ShannaB

Beautiful. Are they native or introduced where you are? They're everywhere in Australia too, but everyone just treats them like 'flying rats' as they're feral. They're really very lovely when you look at them properly.

OMG! I was going to ask if it was still alive but you've answered that further down. Scary and macabre, nonetheless.

Wow, beautiful bird.

Thanks Neil. I got stung by a bluebottle once but it didn't affect me too badly - I think I was just lucky! Mostly, as a born and bred inlander, I just avoid bluebottle stings by staying well out of the water... ; ) I feel really lucky to have found these slugs when we did, I haven't seen them since... I'm desperate to find a Glaucus atlanticus too, but no luck. Actually that's what I was hoping to find the afternoon a couple of weeks ago when I came across that baby turtle!!!

Thanks KD. I got some awesome shots of a bunch of them at Roma, I just haven't got around to uploading them yet. They really are such characters!!

Congrats Nuwan. I have only seen these as tiny babies in a zoo.

Nice. I think I like the second shot the best - you can see the red rump. : ) That's a beautiful female though, she's so ashy-looking.

Beautiful.

Gorgeous, well spotted!

Is that the same one that you posted as a baby a couple of months ago? How fast do they grow?