Pelican
Their 'bill pouch' can hold 13 litres of water.
White-necked Heron
Will defend feeding territories against other species aggressively.
Rainbow Lorikeet
Enjoying the blossoms of the Paperbark tree
Koala
Lantana is cleared at Ivory's Rock so Koalas can climb their trees.
Koala
Common Bronzewing
Diet: Seeds, vegetable matter.
Little Black Cormorant
Excellent divers & swimmers Webbed feet.
Pheasant Coucal
When disturbed, runs rather than fly, or flies clumsily. Ground dwelling in dense undercover.
Plumed Whistling Duck
Also known as Grass Whistling Duck
Perons Tree Frog
Australian Grebes Nest
Both parents care for young.
Australian Water Dragon
Diet: Invertebrates, fruit, flowers, rodents.
Peregrine Falcon
Swooping at speeds of up to 300 km/h. Pairs hunt co-operatively.
Brown Honeyeater
Diet: Nectar, also spiders & insects.
Red-neck Wallabies
Macropod marsupial common across Australia.
Green Tree Snake
No fangs, no venom. Sharp teeth to grasp frogs.
Golden Orb Spider
Webs sometimes trap small birds & bats, which it wraps & feeds upon.
Crested Pigeon Chick
Found in wooded grasslands near water.
Brush-tail Rock Wallabies
Listed as Vulnerable, due to habitat loss.
Eastern Spinebill
Very energetic. Low whirring sound when hovering.
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Can cover 7metres in one jump
Satin Flycatcher
Found in tall trees in gullies.
Straw necked Ibis
Diet: Invertebrates - beetles, crickets, grasshoppers, spiders, freshwater yabbies.
Grey-crowned Babbler Nest
Large dome nests built in tree forks 4-7 metre above ground.
Common Bronzeswing
Visits waterholes frequently. Shy & wary.
Koala
In 2022 listed as Endangered in Queensland.
Tawny Frogmouth
More closely related to Owlet-nightjars than to Owls.
Noisy Friarbird
Fledgling
Goanna
Goannas are Monitor Lizards. 42 varieties in Australia
Bush Stone-Curlew Hatching
Exposed nests make chicks vulnerable
Eastern Sedge Frog
Environment affects frog's colour - fawn to light green
Crested Pigeon
Distinctive thin black erect crest.
Brush-tail Possum
Nocturnal. Nest in tree hollows. Solitary.
Red-neck Wallabies
Grooming each other.
Shining Bronze Cuckoo
Able to eat grubs that other birds avoid. Its gizzard's lining catches caterpillar spines, which are later spat out.
Noisy Friarbird
Enjoying Grevillea flower nectar
Pale headed Rosella
Usually seen in pairs. Diet: grass seed, fruit & flowers.
Willie Wagtail feeding Chick
Diet: Mostly insects, also small lizards
Whiptail Wallaby
Also know as the Pretty-faced Wallaby
Little Corellas Flock
Large flocks live along watercourses.
Noisy Miner Albino Chick
This albino chick is the only one seen here in 30 years
Brown Quails
Prefers to run and hide than fly
Pardalote
Swamp Wallaby
Diet: shrubs, bushes, bark and fungi.
Scarlet Honeyeater
Diet: beetles, flies, moths & caterpillars.
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Diet: insects, fruit, reptiles, mammals & other bird's chicks.
Carpet Python
Non-venomous. Constricts & suffocates prey.
Scaly-breasted Lorikeets
Feed in flocks often with Rainbow Lorikeets. Very social. Loud squarks.
Kookaburra
Also known as the Laughing Kookaburra. Laugh signals its territory to other birds.
Noisy Friarbird in Callistemon flowers
Honeyeater family. Form long-term pairs. Parents aggressively defend nest & surrounds.
Huntsman Spider
Young Huntsman spiders are a paler colour.
Eastern Yellow Robin Nesting
Nest made of plant material & spider web, disguised with bark & leaves.
Lemon-migrant Butterflies
Butterflies migrate to lay eggs on Cassia plants.
