Walk of Life on the Sunshine Coast This Week

Brown Cuckoo Dove

 The Brown Cuckoo-Dove is a large brown pigeon of rainforests, with a very long, tapering tail. There is a pale streak below the blue-grey eye and a red eye-ring. The female has a brighter chestnut cap and a scaly pattern on the breast. The legs and feet are red. Their flight is strong and graceful, usually low among the trees. This species is also known as the Brown, Pheasant or Large-tailed Pigeon more....

Osprey Cooling Off

The Osprey is a medium-sized fish-eating raptor (bird of prey). It has dark brown upperparts contrasting with pale underparts. There is a black band through the eye, separating the white throat from the pale crown.

The Osprey is also called the Fish Hawk or White-headed Osprey.

Osprey In Flight

Brahminy Kite

This Kite is a medium-sized raptor and is easily recognized, having a white head and breast while the rest of its body is a striking chestnut brown, it is a bird of the coast, particularly mangrove swamps and estuaries where it feeds as a scavenger, particularly on dead fish and crabs, but they also hunt for small prey such as fish, crabs, shellfish, frogs, rodents, reptiles, even insects.more...

Cotton Harlequin Bug

is a member of the Jewel Bug family named for their bright metallic colouration.

The bugs are also known as Hibiscus Harlequin Bugs. They are common in Brisbane. Females are orange with small patches of metallic blue scatter over their body. Males are red with metallic blue patches. Their patterns can be quite different between individuals. Males are smaller than the females in size. Their scutellum completely covers the whole abdomen and wings more....

Blue Swimmer Crabs having a Prawn Dinner.

Blue Swimmer Crabs are widely distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific region from east Africa to Japan, Tahiti and northern New Zealand.  They are also present in the Mediterranean Sea.  In Australia, Blue Swimmer Crabs inhabit coastal waters from the south coast of New South Wales, up and around to Perth in Western Australia more....

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Spider Spinning its Web

Grass Yellow Butterfly

Albatross Butterfly

Black Cockatoo

Swamp Hen Chicks

Oriole