A Cocky, a Curlew and some Spotted Quolls

luckydog

Been bogged down fighting fires down here lately and the camera, and me are suffering from photo neglect. So here is a few anyway...
There is a new bird visiting the backyard bird feeder lately and when i can capture the bugger on jpeg i'll post a collection of what comes into my yard.

Sulfur Crested Cockatoo


Curlew


Spotted Quoll

Khaos

I like the B&W treatment.

gtc

nice catch
nice shots

we are overrun with cockies,major mitchells ,rainbow lorikeets and galahs at the moment but no curlews!

-where did you find the spotted quolls?

so rare to see them in daylight,and suckling young is even more of a catch

i spent 6 months up in newie a few years ago and liked it- my office was across form merewether surf beach ,with whales swimming by etc

Lord Vetinari

Great captures- wondered what a quoll was- looks like the marsupial equivalent of a pig- how big are they?

Brian v.

PossumCorner

Quolls
Are these on your place Lucky - I so envy you if they are. We used to have lots of them in the bush here (they were always called Native Cats or Spotted Cats - that only recently became sort of politically incorrect here for some reason). Anyway they have been wiped out by feral cats along with all of the little eastern bandicoots, which is really sad. Your sulphur-crest shot is special too. What kind of bird is the new one visiting? Shots awaited.

ginger_55

Nice shots! Of strange things!

I like the last thing! and I agree and like the blk/white.

ginger

Rohirrim

Cool capture Lucky. That Spotted Quoll is a neat looking critter.

Harryb

that first shot

luckydog

Thanks everyone for having a look. I'm glad they created some interest. The Spotted Quolls are rare and endangered. This is a breeding pair in a secret location that a Ranger friend of mine took me to see, so I feel very priveledged to see wild ones. They have a hide in an enclosed area of bush to protect them from feral cats. They are a Carnivorous Marsupial and size wise they grow to between 75cm and 1.3m in length (head to tail) and weight of males is <7kgs and females <4kgs.

As for the new visitor it is a Noisy Friarbird. A honey eater by the looks of him and also native to my area. Been here 5 years and these past few days is the first I've seen of him. Will post a new thread of the noisy and a couple other regulars shortly.