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First time in my whole life that I have seen a platypus in the wild. Note: first photo is one of the best in the set, posted as 'cover'; remaining photos are in order as taken; I included some photos of the typical ripple pattern made when the animal submerged, as it was submerging and then coming back up; and have included some of the 'not-so-great' images.

Rakali swam south along the east side of a small pool then climbed onto a low weir then went back into the water and swam to the western bank of the same pool. At one point he or she was only about a metre away from me.

I saw this female or juvenile Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoo moving about within a small grove of trees in the community garden, south side of Burnie Brae Park in Wavell Heights, this morning of 15th July 2020. It was one of a group of three, but I only got photos of this one, not of the others.

Date is approximate. 3 individuals (2 males & 1 female) seen sometime in April, 1987. My mother and father (@dmpeterson ) were living in Monteverde in the spring of 1987, staying with the Gavin family. I have been digitizing their old slides, and thought these ones were significant, so I uploaded them. The date and location are approximate, based on their best recollection.

1.0 REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
1.1 Western Cape Province
Kirstenbosch National Botanic Garden, very common around flowering heaths, males, females and eclipse males, 170 m, photo, 25 March 2019. Male shown here in full plumage.

The first time I had ever seen this, i videoed the entire event as well from entry to exit. It was as if this species swims all the time. I sent it to a frogmouth expert and she had never seen that before. The bird chose to swim and flew away very easily after its swim. There appeared to be no explanation for the bird swimming as it was not particularly hot or anything unusual.

Experts - What is going on here? This male American Kestrel sure did seem to have the hots for this female Merlin. He kept trying to get close to her and even brought her a few treats (insects?) from the grass beneath the fence. She accepted the treats but didn't seem thrilled with the attention. However, when he flew off, she followed him...

First time I have seen a dollarbird for many, many months. Final two photos are panned back to show landscape context/ habitat (bird is still visible if you look closely; perching atop a small dead tree).

Found on ground, missing several patches of feathers and unable to fly. Presumably had been attacked. Taken by Townsville Wildlife Carers to a vet, where it was found to be severely underweight and having a fractured collarbone. Bird was euthanised.

While the quality of the photo isn't great, I clearly observed (with binoculars) the fine horizontal reddish brown and off-white bars on the bird's underside, and the broader brown spotted pattern on its wings.
Observed in a patch of monsoon forest beside a sandstone scarp.

Snake is Nyctophilopython oenpelliensis the Oenpelli Rock Python