The reptile is one of two tiger snakes encountered within five minutes of each other, whilst my beloved and I were walking up Mount Oberon, on Wilson’s Promontory, four days ago.
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All photos copyright Doug Spencer, taken on Wednesday May 16, 2018.
As you drive south, Ambalavao is the last major town in Madagascar’s central highlands.
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Photographically, location and light were less than ideal, but these images – taken within a few seconds of each other – do document just how fearless and feisty is one small Australian bird.
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Over at least the next several days, more and more spider orchids will emerge in Perth’s Kings Park.
Some of them are “decorated” by actual spiders!
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I am lucky enough to live in a city where it is utterly commonplace – even on a busy street – to encounter wattlebirds…and many other birds.
(the featured image’s wattlebird was photographed in Grant Street, Cottesloe. All photos copyright Doug Spencer)
Even inner-urban railway stations are quite busy “airports”.
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Flora-wise – native flora-wise, most especially – Perth is probably the world’s richest substantial city.
This post’s wildflowers are all endemic to southwest Western Australia.
All are in bloom right now, within 30 minutes of the city centre.
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The final image excepted, all photos are candid, unposed.
All photos copyright Doug Spencer, taken in May 2018.
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Both are integral to this forest type; the “how” and the “how often” of the former are endlessly debated/contested.
All photos taken on the notional “last day of winter”, August 31 2018; most of them in the so-called “100 Year Forest” near Pemberton.
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A large, loud, and spectacularly agile rainforest-dwelling lemur, it is usually considered a single species, Varecia variegata.
Some argue that its three subspecies are so distinct that they should be classified as three species.
Alas, beyond argument is its/their status: critically endangered.
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