Cat Davidson
@wanderingwildcat.bsky.social
Ecology and Bird guide, living on lunawanna-alonnah / Bruny island with the cheeky wee Pardalotes and Pademelons.
Some days the weather is perfect .... you find just the right bridge, at just the right time .... and Platypus magic happens.
#TourGuide #Tasmania #Platypus #NotABird
#TourGuide #Tasmania #Platypus #NotABird
October 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Some days the weather is perfect .... you find just the right bridge, at just the right time .... and Platypus magic happens.
#TourGuide #Tasmania #Platypus #NotABird
#TourGuide #Tasmania #Platypus #NotABird
We found this adorable family of Tawny Frogmouths high above us on a branch. The parents continued to snooze and act like perfect mottled tree trunks, while the fluffy chicks boggled at us with their big yellow eyes.
#Birds #BirdGuide #TawnyFrogmouth
#Birds #BirdGuide #TawnyFrogmouth
October 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We found this adorable family of Tawny Frogmouths high above us on a branch. The parents continued to snooze and act like perfect mottled tree trunks, while the fluffy chicks boggled at us with their big yellow eyes.
#Birds #BirdGuide #TawnyFrogmouth
#Birds #BirdGuide #TawnyFrogmouth
Tiny, ginger fluffball with a red-bald cap - the ever adorable Eurasian Coot chick!!
#Bird #BirdGuide #EurasianCoot
#Bird #BirdGuide #EurasianCoot
October 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Tiny, ginger fluffball with a red-bald cap - the ever adorable Eurasian Coot chick!!
#Bird #BirdGuide #EurasianCoot
#Bird #BirdGuide #EurasianCoot
In the South-West of West Australia there are some tough to find local birds known as 'The Big Three' - tricky due to their cryptic colours and skulking nature.
This was a fabulous view we had of the Western Bristlebird, sound on for its very lovely sweet song
#Birds #BirdGuide #WesternBristlebird
This was a fabulous view we had of the Western Bristlebird, sound on for its very lovely sweet song
#Birds #BirdGuide #WesternBristlebird
October 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
In the South-West of West Australia there are some tough to find local birds known as 'The Big Three' - tricky due to their cryptic colours and skulking nature.
This was a fabulous view we had of the Western Bristlebird, sound on for its very lovely sweet song
#Birds #BirdGuide #WesternBristlebird
This was a fabulous view we had of the Western Bristlebird, sound on for its very lovely sweet song
#Birds #BirdGuide #WesternBristlebird
A stunning Australian Hobby ripping up its lunch while perched over a creekline in the Northern Territory. The Hobby is in the Falcon family and hunts diurnally and crepuscularly on mainly birds, bats and insects.
Sound on for a bit of drama.
#Birds #BirdGuide #EcologyGuide #Hobby
Sound on for a bit of drama.
#Birds #BirdGuide #EcologyGuide #Hobby
September 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
A stunning Australian Hobby ripping up its lunch while perched over a creekline in the Northern Territory. The Hobby is in the Falcon family and hunts diurnally and crepuscularly on mainly birds, bats and insects.
Sound on for a bit of drama.
#Birds #BirdGuide #EcologyGuide #Hobby
Sound on for a bit of drama.
#Birds #BirdGuide #EcologyGuide #Hobby
This teeny tiny Little Kingfisher (Ceyx pusillus) measures a minute 12cm high and just over 10g We spotted one on South Alligator River and would have danced a jig of joy, would it not have upset the boat and tipped us in with the Salt Water Crocodiles..
#LittleKingfisher #BirdGuide #Birds
#LittleKingfisher #BirdGuide #Birds
September 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This teeny tiny Little Kingfisher (Ceyx pusillus) measures a minute 12cm high and just over 10g We spotted one on South Alligator River and would have danced a jig of joy, would it not have upset the boat and tipped us in with the Salt Water Crocodiles..
#LittleKingfisher #BirdGuide #Birds
#LittleKingfisher #BirdGuide #Birds
Well this very nice thing just happened where I won Australian Tour Guide of The Year, I am chuffed to bits. Who knows where this may lead, but I am excited to find out 😀
#BirdGuide #EcologyGuide #TourGuideOfTheYear
#BirdGuide #EcologyGuide #TourGuideOfTheYear
September 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Well this very nice thing just happened where I won Australian Tour Guide of The Year, I am chuffed to bits. Who knows where this may lead, but I am excited to find out 😀
#BirdGuide #EcologyGuide #TourGuideOfTheYear
#BirdGuide #EcologyGuide #TourGuideOfTheYear
Glorious Spinifex Pigeons engaging in a courtship ritual involving a "kiss" where the male presents his open beak for the female to insert hers. Watch to see the male regurgitating into the female's beak, a pair bonding behavior used later for feeding young.
