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**David de Groot** @david@photog.social · 1d

David de Groot @david@photog.social

I went back this afternoon via the spot the tiny frogs were this morning and there were two out in the open.

So here's some more Tiny Frog Thursday for you.

A minuscule dwarf tree frog perched on a broad long blade of grass, as seen between several other blades of grass.

A tiny Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog perched on a blade of grass that is drooping down on the left of frame. It seem to just be enjoying the view.

#frog #EasternDwarfTreeFrog #AustralianWildlife

**David de Groot** @david@photog.social · 1d

David de Groot @david@photog.social

It's Tiny Frog Thursday!

(ok I made that up, but it is Thursday and I did find a tiny frog).

Another (maybe the same one) Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog. Spotted this morning sunning itself on a broad blade of grass.

The third photo is an iPhone shot, and includes a tiny grasshopper for scale.

Side vie of the frog. It is mostly in the shade, with a patch of sun behind. It is green on top (including tops of its limbs) and yellow underneath, and includes a gold/dark stipe from the nose, through the eye and doesn its side to the belly.

Looking down at the top of the tiny frog, sitting with its legs tucked underneath it, on a blade of grass in the sun. From the top, it is pretty much the same colour as the grass and at first glance, could be a beetle.

Tiny frog in-situ. Several broad long blades of grass in the photo, one of which contains a tiny frog, another a tiny grasshopper.

#AustralianWildlife #WildOz #EasternDwarfTreefrog

**David de Groot** @david@photog.social · 2d

David de Groot @david@photog.social

A female Golden Whistler checking me out, as I checked her out, on the driveway at lunchtime today.

An almost high-key photo of a female Golden Whistler on a stub of a broken branch of a small tree. She is mostly shades of pale brown with a bit of grey, but has a golden rump. She has large eyes and a short pale beak. Her he'd is cocked to one side, and she appears to be looking down at the camera from her right eye.

A less backlit shot of the Golden Whistler. She is now on a thinner branch, and slightly higher up the tree than the previous shot. Here her browny-grey colouring is more noticeable, as is her yellow rump.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz

**David de Groot** @david@photog.social · 5d

David de Groot @david@photog.social

Also spotted yesterday were some Cicadabirds (probably female, or maybe juveniles)

I hear these often, but they blend in to the trees so well, I don't often see them.

A brown bird with dark bandit stripe through the eye, and relatively short dark beak. Its feathers are shades of brown and have a light edge, giving a brown stained glass window look. It has a pale underside, with brown spots.

This one is sitting on a branch, facing left, with beak just slightly ajar.

There are two cicadabirds in this photo, one in the bottom left, singing, and the other facing away from the camera in the top right, hiding behind foliage. It may be the male, hard to tell (the males are grey)

A brown bird with dark bandit stripe through the eye, and relatively short dark beak. Its feathers are shades of brown and have a light edge, giving a brown stained glass window look. It has a pale underside, with brown spots.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz

**David de Groot** @david@photog.social · 5d

David de Groot @david@photog.social

One of three Fan-tailed Cuckoos that were calling from the front yard just now.

A 25-30cm bird that has a grey head and wings, brown/faun chest and belly, and dark-grey and white tail. It has a yellow eye with large dark pupil. This one is perched on a branch and calling.

#bird #AustralianWildlife #WildOz

**David de Groot** @david@photog.social · 5d

David de Groot @david@photog.social

spider (tiny)

**David de Groot** @david@photog.social · Apr 10

Apr 10

David de Groot @david@photog.social

I was out at Cherbourg (Qld, Australia, NOT France) today and found some critters.

Some form of quite pretty skink
A Double-barred Finch
A Brown Honeyeater
An Australian Figbird (female)

A handsome skink of some sort. Has some wonderful spots down the side, and a paler, coppery tail.

A Double-barred Finch in a Callistemon tree.

The bird is pale in colour with two black bars, one at the neck, one at the base of the chest. The upper bar circles the head, and forms a triangular crown above the beak.

A Brown Honeyeater, which actually has olive wings, but a browny olive.

A female Australian Figbird. She is brown and has a pale striated front.

#bird #lizard #skink

**Sarah Maddox** @sarahmaddox@aus.social · Apr 9

Apr 9

Sarah Maddox @sarahmaddox@aus.social

Devoted pair of Black Swans abandon their nest after 8 months https://sydneybirder.com/2025/04/10/longest-nest-sitting-ever-black-swans-abandon-nest-after-8-months-part-2-of-story/ #Birds #BirdWatching #WildOz #BirdsOfMastodon

Sydney Birder · Apr 9Longest nest-sitting ever: Black Swans abandon nest after 8 months (part 2 of story)

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**jendefer** @jendefer@dice.camp · Apr 8

Apr 8

jendefer @jendefer@dice.camp

@pissed_eagle mentioned it's Draw a Bird Day, so here is a piece from me. It's from when my wife and I lived in Australia, our early days of birding. I was somewhere without her and saw this brand new, striking bird, so I scribbled it down to share with her. Turns out it was a Pink Cockatoo (also known as Major Mitchell's).

A yellow sticky note bearing a really rough line drawing of a bird. The beak is rather enormous, as is the crest, which is labeled with colors (white, pink, red as it gets closer to the head). The tail feathers are also labeled white. The wings are closed, and there are two little legs attached to the chunky body. The vent is labeled red.

#drawabirdday #birding #WildOz

**David de Groot** @david@photog.social · Apr 8

Apr 8

David de Groot @david@photog.social

Some birds spotted this morning on campus. A female Australian Wood Duck, pausing mid-preen for a photo; and two Little Corellas on a rock grabbing a drink from the lake.