Australian wildlife Photo Gallery by Sheila Smart at pbase.com

Australian wildlife

We have a plethora of wildlife in our Sydney garden. Possibly to do with the fact that we are suckers for wildlife and they know where to come for a feed. Several of the images were taken at nearby Careel Bay and Narrabeen Lake and others taken in and around the bushland of New South Wales and Victoria. Click in thumbnail for more information on the particular image.

All images ŠSheila Smart - 2007

Two rainbow lorikeets	Close up of rainbow lorikeet feathers	Perons tree frog	Male king parrot on verandah
Sulphur crested cockatoo in flight rising	Wet rainbow lorikeet	Australian white pelicans on a lamp standard	Cicada
Perons tree frog	Tawny frogmouth with young	Male tawny frogmouth in its usual position	Male tawny frogmouth in gum tree in our garden
Kangaroo with paws	Rainsoaked rainbow lorikeet	Sulphur crested cockatoo with psittacine circoviral disease	Seagull at sunrise
Sulphur crested cockatoo in flight and backlit	Duelling pelicans	Three Australian pelicans on post	Two pelicans with bills open
Seagulls in flight	Rainbow lorikeet	Seagull	Stag silhouette
Two crimson rosellas feeding	Kangaroos backlit	Kangaroo backlit portrait	Rainbow lorikeet in flight
Cicada shell in spider's web	Cicada shell with feather	Sulphur crested cockatoo in flight with reflection	Rainbow lorikeet with azalea background
Rainbow Lorikeet reflection	Seagull in ferry wake	Rainbow lorikeet	Rainbow lorikeet in grevillea
Fly close up	Eastern grey kangaroo and joey	Cockie in flight	Pelicans in flight
Kangaroo eating in the rain	Kookaburra	Twin brushtail possums	Rainbow lorikeet and bird of paradise/strelitzia
Strelitzia in flood	Baby brushtail possum	Blue tongue	Sydney blue tongue lizard in garden
Blue tongue close	Goanna aka iguana in Kur ring Gai National Park	Rainbow lorikeet eating red grape	Lorikeet sitting on my hand
Rainbow lorikeet	Female crimson rosella	Rainbow lorikeet hanging in!	Portrait of a brushtail possum
Male brushtail possum - Australian marsupial	Long nosed bandicoot	Moorhen reflection in Botanic Gardens	Rainbow lorikeet beak
Young rainbow lorikeet	Two cockatoos preening	Rainbow Lorikeet at bath	Kookaburra
Yellow sulphur crested cockatoo grazing	Yellow sulphur crested cockatoo	Australian magpie	Two rainbow lorikeets with mango
Sulphur crested cockatoo pair	Australian pelican at Batemans Bay	Australian pelican taking off	Tawny frogmouth
Goanna again	Goanna leg	Goanna aka iguana	Water dragon
Koala	Rainbow lorikeet with grape	Tawny frogmouth	Tawny Frogmouth in spotlight
Sulphur crested cockatoo showing crest	Juvenile king parrot on our verandah	Sulphur crested cockatoo pair preening	Rainbow lorikeets on canvas
Cicada shell	Crimson rosella as a painting	Synchronised scratching - rainbow lorikeets	Sulphur crested cockatoo in flight
Rainbow lorikeet flapping its wings	Pelican close crop - 1/1250 f/4 at 105.00 mm	Crimson rosella	King parrot
King parrot juvenile	Cockies enjoying a biscuit	Baby lorikeet	Juvenile king parrot on verandah
Bluebottle aka Portugese man of war jellyfish	All in a row - Pacific black duckings	Brushtail possum	Sulphur crested cockatoo
Two rainbow lorikeet lovers	Take off - egret in flight!	Twin brushtail possums	King parrot on our verandah
Who's a pretty boy, then?	Bunny through shrubs	Cockatoo in flight	King parrot on our verandah
Kookaburra	Sulphur crested cockatoo with crest	Sulphur crested cockatoo preening	Kookaburra close with piece of meat
Kookaburra with noisy miner bodyguards!	Australian magpie	Rabbit in wetlands	Rainbow lorikeet in protea
Young tawnie frogmouths	Sulphur crested cockatoo	Sulphur crested cockatoo	Heron close
Golden orb spider's legs	Lorikeet feathers	Seagull at Palm Beach	Cockie landing at feeder
Stick with me, babe	Humpback whale and calf	Lorikeet head on	Lorikeet with open mouth
