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