Plumed Whistling Duck Family
Pairs for life. Parents raise chicks together.
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Lays one egg other bird's nests to raise.
Red-neck Wallabies
Inhabits eucalypt forests.
Whiptail Wallaby
Prefers hilly terrain, open eucalypt forest and grassy understory
Grey Fantail
Builds several nests in breeding season. Lays eggs in only one.
Red-neck Wallaby with Wallaby
Feeds primarily on grasses & roots.
Galahs
Lifespan: 40 years. Mate for life.
King Parrot Female
Lay eggs in deep tree hollows.
Restless Flycatcher
Hovers & catches insects. Makes whirring, rasping noises.
Cormorants sur le lac
Form large flocks, forages on water.
Fiery Skimmer Dragonfly
Female. Length is approx 7cm
Australasian Darter
Often seen drying its outstretched wings.
Red-neck Wallaby
Masked Lapwing Chick
Eastern Blue-tongue Lizard
Protrudes large blue tongue to scare predators
Silvereye
Lifespan: 10 years. Migrates to Queensland in winter from Tasmania.
Red-neck Wallaby
Red Belly Black Snake
Venomous. Will flee when threatened. Diet: fish, tadpoles, frogs, lizards, snakes & mammals.
Eastern Spinebill
Advantageous long beak, extracting nectar where others can't.
Kookaburra
Tawny Frogmouths
Nocturnal
Royal Spoonbill
Diet: fish & invertebrates.
Fiery Skimmer Dragonfly
Habitat: wetlands, creeks, forests. Female.
Whiptail Wallaby
Joeys stay in pouches for 9 months, then close to mother for 18 months.
Huntsman Spider
Poor eyesight. Senses insects through hairs on its body. Lifespan: 2 years.
Nankeen Night Heron
Nocturnal
White throated Honeyeater
Live in pairs or small groups.
Little Corella
Considered pests by Grain farmers.
Carpet Python
Diet: mammals, birds, reptiles.
Peregrine Falcon Fledglings
Fledglings nesting on Ivory's Rock, ready to fly.
Royal Spoonbill
Fishes by sweeping bill slowly from side to side. Also rapid motions while running.
Australasian Darter
Swims submerged with just its neck protruding.
Grannys Cloak Moth
Pied Butcherbird
Beautiful warbling song. Diet: reptiles, mammals, frogs, birds, inverebrates.
Koala
Eucalypt leaves are high in water. Koalas do not need to drink.
Noisy Miner
Diet: nectar, fruits, invertebrates, grubs, small reptiles, frogs.
Eastern Long necked Turtle
Eastern Great Egret
Beak colour darkens during breeding season.
White-faced Heron
Diet: small creatures they disturb when wading, or stalk by standing quietly & waiting.
Tawny Frogmouth with Fledglings
Breeding pair bonds for life & share care for young.
White-faced Heron
Diet: variety of prey - fish, insects & amphibians.
Black-fronted Dotterel
Usually lives alone. Forms large flocks up to 100 in winter.
Golden Orb Spider
Builds large, semi-permanent orb webs, which have a golden sheen.
Brush-tail Possum
Diet: mainly eucalyptus leaves, fruits, flowers. Raids gardens.
Pardalote
Nests can be 1 metre deep in banks of earth.
Eastern Bearded Dragon
Opens beard & mouth when threatened
Eastern Yellow Robin
A perch & pounce hunter. Diet is mostly invertebrates.
Straw necked Ibis
Figbird Male
Also known as Green Figbird. Mimics other birds.
Brown Cuckoo Dove
Very loud "whoop-a whoop" call.
Kookaburra
Kookaburra nesting in an old termite nest.
Termites
Scaly breasted Lorikeet
Also eat insects & insect larvae found in foliage.
Noisy Miner
Highly social & territorial birds.
Little Pied Cormorant
Can dive underwater for fish, yabbies. Also eats insects.
Magpie feeding Channel billed Cuckoo
Magpie is fooled into raising the chick as its own.
Brush-turkey
Diet: Insects, seeds, fruits. Garden raiders.
