Harry Saddler
@harrysaddler.bsky.social
Wrote a book about a bird (the Eastern Curlew, 2018), a river (A Clear Flowing Yarra, 2023), and a global existential crisis or three (Questions Raised By Quolls, 2021).
Last Friday night I took a trip to Badger Weir, just outside Healesville, which is probably the best place close to Melbourne to see greater gliders - the largest of all gliding marsupials
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Last Friday night I took a trip to Badger Weir, just outside Healesville, which is probably the best place close to Melbourne to see greater gliders - the largest of all gliding marsupials
Whoops forgot that I also took this video
October 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Whoops forgot that I also took this video
Haven’t been to the platypus bridge in ages so I popped in after the rain today hoping that I hadn’t missed peak seasonal activity and OMFG?!?!
October 26, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Haven’t been to the platypus bridge in ages so I popped in after the rain today hoping that I hadn’t missed peak seasonal activity and OMFG?!?!
Holy crap the Emergency Vic map at the moment is absolutely hectic. Stay safe everyone!
October 22, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Holy crap the Emergency Vic map at the moment is absolutely hectic. Stay safe everyone!
Heaps of sacred kingfishers - they’ve just arrived from up north. Lots of fantailed cuckoos too. Two brown goshawks. Lots of rosellas - eastern and crimson. Great views of a male mistletoebird. A nice big swamp wallaby. Masses of kangaroos. A jacky dragon. And this beautiful little tiger snake:
October 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Heaps of sacred kingfishers - they’ve just arrived from up north. Lots of fantailed cuckoos too. Two brown goshawks. Lots of rosellas - eastern and crimson. Great views of a male mistletoebird. A nice big swamp wallaby. Masses of kangaroos. A jacky dragon. And this beautiful little tiger snake:
Our neighbours have moved out or gone away - we haven’t seen them in months - and we’ve suspected there’s a fox living in their back garden because our dogs keep barking at the fence. Turns out there’s a whole FAMILY! I just saw over the fence one of the adults bringing a dead possum to the kits:
October 9, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Our neighbours have moved out or gone away - we haven’t seen them in months - and we’ve suspected there’s a fox living in their back garden because our dogs keep barking at the fence. Turns out there’s a whole FAMILY! I just saw over the fence one of the adults bringing a dead possum to the kits:
I couldn’t believe my ears when I first heard the call of the majestic white-bellied sea-eagle IRL and someone should definitely put it in a movie:
October 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I couldn’t believe my ears when I first heard the call of the majestic white-bellied sea-eagle IRL and someone should definitely put it in a movie: