Reptile 2

Sitting on a rock by our watering hole was a decent sized lizard called a eastern water dragon. This lizard can grow up to 20 cm long And it's tail can be 2.5 times longer than it's body length. The tail is used to help swimming and also helps it to escape danger. This lizard is very shy and usually runs away from anything bigger than itself. When these lizard sense danger they often run from the prey or drop from a branch into the water. The water dragon mostly eats smaller bugs and insects. The lizards young are called hatchlings And usually produce from 6-18 eggs at a time. I thought this lizard was cool and interesting and hope to see one again.

Reptile 1

While we were out during the night hunting for food, we saw a small whitish red snake hanging from a branch of a tree. It was a brown tree snake and it was mean. The snake wasn't very big, it was about 2 meters long and not very wide at all. We found out these snakes are nocturnal and only come out at night. There coloring range from white to yellow to red and can even be brown sometimes. Not very many animals prey on this snake because of how high in the tree it stays. This snake preys on small mammals, birds, eggs, nestlings and lizards. These snakes young are called hatchlings and about around 20 are born at a time.

Bird 4

This bird I saw was called a white headed pigeon. I saw it high up in a tree sitting on a branch calling for a mate. It's cousin is the domesticated pigeon which is the almost same size and color. I could tell it was a smaller bird and wasn't very round. It had a red and yellow beak and it's body was white with a little bit of black to it. These birds don't get preyed on a lot because they're always so high up in the trees. They eat small bugs such as warms and spiders. The young of these birds are called either squabs or squeakers. This bird was pretty and was also very loud up in the tree.

Mammal 4

There are a lot of animals always running around outside our house. This time we saw an animal called a musky rat kangaroo moving around the ground. This animal was a decent size and could move pretty quick. This animal was brown, grey, white and black and had a bushy tail. These animals like to climb trees and live life up above ground level. These animals are usually found near creeks and rivers and are out during the mornings. The usual animals such as large cats and large snakes eat these animals. These kangaroos eat plants from trees and also eat small invertebrates. The young of these kangaroos are called Joey's. It was the second kind of a kangaroo I've seen since I've been here and hopefully I'll see a lot more.

Bird 3

We heard a loud bird outside making noise that woke us up one morning. I looked outside and saw a small bird on a branch on a tree close to our house. This bird usually comes around during the morning at around 5:00. Like I said this bird was fairly small and had a coloring of brown and lighter brown. Normal size animals such as wild dogs, wild hogs and other animals prey upon these birds. These birds eat worms and smaller bugs and drink the nectar out of the flowers to survive. The young of these birds are called chicks and hatch around 4 eggs at a time. This bird was interesting and I look forward to seeing it again.

Mammal 3

One day when I was walking my dog we went around a corner of the forest and my dog started growling. He was looking into the woods and spotted something in the bushes. Out of nowhere two dogs jumped out and tried to attack me and my dog. We ran and eventually lost them and were safe. I learned these dogs were wild dogs called rainforest dingos. They are pretty good sized dogs and are usually tan or light brown. These dogs are pretty high up in the food chain and hunt in packs. Larger cats and larger snakes are the only things that prey upon these dogs. These dogs diets consist of 60% mammals and the rest of their diets consist of small reptiles and birds. These dogs usually breed during the winter and have 3 to 4 pups at a time. These dogs I learned are pretty dangerous and I now know to stay away from them.