#BirdGuide #Birds
#BirdGuide #Birds
September 1, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Glorious Spinifex Pigeons engaging in a courtship ritual involving a "kiss" where the male presents his open beak for the female to insert hers. Watch to see the male regurgitating into the female's beak, a pair bonding behavior used later for feeding young.
#BirdGuide #Birds
#BirdGuide #Birds
The impressive, & slightly aggressive pre-mating dance of the Western Bowerbird beside his incredible bower packed with special white and green treasures - she seemed pretty impressed with his rizz.
Do admire his pink erectile-crest blossom of neck feathers!
#BirdGuide #WesternBowerbird
Do admire his pink erectile-crest blossom of neck feathers!
#BirdGuide #WesternBowerbird
August 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The impressive, & slightly aggressive pre-mating dance of the Western Bowerbird beside his incredible bower packed with special white and green treasures - she seemed pretty impressed with his rizz.
Do admire his pink erectile-crest blossom of neck feathers!
#BirdGuide #WesternBowerbird
Do admire his pink erectile-crest blossom of neck feathers!
#BirdGuide #WesternBowerbird
Bronzewings are beautiful Australian Pigeons with a rainbow shimmering within their wings. They fill the spring and summer soundscape with their lovely relentless ooom ooom ooom ooom ........
#Birds #CommonBronzewing #Tasmania #BirdGuide
#Birds #CommonBronzewing #Tasmania #BirdGuide
July 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Bronzewings are beautiful Australian Pigeons with a rainbow shimmering within their wings. They fill the spring and summer soundscape with their lovely relentless ooom ooom ooom ooom ........
#Birds #CommonBronzewing #Tasmania #BirdGuide
#Birds #CommonBronzewing #Tasmania #BirdGuide
Tickled pink to win the 'Tasmanian Tour Guide of the Year' Award. Thrilled that guests seem to like my science sass.
I took some chilly photos in the glowing blue bridge lights in Launceston to celebrate.
#Tasmania #EcologyGuide #BirdGuide
I took some chilly photos in the glowing blue bridge lights in Launceston to celebrate.
#Tasmania #EcologyGuide #BirdGuide
July 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Tickled pink to win the 'Tasmanian Tour Guide of the Year' Award. Thrilled that guests seem to like my science sass.
I took some chilly photos in the glowing blue bridge lights in Launceston to celebrate.
#Tasmania #EcologyGuide #BirdGuide
I took some chilly photos in the glowing blue bridge lights in Launceston to celebrate.
#Tasmania #EcologyGuide #BirdGuide
The sweetest wee Velvet-furred Rat native to Australia, living its best life in a Baurera bush.
#Tasmania #EcologyGuide
#Tasmania #EcologyGuide
June 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The sweetest wee Velvet-furred Rat native to Australia, living its best life in a Baurera bush.
#Tasmania #EcologyGuide
#Tasmania #EcologyGuide
The male Scarlet Robin brings a glorious splash of red as he arrives with a flutter and a merry trill to see if we have disturbed any tasty insects.
#birds #birdguide #Tasmania #Petroica
#birds #birdguide #Tasmania #Petroica
June 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The male Scarlet Robin brings a glorious splash of red as he arrives with a flutter and a merry trill to see if we have disturbed any tasty insects.
#birds #birdguide #Tasmania #Petroica
#birds #birdguide #Tasmania #Petroica
In the winter months I always miss the presence of these fluffballs - A Black Swan cygnet in southern Tasmania.
#Birds #BlackSwan #Tasmania #BirdGuide
#Birds #BlackSwan #Tasmania #BirdGuide
June 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
In the winter months I always miss the presence of these fluffballs - A Black Swan cygnet in southern Tasmania.
#Birds #BlackSwan #Tasmania #BirdGuide
#Birds #BlackSwan #Tasmania #BirdGuide
I'm doing a talk on the nightlife of Bruny Island, do come along if you happen to be nearby.
An engaging presentation that will unveil the fascinating lives of the island’s nocturnal residents.
10th May - 6pm
Adventure Bay Hall, South Bruny
$10 per person
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/after-dark...
An engaging presentation that will unveil the fascinating lives of the island’s nocturnal residents.
10th May - 6pm
Adventure Bay Hall, South Bruny
$10 per person
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/after-dark...
April 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I'm doing a talk on the nightlife of Bruny Island, do come along if you happen to be nearby.
An engaging presentation that will unveil the fascinating lives of the island’s nocturnal residents.
10th May - 6pm
Adventure Bay Hall, South Bruny
$10 per person
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/after-dark...
An engaging presentation that will unveil the fascinating lives of the island’s nocturnal residents.
10th May - 6pm
Adventure Bay Hall, South Bruny
$10 per person
www.eventbrite.com.au/e/after-dark...
