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Brown Ringlet Butterfly ----- Hypocysta metirius
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| Members on the Fig Tree board walk ----- discussing what was spotted on the morning walk |
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Giant Stinging Tree ---- Dendrocnide excelsa ----- One of the features on the Fig Tree board walk
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Little Yabba Creek ----- erosion was quite severe from recent floods ---- note debris in the trees.
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Spectacled Monarch
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Orange Bracket Fungus ----- Growing on its host ---- dead wood
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Little Pied Cormorant ----- about to fish in Little Yabba Creek
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Bell Miner ------ A bird that is always heard but very rarely spotted
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Australian Logrunner ------ family groups work the forest floor ------ blends very well in to the leaf litter .
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Pale Triangle Butterfly in flight.
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Yellow -throated Scrubwren photo by Glen Fergus Wikicommons.
The wren not spotted on the day. The nest below is made from long twigs and vines lined with soft leaves and an array of feathers. The side entrance (not visible ) is weather proof. Seems to be a lot of work for such a small bird. The nest as shown may have been used in the last nesting season Jul.-Feb. Their area from about Cooroy /Bunya Mt. south to Mid N.S.W. is the birds territory. The wren shares the scrub floor with Logrunners and in some areas Lyrebird. The wet tropics also hosts this bird.
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Yellow-throated Scrubwren Nest
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The male Golden Whistler ----- always a favorite --- easy to photograph. The female on the left is not as colorful .
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Native Green Elf Orchid ------on the forest floor at Charle Morelands ------ Stands about 150mm ------ may not look like an orchid ----- take a close look at the bottom flower on the left side of the two plants.
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Orchid Swallowtail ------- Female under wing
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