Images Dated 6th September 2006

Western Bluebird - Male, bringing insect back to young in nest box

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Western Bluebird - Male, bringing insect back to young in nest box.
Columbia River Gorge, North America.
Sialia mexicana
Tom & Pat Leeson
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King Brown / Mulga Snake - at a waterhole where it was searching for frogs

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King Brown / Mulga Snake - at a waterhole where it was searching for frogs.
near Mt Barnett, Gibb River Road, Kimberley, Western Australia
Pseudechis australis
Occurs across most of Australia except for east and south coastal regions. Inhabits most areas including grasslands, open woodlands, mulga and scrub but not wet rainforests. Eats lizards, small snakes, frogs, birds and small mammals. Eight to 20 eggs are laid but given no maternal care. They hatch after 2 or 3 months.
Don Hadden
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