunset from late last year, at Mount Ainslie

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This was in Canberra but they're common across most of eastern Australia

Absolutely :)

Across most of eastern Australia, particularly in the southeast

Sounds like a special place to live!

Sometimes I forget how pretty Crimson Rosellas are, because they're so common. The way they contrast against a deep green background is so cool.

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A quick one of some paper daisies from the Botanic Gardens before I go to bed.

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More storms last night in Canberra. This one came through Belconnen around midnight and put on quite a light show ⚡

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