Channel-billed Cuckoo
Migrates from New Guinea to breed here.
Ground Cuckooshrike
Long legs, runs quickly. Forages for invertebrates.
Scarlet Honeyeater Female
Female incubates the eggs, but both parents feed the young. Up to 3 broods per season.
Green Tree Snake
Rises up, inflating throat & body if threatened. Makes a stink from glands. Not venomous.
Short-beaked Echidna
Solitary. Lifespan:16 years. Length: 35 cm. Diet: Ants & termites.
Wood Duck Mother with Fledgings
Also known as the Maned Duck.
Swamp Wallaby
Swamp Wallabies can suckle two joeys of different ages.
Whiptail Wallabies
Home range: Up to 110 hectares.
Eastern Koel Male
Diet: figs, fruits, insects. Loud repetitive call
Dingo
Native. Hunts large prey - Wallabies & Kangaroos.
Mon ami le Kookaburra
Wedge-tailed Eagle Fledgling
Diet: Mostly carrion. Also live rabbits & small animals.
Grey Butcherbird
Beautiful songbird. Closely related to the more ground dwelling Magpie.
Brush-tailed Rock Wallabies
Vulnerable in Queensland. Endangered in NSW (2019 fires)
Sulphur crested Cockatoo
Lifespan: 50-60 years. Chicks remain with parents. Family groups stay together indefinitely.
Wolf Spider
Habitat: leaf litter, burrows. Diet: small invertebrates, frogs.
White Throated Honeyeater
Builds cup-shaped nest of bark & grasses in tree forks.
Pacific Bazza
Both parents care for the young.
Green Jumping Spider
Uses vision to stalk prey. A silk safety line prevents it from falling.
Swamp Wallaby
Solitary animal. Habitat: thick forest undergrowth.
Willie Wagtail
The largest & most well-known of Australian Fantails.
Goanna
Diet: carrion, eggs, chicks, small mammals, snakes.
Scarlet Honeyeater
Bark is torn from trees & bound with spiderweb to make nests.
Common Green Tree Frog
Shelters under bark, in tree hollows during the dry season.
Brush-tail Rock Wallaby
Photographed approx 20 years ago.
White-necked Heron
Shy and very wary. Diet: fish, dragonfly nymphs, insects.
Masked Lapwing Nest Eggs
Both parents take care of young and defend nest
Welcome Swallows
Short bristles at sides of mouth help guide insects into their gullet as they fly.
Noisy Miner Albino Chick
Azure Kingfisher
Nests in burrows dug into banks.
Sacred Ibis
Also known as Australian White Ibis
Jabiru
Australia’s only stork. Also known as the Black-necked Stork.
Goanna
'Lace Monitor' also known as 'Tree Monitor' is prevalent at Ivory's Rock.
Southern Boobook Owl
Nests in tree hollows. Diet: invertebrates, small mammals.
Bar-shouldered Dove
Diet: seeds of grasses, sedges, herbs. Also rhizomes.
Koala
Vision is poor. The only mammal with vertical slit pupils.
Pale-headed Rosella
Nests in deep hollows of large trees in open woodland.
Eastern Spinebill
Nests: twigs, grass, bark, & spider's web
Brush-turkey
Male builds mound for several females to lay eggs in.
Blue faced Honeyeater
Diet: mostly invertebrates, also nectar & fruit.
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Fiery Skimmer Dragonfly
Female. Males have a bright red body.
Noisy Miner Nest Chick
Brush-tail Rock Wallaby Joey
Vulnerable - foxes, wild dogs & competition from feral goats.
Brush-tail Possum
Marsupial. Carries young in pouch
St Andrews Cross spider
Plumed Whistling Ducks family
Plucks grass on land. Also takes food from water's surface.
Goanna
Adults: 2 metres long, 14 kilos weight
Koala
Koalas are not bears. Closest relative is the Wombat.
Brown Honeyeater
Nest made from bark, grass, & down.
Noisy Miner Nest
Part of the Honeyeater family.
