Category Archives: Wildlife

The garden zoo was busy today

I went outside and spotted a medium sized wallaby doing some lawn maintenance.

Garden Wallaby

Garden Wallaby

I grabbed the camera and was just about to click the shutter release when it was spooked by a noise from the forest.

Garden Cassowary

Garden Cassowary

Yet another cassowary in the garden. I’m going to miss these when we move back home.

Garden Cassowary

Garden Cassowary

Cassowary having a dog-like shake of the feathers.

Garden Cassowary

Garden Cassowary

And off. They don’t stay long because we don’t feed them. A fed cassowary is a dead cassowary.

Golden orb weaver spider

To give you some sense of scale this little lady is larger than my hand. Cute!

Golden Orb Weaver Spider

Golden Orb Weaver Spider

Golden Orb Weaver Spider

Golden Orb Weaver Spider

It’s probably a Nephila pilipes and also likely to be a juvenile female. You can read more about this baby on Wikipedia. There are nine male admirers sitting in her web and waiting for her to return. The males are probably 5% of the size of the female. Yes, they really are that small.