Our great southern migration

  This guy was sitting across the river, waiting to be noticed. We were carefully watching the river for platypus (none seen) and then looked up to see him preening. Flame robin!  This small one is a scarlet honeyeater - they don't sit still very long and develop the red heads over time (like goldfinches turning more golden) Another small one with red parts - red-browed firetail finch. They are even smaller and are typically on the ground. One of the first small birds I chased down with the camera. This pic is one of Scott's.  Scott saw a firetail finch without a red brow as we were investigating a park in Victoria, Aus. However, I missed the shot and we didn't find it again. And this guy has a red butt - red-rumped parrot. We saw this particular parrot at Aunt Berenice's farm but found more on travels through Victoria We are currently in Goolwa, South Australia. To get to this state, we passed from New South Wales and through Victoria. We stopped at two cities along th...

  Apparently you can find them just up the road! This echidna really didn't seem to notice us on our walk on part of the Bingi Dreaming track Also known as spiny anteaters, echidna are another egg laying mammal and are not related to the US anteaters at all.  Wikipedia has all sorts of interesting facts on them! On my first visit to Scott's family, his mother gave me an echidna shirt. They still hold a favorite status for me. We have also seen more reptiles out as things get warmer. Yes, this includes snakes (pythons and poisonous ones). Small lizards were all over the place on our walk. This one also didn't care if I took his picture. This blue-tongued lizard was enjoying the patio warmth until I got the camera. Then it scurried into the bush by the driveway. Of course there are fantastic birds, too. The galahs have returned to the neighborhood and were visiting this am.  Love the iphone movie version. Scott was getting the van ready for our pet sitting adventure and yo...