#backyard wildlife# Photo Gallery by Don at pbase.com

#backyard wildlife#

All photos in this gallery, including the sub-galleries, were taken in my backyard ( https://pbase.com/donfranklin/garden ) in a small town in north Queensland, Australia. (Actually, I cheat a little; a few were taken in my front yard.)

Narrow-brand Darter	Monarch caterpillars	Monarch chrysalis	Monarch	Orange Palm-dart
been on a long journey	Cairns Birdwing caterpillar	Evening Brown	Australian Brush-turkey chick	Australian Brush-Turkey
Chocolate Argus	Dark Forest-blue	Lined Grass-yellow	Orchard Swallowtail caterpillar	Transverse Moth caterpillar
Australian Brush-turkey	Black Jezebel	Meadow Argus	Blue-banded Eggfly	Leafwing caterpillar
chrysalis	Leafwing male	Leafwing female	Pied Currawong	Yellow Albatross
Yellow Albatross male	Orange Bush-brown	serious about nectaring	Blue-banded Eggfly	Bush Stone-curlew
Australian Lurcher	Common Grass-blues	Hamadryad	Glistening Pencil-blue	Pale Ciliate-blue
Pale Ciliate-blue	Speckled Line-blue	Green Grass-dart	Spotted Sedge-skipper	skimmer
Splendid Ochre	Plumbago Blue	Narrow-brand Darters	Blue Argus	Blue Argus
Rainbow Lorikeet	White Looper Moth	Evening Brown wet-season form	Bright Cornelian male	Indigo Flash
Tropical Rockmaster	Hairy Line-blue male	Cairns Birdwing female	Jezebel Nymph	Caper Gull exuvia
Small Green-banded Blue	Yellow-streaked Swift	Erebus crepuscularis	Pale Triangle	Pale Triangle
Common Crow	Wide-brand Grass-dart	Cruiser female	Bright Cornelian	Bordered Rustic caterpillar
Bordered Rustic chrysalis	Bordered Rustic	White-banded Plane	Laughing Kookaburra	Pale-orange Darter
Giant Grasshopper (Valanga irregularis)	Clearwing Swallowtail male	moth caterpillar	White-banded Line-blue	King Parrot male
Rainbow Lorikeets	Blue Triangle	Large Grass-yellow	welcome visitor	Blue-faced Honeyeater
stick insect	Pied Butcherbird sunbathing	Chequered Swallowtail	Brown Ringlet	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Fiery Skimmer	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo	hose beetle	Rhinoceros Beetle	Green-spotted Triangle
Pale-headed Rosella	Grey Butcherbird	Magpie-lark (male)	Crested Pigeon	Noisy Friarbird
Fuscous Swallowtail	Blue Triangle	# rogues' gallery #	# Pale-headed Rosella #	# Sulphur-crested Cockatoo #
# Laughing Kookaburra #	# Crested Pigeon #	# more birds #	# caterpillars #	#more butterflies#

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Dan Greenberg		02-Mar-2025 15:25
What a thrilling array of wildlife you have in your backyard! I am so jealous. And also very impressed by your great photography of all this wild wonders. ~VVV~

Ron LaCroix		24-Feb-2025 01:58
What an amazingly varied backyard which has been so skillfully displayed. Thanks! V

Fabienne		16-Mar-2024 22:50
C’est une magnifique série. Vos photos sont de toute beauté er c’est un grand plaisir d’admirer vos images et découvrir cette faune si riche en couleurs.

Zolt�n Balogh		16-Feb-2023 08:02
Fabulous gallery with excellent photographs! V

Danad		16-Nov-2022 09:25
A rich backyard for sure ! Superb collection of wildlife images. V

Nestor Derkach		16-Jan-2022 15:43
Nice assortment of images excellent gallery of Butterflies and Birds. Vote

Frank Gines		27-Mar-2020 11:40
Wow beautiful images !Nice to have a great backyard to capture these images .V

Unrepentant snapshooter!		19-Jan-2020 23:45
Marvelous gallery! V

Bert Ooms		31-Mar-2019 17:39
So many species, so many colors!! Wonderful backyard you have! V best, Bert

George McCarten		13-Jan-2019 00:19
Excellent collection of winged creatures. I've recently been going out with some birders, but it is rare that I am able to get on image of one before they fly off, and it is never very close.

Judy Misquitta		20-Oct-2018 15:36
Wonderful collection! Big Vote!

Geert Bauke Kortleve		21-Feb-2018 10:33
You must have a wonderful garden! Great that you offer some habitat to all these wonderful species living in your part of the world. V

Christopher Plummer		15-Jan-2018 23:13
Beautiful pictures! I mostly remember Mummy's having to wear gloves in our back garden in Sydney because of the funnel-webs (there was no antivenom in those days), but some of these butterflies look familiar.

victorswan		20-Apr-2017 19:53
Super gallery Don, You are very lucky to have so much beautiful nature around you BV

Herve Foltz		01-Apr-2017 19:01
I just love your country, garden, pictures and sense of humor Don!! Thank you for your vist too!

barbarajoy		19-Jul-2016 10:01
Excellent collection! Such a variety of wildlife. Nicely labelled, thank you. V

Robbie D70		10-Jun-2016 17:00
A great gallery with some beautiful wild life. I tend to think first of the risky wildlife when thinking of Australia. Thanks for showing me more.

