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Sep. 15th, 2007
Anyone wanna go to the Royal Show with me this year?
It's a freakin' rip-off I know ($7 a pop for rides these days! And that's after entry). But I had another theme park dream last night and I really need my fix of thrill rides, even if they are exhorbitantly overpriced. I also just love the vibe of the show.
It's a freakin' rip-off I know ($7 a pop for rides these days! And that's after entry). But I had another theme park dream last night and I really need my fix of thrill rides, even if they are exhorbitantly overpriced. I also just love the vibe of the show.
Anyone wanna go to the Royal Show with me this year?
It's a freakin' rip-off I know ($7 a pop for rides these days! And that's after entry). But I had another theme park dream last night and I really need my fix of thrill rides, even if they are exhorbitantly overpriced. I also just love the vibe of the show.
It's a freakin' rip-off I know ($7 a pop for rides these days! And that's after entry). But I had another theme park dream last night and I really need my fix of thrill rides, even if they are exhorbitantly overpriced. I also just love the vibe of the show.
A feathered earth mover
Sep. 15th, 2007 07:29 pmLast week was spent camping at a wheatbelt reserve, trapping to monitor woylies (Brush-tailed Bettongs) on the reserve. While I was there I finally saw the bird responsible for these mounds...
The Malleefowl! (Leipa ocellata)
This chicken sized bird builds great mounds of rotting vegetation and sand to incubate it's eggs within. And once the chicks finally hatch they have to make their way out of the mound without help then fend for themselves. The guess was that the biggest of these mounds on the reserve probably contained about 20 ton of dirt! We figured it must be generations old.
More Malleefowl mound photos and other photos from the trip can be seen here - http://pics.livejournal.com/gemfyre/gallery/00020cc0
The Malleefowl is not my own image.
The Malleefowl! (Leipa ocellata)
This chicken sized bird builds great mounds of rotting vegetation and sand to incubate it's eggs within. And once the chicks finally hatch they have to make their way out of the mound without help then fend for themselves. The guess was that the biggest of these mounds on the reserve probably contained about 20 ton of dirt! We figured it must be generations old.
More Malleefowl mound photos and other photos from the trip can be seen here - http://pics.livejournal.com/gemfyre/gallery/00020cc0
The Malleefowl is not my own image.
A feathered earth mover
Sep. 15th, 2007 07:29 pmLast week was spent camping at a wheatbelt reserve, trapping to monitor woylies (Brush-tailed Bettongs) on the reserve. While I was there I finally saw the bird responsible for these mounds...
The Malleefowl! (Leipa ocellata)
This chicken sized bird builds great mounds of rotting vegetation and sand to incubate it's eggs within. And once the chicks finally hatch they have to make their way out of the mound without help then fend for themselves. The guess was that the biggest of these mounds on the reserve probably contained about 20 ton of dirt! We figured it must be generations old.
More Malleefowl mound photos and other photos from the trip can be seen here - http://pics.livejournal.com/gemfyre/gallery/00020cc0
The Malleefowl is not my own image.
The Malleefowl! (Leipa ocellata)
This chicken sized bird builds great mounds of rotting vegetation and sand to incubate it's eggs within. And once the chicks finally hatch they have to make their way out of the mound without help then fend for themselves. The guess was that the biggest of these mounds on the reserve probably contained about 20 ton of dirt! We figured it must be generations old.
More Malleefowl mound photos and other photos from the trip can be seen here - http://pics.livejournal.com/gemfyre/gallery/00020cc0
The Malleefowl is not my own image.