We were in Chile to look at birds, but I'd like to go back to focus on the ground--insects, arachnids, plants, lizards... All amazing!

It was absolutely magnificent!

There was also this smaller but very handsome critter, which was not interested in the phone or my fingers and just wanted to go about its day.

I think I must have bigged it up in my memory, but it was quite hefty! Not the best pic but it was quite intrigued by the phone and/or my fingers, so it was all a bit hurried.

Now joined by Carrona Jewelry, cast in silver from real (and mostly Chilean) insects

OMG! Fantastic.

I encountered the biggest damned beetle I have ever seen in Chile. Also the tarantulas -- just wandering around, chilling. (Them, not me. I was not chilling. I was frantically taking pics and vids as if they were on the red carpet.)

boo that man!

Common Kestrel?

All molluscs! Every group is monumentally weird.

And in such an unimaginative way too.

This Fan-tailed Cuckoo invites you to join it outside so it can advise you on what to do with your camera.

(Atherton Tablelands, Far North Queensland.)

They'll rediscover it one way or another!

At least on the (still accessible) older version I can find the Cairns radar (when it's working) without having to go through 155 pages and typing in my location.

reg.bom.gov.au

Thank you. It was the one time I had the camera with me!

Thanks! They're fantastic birds. Love to see them around.