From atop our bread oven this Kookaburra made a quick dive into the undergrowth and was soon back with its prize: a writhing baby Eastern Brown Snake. Juvenile snakes of this species are readily identified by their stripes and head markings. After bashing it a couple of times on the top of the oven, the winner flew off into a nearby eucalypt.

Pseudonaja textilis (Eastern Brown Snake) (link to iNaturalist record)

This young Jacky Dragon is the first we've seen since the January 2020 fire. Why this should be, we don't know. They were numerous and obvious before the fire. Anyway, it is nice to have them back. They'll just need to beware hunting Kookaburras!

Amphibolurus muricatus (link to iNaturalist record)