Friday, July 31, 2015

A FAMILY OF MIDNIGHT MURDERERS

CAMOUFLAGED  KILLERS : Barking Owls aka  Murder Birds . 
In a secret  jungle location on Magnetic Island, these  Barking Owls ,part of a family of six , were snapped high up in a tree. A resident called Little Darwin to come and see the  birds  which have a bad name because  they eat baby birds, Curlews a  common target  at  night .  However, they are only doing what comes  naturally. Much loved Kookaburras  also munch  babes .
 
The  owls   were in  a  difficult  position . Our photographer  tottered about on large  granite boulders on  top of a  drop  trying to  get an unobscured  line of vision on the birds, who responded  with a  friendly bark , which we returned,  and a distinctive  wise  old owl  blinking stare. After clambering down  into the jungle  litter with  dangling vines and   trees  blocking  passage , we were told  that it was Death Adder  country .

KILLER  KOALA  I  AM  NOT


A day later , Little Darwin  received  an urgent telephone call to come quickly to  the Queen of  the Jungle's  house  as  a  Koala   was  perambulating about the garden  .  Grabbing  the camera , we obeyed  the  royal command   and  captured  the  cute   peekaboo Koala  up  a  tree , not  of  the  gum  kind .

Scratchy  Koala