A critically endangered Swift Parrot chick sheltering in the pouring rain under the luminous orange flowers of a Eucalyptus ficifolia.
#birdguide #birds #Tasmania
#birdguide #birds #Tasmania
April 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
A critically endangered Swift Parrot chick sheltering in the pouring rain under the luminous orange flowers of a Eucalyptus ficifolia.
#birdguide #birds #Tasmania
#birdguide #birds #Tasmania
The cheerful and charming Beautiful Firetail with its rocket red bum and tiny cartoon robber facemask. Tasmania's only native finch, I beam with joy each time I discover one.
#birds #birdguide #Tasmania
#birds #birdguide #Tasmania
April 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The cheerful and charming Beautiful Firetail with its rocket red bum and tiny cartoon robber facemask. Tasmania's only native finch, I beam with joy each time I discover one.
#birds #birdguide #Tasmania
#birds #birdguide #Tasmania
A perfectly pinstriped Striated Fieldwren singing its heart out on top of a sun-drenched Richea pandanifolia in Cradle Mountain National Park.
#birds #birdguide #ecologyguide #tasmania
#birds #birdguide #ecologyguide #tasmania
April 4, 2025 at 6:16 AM
A perfectly pinstriped Striated Fieldwren singing its heart out on top of a sun-drenched Richea pandanifolia in Cradle Mountain National Park.
#birds #birdguide #ecologyguide #tasmania
#birds #birdguide #ecologyguide #tasmania
Camouflaged, beautiful, fierce - a fabulous Brown Falcon in the central highlands of Tasmania.
#birds #birdguide #Tasmania
#birds #birdguide #Tasmania
April 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Camouflaged, beautiful, fierce - a fabulous Brown Falcon in the central highlands of Tasmania.
#birds #birdguide #Tasmania
#birds #birdguide #Tasmania
A beautiful male Pink Robin, a pop of powder-puff pink in amongst the shady temperate rainforest on Bruny Island.
#birds #birdguide #tasmania #brunyisland
#birds #birdguide #tasmania #brunyisland
April 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
A beautiful male Pink Robin, a pop of powder-puff pink in amongst the shady temperate rainforest on Bruny Island.
#birds #birdguide #tasmania #brunyisland
#birds #birdguide #tasmania #brunyisland
A flock of Hoary-headed Grebes passing by in the beautiful liminal light just before sunset on Bruny Island Tasmania.
#BirdGuide #birds #Tasmania #BrunyIsland
#BirdGuide #birds #Tasmania #BrunyIsland
March 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A flock of Hoary-headed Grebes passing by in the beautiful liminal light just before sunset on Bruny Island Tasmania.
#BirdGuide #birds #Tasmania #BrunyIsland
#BirdGuide #birds #Tasmania #BrunyIsland
A beautiful mother and joey Tasmanian (Red-bellied) Pademelon in the dappled shade of the Eucalyptus trees on Maria Island. At this time of year, most joeys are fully weaned, but still spending time feeding near their mums.
#ecologyguide #tasmania #macropods
#ecologyguide #tasmania #macropods
March 16, 2025 at 1:14 AM
A beautiful mother and joey Tasmanian (Red-bellied) Pademelon in the dappled shade of the Eucalyptus trees on Maria Island. At this time of year, most joeys are fully weaned, but still spending time feeding near their mums.
#ecologyguide #tasmania #macropods
#ecologyguide #tasmania #macropods
A recent tough, yet fascinating view of the final minutes for a White-lipped Snake as it was killed and eaten by a Kookaburra.
#birdguide #birds #tasmania
#birdguide #birds #tasmania
March 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A recent tough, yet fascinating view of the final minutes for a White-lipped Snake as it was killed and eaten by a Kookaburra.
#birdguide #birds #tasmania
#birdguide #birds #tasmania
A tiny endemic Tasmanian Thornbill with its wee white underpants, copper highlights and faint chest striations bopping about in a Richea scoparia in the alpine lake in Tasmania.
#birds #birdguide #tasmania
#birds #birdguide #tasmania
March 12, 2025 at 9:31 AM
A tiny endemic Tasmanian Thornbill with its wee white underpants, copper highlights and faint chest striations bopping about in a Richea scoparia in the alpine lake in Tasmania.
#birds #birdguide #tasmania
#birds #birdguide #tasmania
An elegant Great Egret and a poised Great Cormorant sharing the same sculptural dead tree at a Hobart lagoon.
#birdguide #birds #tasmania
#birdguide #birds #tasmania
March 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM
An elegant Great Egret and a poised Great Cormorant sharing the same sculptural dead tree at a Hobart lagoon.
#birdguide #birds #tasmania
#birdguide #birds #tasmania