Two lorikeets	Lorikeet eye	Close up of cockatoo eye	Sulphur crested cockatoo in magnolia tree
Barnyard goose	Geese	Humpback fluke	Lorikeets feeding on pear on verandah
Humpback fluke off Barrenjoey	Indian ring neck parrakeet with 300 mm	Indian ringneck parrakeet in protea	Fluke of humpback whale
Sulphur crested cockatoo	Indian ringneck parrakeet	Gull in flight	Pelican backlit
Lorikeets fighting	Lorikeets fighting	Lorikeets	Kookaburra
Gull	Cocky at ISO 1600 - 105 mm	Galah	Ducklings banner
Rainbow lorikeet in bird feeder	Musk lorikeet	Tasmanian devil	Fly away....
Very close tawnie frogmouth	Boxing eastern grey kangaroos	Lizard silhouette	Koala awake
Koala	Pacific black duck	Musk lorikeet on chain	Cocky squawking
Sulphur crested cockatoo in flight	Kestrel overlooking Pacific	Egret from behind	Sulphur crested cockatoo
King parrot close up	Cocky shaking head	Musk lorikeet portrait	Musk lorikeets
Cockie with 500D - 105mm	Family of four tawnie frogmouths	Pelican landing	Duckling in grass
Wallaby in the bush	Two ducklings at pool	Lorikeet in grass	Crimson rosella on lodge verandah
Lorikeets at feeder	White faced heron	Heron with crab	White faced heron
Pacific black duck at Wetlands	Sacred ibis	Herons fighting at Chittaway Point	Cockatoo - f/5.6 at 1/800 s at 73 mm
Male and female kookaburra	Kookaburra close up	Galah with attitude	Galah taking on a magpie
Kookaburra or laughing jackass	Sulphur crested cockatoo preening	Barn owl	Long billed corella
Ted yawning	Multi-layered spider's web	Sleeping galah	Galah
Darter	Egret at Queenscliff sunset	Gull with 135 f/2 L + 1.4 TC	Rainbow lorikeets having a bath
Heron in mangrove	Pelicans on roof web.jpg	Three pelicans	Pelican with two gulls
Cockie eating a cracker	Kookaburra head on	Reef heron	Cormorants at Narrabeen Lake
White/reef heron at dusk	Three pelicans	Kookaburra with lizard	Sulphur crested cockatoo
Kookaburra in our magnolia tree	Kookaburra in our gum tree	A cachophany of cockies	Golden orb spider
Galah	Look, we might get a cracker if we play our cards right	Sea eagle	Two lorikeets on verandah
Kestrel	Kangaroo in flight in rain	Wet kangaroo	Australian pelican
Cockie	Rainbow lorikeet	Egret reflection	Galah on rope
Cockatoo in flight	Australian kestrel checking out prey	Sulphur crested cockatoo in flight	Two pelican mates
Two pelicans	Butcherbird	Pelican	Egret
King parrot	Sulphur crested cockatoo	Three pelicans	Brushtail possum
Cockatoo close up	Butterfly	Huntsman spider.	Two cockies
Lorikeet flock	flowers and lorikeet	Cockatoo on verandah	Several cockies on the verandah
Cockatoo showing its crest	Brushtail possum on fence	Crested pigeon	Sick cockie
Cockatoo at bird feeder	Brushtail possum residing in our garage	Kestrel about to land at Long Reef	Stick insect
Tawny frogmouth family	Tawnies	Pelicans waiting for the fishing boats	Sheep at Sofala
Gees, that's a long way down!	Cockie head	Three pelicans	Sacred ibis
Major Mitchell cockatoo	Eastern rosella	Crimson rosella	Kookaburra
Orphan wallaby joey with broken tail	Pelican in flight	Roo and rosella	Fred with grey kangaroo at Pebbly Beach
Three eastern grey kangaroos at Pebbly Beach, NSW	Eastern grey kangaroo backlit at Geehi, Victoria	Australian kestrel	Dougal and the three bears
King parrot taken with EF35 f/2	Baby brushtail possum	Duck with young	Ducklings
Brushtail possum	Kookaburra	Pelican on post	Flying fox or fruit bat
Birdbath with rainbow lorikeets	Kestrel hovering	Open wide!

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endre novak		18-Jun-2009 20:42
remarkable collection.

Quy Tran		05-Mar-2009 19:44
Superb! V

Lin Chia-Yi		23-Nov-2008 11:41
Nice gallery!!!

carmen		14-Jul-2008 11:21
Congratulations!!!!!!!! Those photos are gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous! Cockatoos are my love...i want more pictures with cockatoos...i love australia, and your pictures!

