Chris
@leftychris.bsky.social
Nature and politics fan-girl. 🦘 Pretty-much obsessed with the tawny frogmouths I share my backyard with. Voting yes was the least we could do, given everything, yet we couldn’t even fricken manage to do that. Privileged to be living in Meanjin, Australia.
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Chris
@leftychris.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Honest to god, they’re the bloody best! Mr Tawny and the kids were the ones enjoying a bike ride today.😀
Happy New Year!!!
I’ll take this moment to thank the tawnies for being my emotional support species in what was a year of top tier human shitfuckery in the wider world. Nature works wonders…
A fave pic from the gazillions I took in 2025:
I’ll take this moment to thank the tawnies for being my emotional support species in what was a year of top tier human shitfuckery in the wider world. Nature works wonders…
A fave pic from the gazillions I took in 2025:
December 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Happy New Year!!!
I’ll take this moment to thank the tawnies for being my emotional support species in what was a year of top tier human shitfuckery in the wider world. Nature works wonders…
A fave pic from the gazillions I took in 2025:
I’ll take this moment to thank the tawnies for being my emotional support species in what was a year of top tier human shitfuckery in the wider world. Nature works wonders…
A fave pic from the gazillions I took in 2025:
Walked out onto the front verandah yesterday arvo to find youngster tawny had moved from the tree to the verandah rail and soon after, to a chair. Why? Who can say…
December 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Walked out onto the front verandah yesterday arvo to find youngster tawny had moved from the tree to the verandah rail and soon after, to a chair. Why? Who can say…
A tawny eye study. I took the first photo of Ms Tawny below this morning, then just duplicated it on my camera and kept cropping it. If you look hard at the last photo, you may be able to make out me sitting on the verandah top step photographing her - all within the reflection of her eye. 😮
December 29, 2025 at 12:11 AM
A tawny eye study. I took the first photo of Ms Tawny below this morning, then just duplicated it on my camera and kept cropping it. If you look hard at the last photo, you may be able to make out me sitting on the verandah top step photographing her - all within the reflection of her eye. 😮
Has anyone misplaced their vinyl? If so, I may have found it (in Brisbane’s Queen St Mall).
December 28, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Has anyone misplaced their vinyl? If so, I may have found it (in Brisbane’s Queen St Mall).
One of the most endearing things I’ve seen today
(a green python at the Qld Museum).
(a green python at the Qld Museum).
December 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
One of the most endearing things I’ve seen today
(a green python at the Qld Museum).
(a green python at the Qld Museum).
A bit of greenery stuck near her beak doesn’t stop her from looking down on me with bemused hauteur (though who really knows what goes on in the mind of a tawny?) #anthropomorphism
December 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
A bit of greenery stuck near her beak doesn’t stop her from looking down on me with bemused hauteur (though who really knows what goes on in the mind of a tawny?) #anthropomorphism
A lovely read for any test cricket fans out there. Boxing Day is one of my favourite days of the year - can’t wait for the match to start today! Such an antidote to the frenetic pre-Xmas rush. I’ll be keeping an eye on it while reading my novel. Bliss…
My five-year-old daughter is learning to love cricket. It’s a source of delight in a difficult summer | Kate Lyons
My five-year-old daughter is learning to love cricket. It’s a source of delight in a difficult summer | Kate Lyons
Watching the Ashes has felt like a small bright spot. Something for Australians to cheer about when our hearts are broken
One of the many joys of this Ashes series is that this summer my daughter has begun to care about cricket.
And there is nothing that reminds you of the beautiful weirdness of the game so much as trying to explain it to a relentlessly curious five-year-old. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
A lovely read for any test cricket fans out there. Boxing Day is one of my favourite days of the year - can’t wait for the match to start today! Such an antidote to the frenetic pre-Xmas rush. I’ll be keeping an eye on it while reading my novel. Bliss…
We hosted the family today for Christmas which was lovely. But we really hit the jackpot when we realised that tomorrow is bin day - truly a Christmas miracle!
December 25, 2025 at 6:05 AM
We hosted the family today for Christmas which was lovely. But we really hit the jackpot when we realised that tomorrow is bin day - truly a Christmas miracle!
A very tawny Christmas to you all!
December 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
A very tawny Christmas to you all!
Reposted by Chris
December 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Glad that Chris Bowen has called out the disgraceful behaviour of the opposition.
December 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Glad that Chris Bowen has called out the disgraceful behaviour of the opposition.
Yeah, I can relate, lol…
December 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Yeah, I can relate, lol…
Monday greetings from this lovely youngster.
December 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Monday greetings from this lovely youngster.
Ms Tawny looking quite splendid here, perhaps even regal, despite the fact that she’s sitting on the end of a mop handle.
December 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Ms Tawny looking quite splendid here, perhaps even regal, despite the fact that she’s sitting on the end of a mop handle.
A cheeky tawny wink for ya.
December 20, 2025 at 2:12 AM
A cheeky tawny wink for ya.
A remarkably rectangly juvenile tawny. Perhaps it’s hoping to disguise itself as an extension of the neighbours’ fence post 😂
December 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A remarkably rectangly juvenile tawny. Perhaps it’s hoping to disguise itself as an extension of the neighbours’ fence post 😂
A bit of content from the non-human world this morning:
December 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A bit of content from the non-human world this morning:
Hi from the gang of youths!
December 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Hi from the gang of youths!
Seeing five tawnies in a tree as you walk through your gate after a long day at work is a bloody lovely antidote to everything that’s a bit shit in the world, I’ll tell you that for free.
A pic of one of them below taken this arvo.
A pic of one of them below taken this arvo.
December 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Seeing five tawnies in a tree as you walk through your gate after a long day at work is a bloody lovely antidote to everything that’s a bit shit in the world, I’ll tell you that for free.
A pic of one of them below taken this arvo.
A pic of one of them below taken this arvo.
They are big fans of extended eye contact, that’s for sure.
December 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
They are big fans of extended eye contact, that’s for sure.
Just checked on them - still as endearing as ever.
December 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Just checked on them - still as endearing as ever.
The camera had to work its way through a lot of greenery to find the tawny for this pic, lol…
December 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The camera had to work its way through a lot of greenery to find the tawny for this pic, lol…