The Latest Pics Archive — page 1

Noisy Miners
Aggression in the suburbs

Indian Mynas
Pushy and invasive

Noisy Miners, Indian Mynas
Here’s how to tell the difference

Birds’ knees
Do they bend forwards or backwards?

Are they Crows or Ravens in Sydney?
Now you’ll know.

Geese teeth
No seriously, do birds have teeth?

Black and white birds
Identifying from a bunch that is easily confused

Common water birds around Sydney
I identify the usual culprits

Rainbow Lorikeets
Raucous and colourful

Starlings
Another feral pest, or not?

Australian White Ibis
Conservation takes a twist

Masked Lapwings
Or should we be calling them Spur-winged Plovers?

Is the Tawny Frogmouth an owl?
Now you’ll know

Pacific Black Ducks
A common Aussie duck

Sulphur-crested Cockatoos
Beautiful birds with an awful call

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos
Beautiful birds with a beautiful call

Glossy Black Cockatoos
Casuarinas’ seed crackers

Bird Politics
Pollie want a cracker?

Black Swans
Bird emblem of Western Australia

Brush Turkeys
Cool birds, huge nests

Darters
Comfortable on land, in the air and water

Australian Pelicans
An impressive large water bird

The Australian Magpie
Buddies in the back yard

Lizard bite
Getting more than you bargained for

Asian House Geckos
More than just a pretty face?

Lantana
Tough, invasive and widespread

A few big Australian trees
Some examples I’ve seen in my travels

Unusual and beautiful Australian trees
Some more lovely trees

Why Australia’s giant trees might never return
Perhaps we shouldn’t take them for granted.

How many eyes do insects have?
The answer might surprise you.

How many eyes do spiders have?
Here’s your answer (and photos).

One of the longest insects in the world
(Including photos of course)

Jumper Ants and Bulldog Ants
Insects with attitude

Some common Australian orb-weaving spiders
A basic guide to their identification.

Hunstman Spiders
A spider with an undeserved bad reputation

Fear of Huntsman Spiders
How I dealt with it

Golden Orb Weaver Spiders
A common large spider

How long do spiders live?
They can’t last forever.

How I catch spiders
(to take them outside)

The amazing net-casting spiders
A bit of a favourite spider of mine.

Commensal spiders
Eating the leftovers

What is a spider?
No, seriously, what makes a spider a spider?

Jumping spiders
Cute and often colourful

So what’s a feral species, really?
Here’s the real answer.

What’s the real meaning of the word ‘bug’?
Another one of those words with a very specific meaning.

Venomous or poisonous
What’s the difference?

So what’s with this Nature Stuff then?
Why I am writing these articles?

Can kangaroos swim?
This will be another surprise for most people

From Cane Toads to tree frogs
It was rewarding in ways we didn’t expect

Book review
Back from the Brink

Camouflaged critters
Blending in to a scene near you

Critters in the city
Blending in to a metropolis near you

Fire and the Australian bush
A brief look at a complicated story

Cute stuff
Critters sure can look cute when they’re little

Feeding wild animals
Is it always a good idea?

Feeding wild animals - Part 2
A licensed wildlife carer gives an opinion on the matter

The Latest Pics
Archive of my latest nature photos