Author: Jude Tulloch
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Bird and racehorse make Aussie slang
Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatusDicruridae A spangled Drongo perched momentarily on the top of the grass tree stalk, flitting between the veranda roof, the perch and the paperbark tree, catching insects mid-air in an acrobatic display. Long wire-like bristles (rictal bristles) on the side of the bill guide the prey into the Drongo’s slightly hooked bill. […]
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Fire by the Fenceline
A nonchalant pose in the face of an terifying inferno? No, it’s a controlled burn, though it did go to the right edge of the fire brake where a park ranger gave it a gentle hose.
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Controlled burn
Looking over the National Park the other evening; a gentle crackling fire, so different from the infernos we see on the news in this climate change era.
Jude Tulloch Artist 