Out at 5.30am but beach walk/limp totally uneventful compared with Crocodile Wednesday, walk from beach to camp site, just the odd eagle or two, the limp into camp site, nothing other than the normal green parrots, the walk up to the van or should I say, Motorhome, I see a local resident crouching, what you looking at I say, as all I can see is what appears to be a branch on the ground......... His wife whispers, it's Tawny Frogmouth Owl, it's baby has fallen out of the nest and the mother is Guarding it from the Magpie Larks....... I approach in a semi crouch and the branch transforms itself into a once in a life time moment when you can see both mother and baby Tawny Frogmouth Owls without being up a tree, according to Clive, the local naturalist...... So what do I do, I burst into the van, excitedly grab my, now dry camera and whilst reassembling it, utter some form of gibberish, which from the tone makes someone who has just been rudely woken up, get out of bed, grab her camera and start clicking away outside in her night attire......... After the photo session, I stand guard, attempting to fend off the magpie larks, failed miserably on three occasions, when the MPL flew in and clouted the mother owl on the head with their feet, whilst Clive goes to contact Animal Rescue. Mother owl was the ultimate defender, she did not shrink from her protection instincts until Rescue came in the form of a bronzed Adonis, with a ladder, plastic tray and blanket......... Baby owl taken up a tree in the tray and left until mummy flew over.
So now when ever we are out and looking for hidden wildlife, we are just going to look for the Crouching Aussie..........
The rest of the day spent site seeing, but that was quickly over and then spent around the pool which is somewhere in the region of 36 degrees........ Funny when we get into the air con van and 32 degrees feels cool.......... Off into deep outback tomorrow with no internet, just aborigine settlements, (Fitzroy Crossing, Halls Creek) so possibly no more updates until Lake Argyle.
One good bit of news though, we saw, approached and spoke with German couple who were robbed, they found all their stuff in the back pack that was stolen, hidden / thrown away in a tree on the camp site. Police say thief just wanted cash as Passports, Credit and Debit cards all found intact. As we left them it was smiles and Thank you's all round..........
So now when ever we are out and looking for hidden wildlife, we are just going to look for the Crouching Aussie..........
The rest of the day spent site seeing, but that was quickly over and then spent around the pool which is somewhere in the region of 36 degrees........ Funny when we get into the air con van and 32 degrees feels cool.......... Off into deep outback tomorrow with no internet, just aborigine settlements, (Fitzroy Crossing, Halls Creek) so possibly no more updates until Lake Argyle.
One good bit of news though, we saw, approached and spoke with German couple who were robbed, they found all their stuff in the back pack that was stolen, hidden / thrown away in a tree on the camp site. Police say thief just wanted cash as Passports, Credit and Debit cards all found intact. As we left them it was smiles and Thank you's all round..........
18.35hrs, Even more Good News, sunset was 20 minutes ago and Baby Frogmouth out of tray and bouncing about on a branch next to Mummy Frogmouth.
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