Masked Lapwing
Bold. Aggressive when protecting nests.
Rainbow Bee eater
Very social birds. Roost together in large groups.
Little Corella
Pair for life. Nest in tree hollows. Both parents care for young.
Redback Spider
Diet: Insects. Also juvenile mice, snakes, frogs snagged in web. Venomous. Length: Females 10mm Males 4mm.
White-necked Heron
Also known as the Pacific Heron
Wood Duck family
Able to walk easily on land. Forages in grasses, clover, eats insects.
Square tailed Kite
Diet: birds, eggs, chicks, mice, insects, snails, reptiles.
White throated Honeyeater
Length of adult 11.5 to 14.5 cm
Azure Kingfisher
Plunges into water to catch fish, aquatic insects, frogs.
Bandicoot
Territorial. Solitary except in breeding season.
Magpie Worm
Comfortable walking along the ground. Diet: invertebrates, grubs, lizards.
Plumed Whistling Ducks with Chicks
Lifespan: 8-10 years. Pairs for life, raising chicks together.
Brush-tail Rock Wallabies
Wildlife Queensland photo. Confirms presence at Ivory's Rock in 2022!
Sugar Glider
Glide through the air, using flaps of skin between their legs.
Rainbow Lorikeets
Pairs for long periods, if not for life. Only females care for young.
Wood Ducks
Spend more time foraging on land than in water.
Goanna upright
Stands upright to assess surrounds.
Kookaburra
Eastern Bearded Dragons
Diet: leaves, fruits, insects, small mammals & reptiles
Silvereye
Diet: Insects, fruit & nectar.
Scarlet Honeyeater
Diet: Insects & nectar, taking flying insects on the wing.
Eastern Koel Female
Migrates from Sth East Asia to breed here.
Brown Cuckoo Dove
Diet: fruits & seeds in forest trees. Not often seen on the ground.
Bandicoot
Nocturnal, hunting beetles & grubs.
Galahs
Diet: Seeds, grubs, roots, nuts, berries. Grain Crops.
Common Green Tree Frog
Eats almost anything, invertebrates, bats & small snakes.
Noisy Friarbird
Diet: nectar, fruit, invertebrates & other bird's eggs & chicks
Magpie
Lifespan: 25-30 years. Wingspan 65-85cm. Highly intelligent birds
Wheelweaving Spider
Builds a small web which it destroys at dawn. Female 6mm, Male 3.5mm
Cicada
Cicada nymphs spend years underground. They climb trees to emerge as adults.
Pelican
Pelicans are recent arrivals at Ivory's Rock.
Eastern Koel Male
Also known as the Pacific Koel.
Koala
Southern Boobook Owl
Smallest, most common owl in Australia
Pacific Bazza
Diet: fruits, insects, frogs, birds, snakes, lizards.
Blue faced Honeyeater
Also known as Banana Bird - enjoys banana flower nectar.
Welcome Swallow feeding Chicks
Takes insects on the wing. Builds mud nests.
Red-neck Wallaby
Small in stature reaching 1 metre
Wedge-tailed Eagle with Prey
Largest bird of Prey in Australia
Australian Grebe
Dives deeply to catch fish
Red-neck Wallabies Fghting
Males will fight during breeding season.
Channel-billed Cuckoo
World's largest Cuckoo. Length 70cm, Wingspan 107cm
St Andrews Cross Spider
Named for their bright zig zag web decorations.
Masked Lapwing and Chick
Nests can be made in unlikely exposed areas.
Square tailed Kite
Listed Vulnerable in NSW, Threatened in Victoria, Endangered in Sth Australia, & Rare in Queensland.
Koala
Affected by habitat loss, cars, dogs.
Bush Stone-Curlew Parents
Diet: insects, small reptiles & rodents.
Eastern Bearded Dragon
Average length 25 cm
Scaly-breasted Lorikeets
Lays eggs in hollows of decayed tree limbs. Modifies by chewing off pieces.
Willie Wagtail Nest
Nests are reused, or rebuilt by recycling materials. Lined with feathers, fur, or hair plucked from livestock. Spiderweb on exterior.
