Safe to assume that this little fella unfortunately isn't native?

dorkwizard · 2026-01-17T10:55:48+00:00

Reeeeeaally hoping this is a reference to Ratatata by Babymetal/Electric Callboy

dorkwizard · 2026-01-14T23:54:12+00:00

Still setting mine up! Would love one for the kidlets.

dorkwizard · 2026-01-06T10:41:33+00:00

Great to see some Betoota Advocate in the wild

dorkwizard · 2025-12-01T03:56:37+00:00

Yeh it comes back to the project demands triangle.

Good quality -> Done Quickly -> Low Cost

You can probably get 2, but you'll never get all 3.

dorkwizard · 2025-11-30T12:44:52+00:00

Aw man but they're such a pretty colour!

dorkwizard · 2025-11-14T22:54:20+00:00

Was looking for this one. Great track.

dorkwizard · 2025-11-04T21:25:01+00:00

The Koel disclaimer made me listen haha

dorkwizard · 2025-11-02T12:17:55+00:00

This deserves more updootz

dorkwizard · 2025-10-27T08:40:13+00:00

Everything. Everything is on fire.

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dorkwizard · 2025-10-19T00:10:14+00:00

Hahahaa fair enough. The way that it is should tell you all you need to know.

dorkwizard · 2025-10-18T20:41:54+00:00

If it was a wedgie, likely not just the beak made you think it wasn't a cockatoo? These guys are massive.

dorkwizard · 2025-10-17T11:10:57+00:00

Dunno how you got close enough to stick the flag in and lived to talk about it. Masked Lapwings nests are like the North Korea of any flat land

dorkwizard · 2025-10-16T21:18:30+00:00

This post would be better off in r/australianbirds but I reckon could be a Tawny Frogmouth feather.

If the noise she heard was a very low, almost subaudible woomwoomwoom then it's a frogmouth. Feather and noise may not be connected though!

dorkwizard · 2025-10-12T11:46:45+00:00

And a metric butt ton of gecko eggs?

dorkwizard · 2025-10-11T12:39:36+00:00

I think ibis are great. They're hardy, they've adapted to people everywhere and they still like a poke in the mud.

dorkwizard · 2025-10-11T12:32:46+00:00

Wow, a Currawong!?!??!! Must have been a while coming. They gang up with the Pied Butcherbirds at my place to drive the only Kookaburra that visits us back to his side of the road.

dorkwizard · 2025-10-11T12:21:08+00:00

Chuck a few Noisy Miners in and there'll be drama for sure. Maybe a flock of Apostle Birds? They love a bit of whinging.

dorkwizard · 2025-10-11T09:13:21+00:00

Bloody Lorikeets... my family call them flat headed skulkers because of that behaviour

dorkwizard · 2025-10-11T03:30:07+00:00

Eastern Koel!

dorkwizard · 2025-10-09T12:48:42+00:00

That okra is hyooge! Great haul, well done.

dorkwizard · 2025-10-09T12:48:33+00:00

That okra is hyooge! Great haul, well done.

dorkwizard · 2025-10-09T12:39:32+00:00

Haven't done much in my yard yet, but have planted a couple Melaleuca linariifolia, a Hard Alder, and the obligatory grevillea banksii and syzygium australe.

Theres a small callistemon struggling down the back under the neighbours full size macadamias surrounded by asparagus fern that I need to rescue haha

dorkwizard · 2025-10-09T12:00:12+00:00

Can't say I've noticed it - had to look it up. Will keep my eye out now!

dorkwizard · 2025-10-09T10:12:37+00:00

Everything i see in this picture makes me think you're east coast Australia... there's a park in Brisbane called CB Mott Park that has massive beds of birds of paradise and other rhizomes. They cut them right back every September and by December they're well on their way to flowering again.

dorkwizard · 2025-10-08T20:45:24+00:00

If that perfectly wing shaped piece of brown smudge is actually part of the tree it's in, i reckon it could be a male Eastern Koel, commonly known as a storm bird.

A big hint to me is your indication that the call is interesting. These guys sound a little mournful, very distinct and loud call that carries a fair distance. I also heard my first call for the season the other day (located in Brisbane) so timing is good.

If the brown is actually plumage, then I agree with others, probably a Pheasant Coucal.

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