Adit Merkine		20-Feb-2016 15:50
A great gallery Don. Congrats! I see you're living in paradise.

Gerald Rozemeijer		26-Oct-2015 16:48
awesome collection Don, beautiful captured, great work big vote !!

Wintermeer		23-May-2015 18:48
Excellent gallery- I must say your backyard makes me turn green with envy! ~V+~

Franca Blom		13-Nov-2014 10:49
Excellent gallery. I like watching your pictures. You are very lucky to have so much beautiful nature around you. Thank you for sharing. V

Eelcojj		22-Oct-2014 20:42
It must be great to find this amazing species in your neigbourhood! Grat gallery! Gr. Eelco

Anthony Joseph		07-Oct-2014 21:21
Beautiful galleries! Brings back memories of my visit there.

Tom LeRoy		14-Sep-2014 11:47
You are a lucky man to have such a fascinating and beautiful variety of wildlife in your backyard. Wonderful images throughout! V

christer		21-Jul-2014 10:04
Great gallery,excellent captures,magnifiqus.

George McCarten		20-May-2014 02:14
A magnificent immediate environment you occupy!

Tom Murray		09-May-2014 03:03
What a great backyard you have!

Inger Om� Steen-Hansen		09-Apr-2014 20:21
Such a interesting and beautiful world.

Ann Pettigrew		06-Feb-2014 21:04
No wonder I want to go to Queensland one day!! How cool to have seen all these in your back (and front) yard!

Robert Stough		22-Dec-2013 15:29
A fascinating collection of wildlife beautifully captured. v

Birte Person		09-Dec-2013 02:20
Outstanding gallery of Australian birds.V

jychamberland		01-Dec-2013 21:10
such a beautiful gallery in your backyard!

Bianca Celot		02-Oct-2013 19:02
Amazing collection! I hope to come to Australia... sooner or later...

Dave Barnes		25-Sep-2013 13:57
Lovely garden avifauna Don, thanks for sharing.

Nirvan Hope		24-Sep-2013 22:35
Such diversity of wildlife in your backyard!

carlogalliani		16-Sep-2013 20:49
Great gallery !

Esa Ervasti		09-Aug-2013 08:10
Beautiful and varied captures of your winged friends. I hope for you and for all inhabitants of the rain forests of Atherton tablelands all the best in the future! V

Irene Wehrli		05-Aug-2013 08:27
Incredible what you see in your backyard - excellent gallery so nicely presented! Irene

frank_1112		10-Jun-2013 01:32
What a great gallery

Albert Gatt Floridia		06-Jun-2013 05:46
Wonderful gallery. How lucky to have such a variety of birds in your backyard. V

wade clare		24-May-2013 14:23
That`s some backyard!!

jychamberland		11-May-2013 22:51
fantastic backyard collection!

alxnavarro		16-Apr-2013 03:39
What a backyard collection!

alon meir		01-Apr-2013 15:27
i want all of this at my backyard

John Barreiro		29-Mar-2013 01:04
Wow! What variety of inhabitants. V

Walter Otto Koenig		26-Mar-2013 15:50
You certainly have a lot of interesting and beautiful visitors. Hope you keep adding images to this gallery. "V"

Hennie & Lies Lammers		25-Mar-2013 18:20
Beautiful collection of bird shots! v

Dennis Sweetman		16-Feb-2013 01:55
What a fantastic backyard. What awesome birds that you have capture very well.A gallery to be proud of...V

Paul Runnest�		27-Jan-2013 08:25
This is a beautiful gallery the birds are well captures.

Ali Majdfar		26-Jan-2013 04:28
Lovely captures, great work! ~V

Guest		24-Jan-2013 18:37
Beautiful collection of these interesting birds.

Claude Gagnon		06-Jan-2013 18:02
Wow....Fantastic backyard !!! If I ever go to Australia can I invite myself into your backyard!! V

gerdavanvroenhoven		06-Jan-2013 11:00
I am very jalous.

Dave Barnes		01-Jan-2013 21:25
Beautiful, beautiful, garden birds!

Michel Blachas		30-Dec-2012 00:40
We would like to have a backyard as colorful as yours! Thanks to your nice shots, we can still see all that life you are surrounded with! Congratulations and bravo to you! Michel et Carole

Fran�ois Gauthier		08-Dec-2012 00:42
Alla in your backyard! Wow. V

Frank Gines		24-Nov-2012 00:13
Great collection of images,well taken & presented..V

aussieray		21-Nov-2012 20:33
beautiful gallery

Ulla Kruys		21-Nov-2012 13:25
I wish I had your backyard! A lovely gallery! Please keep it up! V

Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)		19-Nov-2012 16:41
Thats a unique gallery....Vote Ciao, Paolo

Yvonne		18-Nov-2012 05:39
A superb collection of bird shots! v

Steve Macomber		11-Nov-2012 03:00
Beautiful Cast of Photo Models. You are Very Fortunate. Well Done! V

Karen Moen		14-Aug-2012 01:25
You are blessed to have such a colorful variety of wildlife. You have done a great job of capturing their beauty. Voted.

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