Ibis Flock
Koala
Masked Lapwing and Chick
Willie Wagtail
Is a pursuit predator that chases insects on the wing.
Brush-tailed Phascogale
Wildlife Qld images at Ivory's Rock. Listed as Vulnerable.
Yellow Faced Honeyeater
Short-billed honeyeater. Diet: invertebrates also nectar, pollen from Banksia & Grevillea flowers.
Willie Wagtail with Chick
Very bold. Will protect their territory from kookaburras & eagles.
Crested Pigeon Nest
Young hatch after 3 weeks.
King Parrot Male
Known for its loud & musical call
Tawny Frogmouth with Chicks
Diet: wide variety invertebrates, reptiles, small mammals.
Eastern Golden Orb Weaving Spider
Sticky, wheel-shaped orb golden webs.
King Parrot Male
Usually seen in pairs or small family groups
Australian Grebe Nest Chick
Floating Nest made from vegetation
Galahs
Very social & affectionate birds.
Wood Ducks in Pond
Both parents care for young. Nests are a pile of down inside tree hollows.
Black House Spider
Habitat: logs, rocks, building's window frames, wall crevices.
Magpie
Highly regarded songbirds. Their pitch can vary over up to four octaves.
Eastern Long necked Turtle
Diet: insects, worms, fish, frogs.
Pale headed Rosella
Welcome Swallow Chicks
'Welcome’ Swallow was named by sailors. Sightings meant land was not far away.
Brush-tail Rock Wallaby Joey
Specially modified feet to grip to terrain.
Little Black Cormorants
Breeding plumage appears more bronzed than black.
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Highest speed recorded is 64km
Bush Stone-Curlew Protecting Eggs
Nocturnal
Crested Pigeons
Both parents incubate eggs & care for young.
Australian Grebe Nest Chicks
Eats feathers to regurgitate & prevent injury to chicks (fish bones)
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Joeys are independent at 18 months.
Eastern Grey Kangaroos
Rest in shade during the day. Graze at night.
Red-browed Firetail Finch
Found in dense vegetation & grassy areas.
Brown Quail
Also known as Swamp Quail.
Black Winged Stilt
Wading bird, feeding on insects & small fish.
Koala
Koalas rest 20 hours a day. Little energy is obtained from diet.
Kookaburra
Largest member of the Kingfisher family.
Red-neck Wallaby Pouch Joey
Jewel Spider
Also known as Christmas spider. Length 10mm. Orb-webs.
Eastern Long necked Turtle
Solitary animals. Can move long distances.
Scaly breasted Lorikeet
The only lorikeet with an all-green head & red beak.
Common Bronzewings
Native pigeon
Brown Honeyeater
Loud strident call.
Green Tree Frog
Nocturnal.
Blue faced Honeyeaters
Territorial, feeding in flocks. Aggressive to other birds.
Whiptail Wallaby
Lives in groups of 10, moving within large mobs of 50- 100
Red-necked Wallaby with Pouch Pinky
A 'Pinky' has no fur. Once it grows fur it is called a 'Joey'.
Kookaburra
Kookaburras are carnivorous.
Goanna
Avoids people. Shy unless threatened.
Pardalote
Also known as Peep-wrens. Length 8–12 cm
Great Egret
Red-neck Wallaby Pinky
A 'Pinky' usually remains in mother's pouch until it grows fur.
Rainbow Lorikeet
Dingo
Good for environment. Feral cats & foxes avoid them.
Royal Spoonbill
Nests in colonies alongside ibises, herons & cormorants.
Magpie feeding Channel billed Cuckoo
The Channell-billed Cuckoo lays her eggs in the Magpie's nest to raise.
Galahs
Part of the Cockatoo family. Friendly, playful & great mimics
Masked Lapwing Hatchling
Nests are often in exposed vulnerable sites.
Bush Stone-Curlew Eggs
Nests on ground, amongst leaf litter
Figbird Female
Nests in small groups, quite close together.
