After our fix of wildlife in Alice Springs we've been really excited by all of the critters in our own neighbourhood. Our first close encounter with wildlife was when a Noisy Pitta tried to knock our house over by slamming itself into our glass doors. The poor bird got quite a shock (we found it lying on it's back with it's feet up in the air) and was in danger of becoming a quick snack for our local Butcherbird. Fortunately, Eli and I were quick enough to save him and we nursed him back to health before releasing him into our back garden. Eli was great too - he was gentle and really helpful and he made sure that the Butcherbird didn't return (although I think that his ferocious 'war cries' may have upset the Noisy Pitta a little bit too!).
We next encountered some friendly locals on one of our walks around the neighbourhood. We spotted a pair of Tawny Frogmouths (left) in one of the trees across the road from our house - Eli thought they looked hilarious and wasn't too annoyed that they didn't respond to his yelling. After that we found an eastern bearded dragon that Eli wanted to touch (just like the one in Alice), but fortunately he headed my warnings and kept a safe distance away.
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