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WARNING
***snake pics ahead***
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but also kookas and noisy miners
It's a story about a backyard, just a suburban, Brisbane backyard
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One of those rare, stay-at-home Sundays. So much work to be done around the house...inside and outside. So much sleep to catch up on too. After a touch of the latter, I ventured to some inside housework. Just a little. I started to make plans for the outdoor raking and sweeping. I had every good intention.
I heard the noisy miners belting up a storm in their usual way so naturally, I had to investigate. Typical, I thought, they've chased off the kookas again, as I caught a fast-fleeing glimpse.
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| Fly, kookaburra, fly |
Even I sensed a degree of caution as I stepped out the back...with the 300mm lens of course. Can't be too careful in these situations.
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| It's here, it's there... |
And then, I spotted what all the commotion was about:
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| Spotted |
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| On the move... |
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| Outta here |
Yes, about all 1.5m of it, or thereabouts. It was OK, I was pretty convinced it was a carpet python, but I wasn't going to get too close. Suffice to say, the clean-up down the back will be held over for another day. And yes, for once, grateful for the early warning signalling from the flock of miners.
[Camera : Canon EOS 60D, 75-300mm...at 300mm and only 300mm; 11.59am, 3.09pm-3.20pm]