Brush-tail Rock Wallaby
Diet: grasses, shrubs, trees, roots, bark.
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet in Callistemon flowers
Diet: Nectar & pollen harvested with their brush-tongues.
Grey Butcherbird
Diet: Invertebrates, small birds, chicks, lizards. Occasionally fruit & small seeds
Eastern Spinebill
Honeyeater. Length: 15 cm long.
Bush Stone-Curlew Nest
Birds freeze to avoid detection.
Whiptail Wallaby
Lifespan: 10 years
Brush-turkey
Strong feet to rake leaf litter for food.
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Males can be 2 metres tall
Common Bronzewing
Adapted to urban areas.
Eastern Grey Kangaroo Mob
'Mobs' is the term for groups of Kangaroos or Wallabies.
Common Green Tree Frog
Males grow up to 9cm. Females up to 12cm.
King Parrot Male
Koala
Ivory's Rock is part of the largest continuous stretch of eucalypt forest in the region.
Red-neck Wallaby
Lifespan: Up to 9 years
Nankeen Night Heron
Diet: frogs, yabbies, lizards, mice, invertebrates, caterpillars, & dragonfly larvae.
Eastern Koel Female
Cuckoo family. Lays eggs in other bird's nests.
Koala
Tends to sleep and rest for 20 hours a day
Koala
Descends to coolest part of a tree during hot weather.
Great Egret
Usually hunts in water, also takes prey while in flight.
Pelican and Ducks
Wingspan: up to 2.5 metres
Moth
Echindna
Egg laying Mammal. Deposits egg into pouch to hatch. The young is called a 'Puggle'.
Red-neck Wallaby with Wallaby
Marsupials carry their young in their pouch.
Red-neck Wallaby
Pheasant Coucal Nest
The only Australian cuckoo that raises its own young. Nests are on the ground.
Red-browed Firetail Finches
Large dome nests built in undergrowth. Side tunnel entrance.
Rainbow Lorrikeet
Diet: Pollen, nectar of grevilleas, banksias, melaleucas, eucalyptus flowers. Also insects & fruits.
Cicada
The song of many Cicadas can be deafening loud!
Pale headed Rosellas
Often seen in pairs.
Rainbow Lorikeet
Wide range of habitats, rainforest, woodlands,& treed urban areas.
White-faced Heron
Nests have a haphazard appearance, made of sticks in a tree.
Pacific Bazza
Also known as the Crested Hawk.
Tawny Frogmouth Chicks Nest
Nests are built in tree forks.
Double-barred Finches
Builds nests in grasses & low shrubs.
Little Corellas
Diet: grains, grass seeds, bulbs & fruits.
Pied Currawong
Beautiful song. Diet: Invertebrates, berries, eggs & chicks, reptiles.
Common Ringtail Possum
Creates a ball nest of woven twigs in tree canopy.
King Parrot Female
Diet: Seeds, fruits & flowers in the forest canopy.
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Pair grooming each other.
Australian Owlet-nightjar
Roosts in tree hollows. Can be mobbed by birds that mistake them for owls.
Strawnecked Ibis
Diet: invertebrates, frogs, lizards & small rodents.
Tawny Frogmouths
Experts in camouflage, amongst the tree branches.
White Throated Honeyeater
Habitat: forested areas near creeks.
Silvereye
A small finch. Length: 11 - 13 cm Weighs approx 10 gms
Eastern Grey Kangaroos
Groups of 10 or so individuals live within larger 'Mobs'
Masked Lapwing protecting Chick
Chicks reach full growth at 4 months.
Brown Honeyeater Nest
Female incubates eggs. Both parents feed young.
Whiptail Wallaby
Wallabies are Macropods which means 'big foot'
Masked Lapwing
Also known as a Plover
Forest Kingfisher
Nests in termite nests in trees & in tree hollows
Pale-vented Bush Hen
Also known as Moorhen. Shy. Lives near water.
King Parrot Male
Widespread across east coast, including suburbs.
Double-barred Finches
Flocks can be up to 40 birds.
Crested Pigeons