Birdy		28-May-2008 18:44
Your photographs are so beautiful. Really made a rainy day in uk brighten up.Always feel sad to see cocatoos and parrots etc caged in local pet shops.Very early this morning I had to go out and rescue my rabbit from a fox,there was a squirrel with a young one close behind eating raisins from the feeder in the tree, balckbirds singing and my cat fast asleep near the shed. I rang back out with my camera but.......

kenindfw		02-Apr-2008 02:30
Wonderful collection of work.

Jo		21-Mar-2008 23:32
Wow, what wonderful photography...makes me want to get out in the yard more to do the same...keep it up.

Glen Allen		30-Jan-2008 04:07
Very nice gallery thanks for sharing the wildlife from down under.. your images do them proud.

Guest		26-Dec-2007 19:40
I have a pet Indian Ringneck Parakeet and I want to know how much they cost. thank you Khristina

marcwildpassion		24-Nov-2007 17:14
really nice gallerie representative of Australian wildlife. Several very nice pictures

Patricia Lay-Dorsey		15-Oct-2007 03:56
Sheila, I am in awe of the photographs in this gallery! How you captured wildlife in such original ways I will never know. My hat is off to you.

Barry Moore		29-Jul-2007 11:40
You have captured our australian wildlife beautifully. I will have to work much harder at my own photos to approach your quality. ~V~

Anne		29-Jun-2007 11:45
Quelle belle galerie animaličre !

tanya		21-May-2007 21:41
AMAZING photos!! Thank you so much - this is the best collection on the web that I have seen!! Tanya :)

Roaming Gnome		15-May-2007 11:15
Wow! Stunning. Brilliant. GMV.

Evan		10-Apr-2007 20:44
What stunning photos; I especially love the parrots -- such an array of colour!

Peter Gibson		10-Apr-2007 10:34
Ms. Smart, this is the best collection of wildlife I have ever seen. I am soooo envious of the bird shots ( Cockatoos). Thanks for shearing and keep your images coming!

Ron Green		21-Mar-2007 15:37
Some very outstanding shots in this gallery. Nice shooting Sheila! Ron Green/www.avianpix.com

Victor Tackett		20-Mar-2007 01:03
voted

brianmicky		17-Mar-2007 19:59
A beautiful and stunning collection of images.A feast for the eye Voted

JĂźrg StĂ¤hli		08-Mar-2007 16:53
Nice place where you live, completely different from Switzerland (which is also great). So your great pictures are an interesting insight for me. Thanks a lot! JĂźrg

Henrique Pedroso		09-Feb-2007 13:54
very nice galery,congratulations

Mel Laraway		24-Jan-2007 00:11
Fantastic work, especially I like the close up of the fly You may like to look at my collection at click on Mel's Garden Mel mel@jazbuz.biz

Glen Stoddart		16-Jan-2007 10:45
A truly superb gallery Sheila. We are so fortunate living where we do on this earth. Well done and top marks.

Veronica Fresh		05-Jan-2007 04:21
You live in Paradise. That is so fortunate for a photographer of your talents. Veronica

PiJoly		05-Dec-2006 04:26
OUFF! WOW! BRAVO Sheila !

Roozbeh Shivayi		29-Nov-2006 12:34
Your gallery is fantastic. Perfect captures with good compositions, well done.

cmartine Martine Carbonnier		28-Nov-2006 13:02
very nice gallery makes me want to go there!!! thanks martine

Karen Moen		14-Nov-2006 23:47
Incredible collection of beautiful images. It must be amazing to see birds that we only see in pet stores or zoos. You have a great talent for capturing the beauty of so many types of wildlife. Voted.

Arjayphotography		12-Nov-2006 23:20
First of all....big vote. You've mastered this art, that's so, so obvious. Just had a very pleasant half hour browsing through this wonderful, colourful collection....Australia really is the most amazing place to live....I MISS IT SO MUCH!!! One request....do you have any pictures of a kelpie? :-)

carry		08-Nov-2006 19:54
wonderful,...all these animals.. thanks god...

JWei		04-Nov-2006 07:32
fatastic shots in this gallery voted

Roy Berger		01-Nov-2006 01:36
A very enjoyable gallery of nicely photographed images. vote

Allan Yucoco		09-Oct-2006 11:07
great gallery, beautiful colors. Job well done! Cheers!

ArminB		25-Aug-2006 08:14
wonderful...again! :o)

Marius Nistor		19-Aug-2006 07:35
Beautiful gallery! You are very lucky to have such variety and colourful birds. Voted!

Guest		25-Jul-2006 09:43
Do you have any funnel webs in your backyard?

Johnny Villaronga		05-Jul-2006 15:01
Very nice and impressive work with many great shots! Keep on posting! Thanks! JV

Francie Dalton		05-Jul-2006 11:18
Sheila: Your photos are just stunning. It wasn't possible not to view them repetitively. You ability to capture birds in flight - and to notice such things as the layered spider web - even the artful way in which you incorporate your name in the photo - are all inspirational. Thank you for your eye and your skill!

UnKnown		14-Jun-2006 16:29
hey what type of feeder is a tasmanian devil?

Larry Handal		19-May-2006 11:25
Very nice Galley Love Australian Birds! Hope to go there some day and photograph them in the wild!

Guest		21-Apr-2006 19:19
cool pictures man!!

Dr. Alfredo Gomez		19-Mar-2006 00:42
Sheila Smart. One of the best collections I have seen at pbase! I must know more. Where were they taken? What equipment? You have inspired me to do better.

Debbie Stahre		04-Mar-2006 04:23
Excellent gallery!

Mart Bright		24-Jan-2006 23:10
Wonderful photography and all with such stunning clarity . Great to view them thank you

lou_rozensteins		13-Nov-2005 10:47
Excellent shots .... I especially enjoyed the portraits and close-ups; all are excellent and show the diversity we can find close to home in Australia!

Guest		15-Jun-2005 22:25
not bad!!! cool!!!

Guest		15-Jun-2005 22:25
not bad!!! cool!!!

Gerry Morgan		14-Jun-2005 16:39
what can i say - wow

Long Hei		11-May-2005 10:46
Good capture! Well Done.

Alfred		08-Apr-2005 07:21
Very very nice!

Enthusiast		23-Feb-2005 01:50
It has always been my dream to travel to Australia. Now I can't wait to go after seeing your pictures. I love all the green from the plants and foliage. I need to get to Australia!!

drphoto.es		22-Feb-2005 18:59
You really have an eye for nature shots, Great colours and compositions.

Simon		06-Jan-2005 14:41
Some great photographs of some beautiful creatures. Well done.

Philip Lombardi		10-Nov-2004 03:16
Sheila all I can say is wow. Awsome picutres. I just started with birds and find yours exciting, your quality of work shows. I noticed that you have a 70 to 200L F4 Canon but use a prime 300 allot. The sharpness is incredabl. I thought australia was just roos & cute little bears but it has a host of beautiful birds as well. Nice work.

Bas D. Bettenhaussen		09-Nov-2004 14:26
Nice shots Sheila, great display of a great lens, Greats from Holland, Bas

kkbut		09-Nov-2004 08:40
GREAT JOB, Sheila. Thanks for sharing.

Guest		23-Aug-2004 13:20
It's great to see we have not managed to destroy all our natural resources ;-) BR Sven

Isabel Cutler		22-Aug-2004 11:54
What a glorious collection! Surely you live in critter heaven. I love photographing wildlife too, but around here what I mostly see are squirrels (grey and white)and an assortment of common birds. You say the cockatoos are destructive, well our squirrels do a good job at destruction too! A raccoon did in our hummingbird feeder so they're no longer being fed. (I was wondering why the nectar disappeared every night! Isabel

John B.		13-May-2004 10:29
Hi Sheila: What a wonderful collection of photos. I have you on my Favourites list and check it regularly to see what new goodies you have posted to amaze us. John

Tammy L. Snyder		06-May-2004 11:16
Wonderful Gallery, full of life :) Great Job

Tracy Ferrero		27-Feb-2004 05:03
A wonderful and vibrant gallery Sheila - but I keep wanting to swat that spider... except I wouldn't be game enough to that close! Cheers - Tracy!

Paul Keates		15-Dec-2003 22:05
Sheila, These are fabulous images, well done.

Oleg		09-Dec-2003 17:46
Wow its really great , yr galleries are always the best :)

Vlado Marinkovic		08-Dec-2003 09:53
Really wonderful gallery. Congratulations. Regards from Serbia, Vlado

Selvin Chance		02-Aug-2003 07:54
Sheila, Wonderful work as usual. You and your family must have a soft touch for every wildbird looking for a handout in your backyard. Aloha..

Sheila Smart		19-Apr-2003 22:32
We have two large cats (see "faces" gallery) but they are so accustomed to the wildlife, they hardly pay them any attention - but I still wouldn't trust any cat! Cheers Sheila

Sheila Smart		19-Apr-2003 22:30
Its fairly harmless - its a huntsman spider and this was not the biggest I have seen! Its not agressive (unlike the funnel web) and there's not a Sydney house that does not have one residing in its vicinity. Cheers Sheila

Todd		19-Apr-2003 06:37
Wonderful pictures! That would be incredible to see all of these birds and critters. I have a big cat! :) Todd

Godfree		19-Apr-2003 05:02
If I saw that spider...I would die.

Sheila Smart		12-Apr-2003 10:12
With the exception of the pelicans (who live down the street and the heron which lives about 10 ks away), yes they all live in and around our garden. We are very lucky living in such a place as Avalon which is a northern beach suburb of Sydney where we have such a plethora of wildlife. Avalon has a great deal of trees and we have around 15 gum trees and various other large trees in our garden and small shrubs which also attract the parrots. Cheers Sheila

Andrew Dagwell		11-Apr-2003 23:06
Hi Sheila, I haven't checked my favs folder in awhile and I'm glad I did. Just beautiful!! Do these exotic creatures actually come right up to your porch/deck? If so, what a wonderful piece of this earth you occupy. Ireally must check back more often.

Sheila Smart		09-Apr-2003 23:27
We are certainly blessed in Australia with such a wonderful array of wildlife literally right on our doorsteps. Cheers Sheila

macousse		09-Apr-2003 13:07
Hi Sheila, fantastic photos..I live in Berowra and have 6 brushtails on my balcony as I type this, feeding their faces. We also get lorrikeets in...up to 23 in one hit (mix birdseed with fruit and bread) and we get in the wattle birds,king parrots, rosellas, satin bowers, koals, maggies and friarbirds. Last week we had a python on the balustrade and last year a goanna!

Sheila Smart		30-Mar-2003 01:44
Thanks Georgia. We are blessed to live in such a lovely part of Sydney, in the best country in the world! But I'm biassed! Cheers Sheila

Georgia Roessler		30-Mar-2003 01:26
Very nice gallery, Sheila. Your wildlife photos are stunning, especially those of the cockatoos and the lorikeets. We visited Australia last year and were amazed and delighted with the quantity and quality of wildlife. And don't forget your pelicans! I ADORE those pelicans! Nice job!

Sheila Smart		28-Mar-2003 21:12
Thanks. We live in a suburb of Sydney which still has many trees. We feed the wildlife also - that's why they tend to stick around! But we do ensure that they don't rely on us entirely for food. Cheers Sheila

Oleg		28-Mar-2003 13:38
You have a wonerfull garden :-) so many animals , like in the zoo . but in wild life , great ! Unfortuanly I have no so many birds and animals in my garden :( only bags Photos great as usual ;-)

Stuart and Thea		16-Feb-2003 10:01
Dear Sheila, We came across your web site whilst searching on how to build a possum box. We live at Engadine, (southern Sydney, near the Royal National Park) opposite a creek and are surrounded by bush. We were affected by the fires last October and since then have noticed a number of ring tail and brush tail possums trying to hide under rocks, in trees etc. throughout the day. We want to be able to build a few possum boxes for them to live in. We have quite a lot of wildlife around here like you and a couple of weeks ago had two Tawny Frogmouths in the gum tree in our front yard. Also, we have had a Powerful Owl some time ago. We also have lots of sulphur crested cockatoos here all the time as I think they nest around here. Do you know where we could get some instructions on how to make possum boxes? Thank you - Thea and Stuart

Sheila Smart		09-Oct-2002 22:59
Hi Louise We are lucky to live in the northern beaches suburb of Avalon Beach, Sydney. The possums are regular visitors - in fact, we have four possum boxes for them in our gum trees in the garden. We have been feeding them fruit, mainly bananas for about 18 years. They are very tame - until of course, you need to put them into a cat cage to take them to the vet because on occasion they suffer from stress dermititus - then they fight like crazy! I would be interested in knowing how you came across my pbase website. I also have a gallery at Shutterfreaks.com. If I can assist in your research, please let me know. Cheers Sheila Smart

Guest		09-Oct-2002 16:32
Hi Sheila, I came across your web page while researching a programme for National geographic channel. Congratulations on your photography! Are the possums at all regular visitors to your garden?? Where do you live? WE are looking for urban wildlife esp in Sydney. Do let me know, Best regards Louise

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