Images Dated 31st August 2019

Crown woodnymph (Thalurania colombica)

Crown woodnymph (Thalurania colombica), male. Female is green all over but for a grey throat and breast. Rancho Naturalista, Turrialba, Costa Rica

© Mary Ann McDonald/AUSCAPE All rights reserved

Animal, Animals, Apodiformes, Aves, Bird, Birds, Blue Crowned Woodnymph, Central America, Costa Rican Woodnymph, Fauna, Female Plainer, Hummingbird, Hummingbirds, Iridescent, Metallic, Northern South America, Purple Crowned Woodnymph, Sexual Dimorphism, Sexually Dimorphic, Sheen, Solitary, Thalurania, Trochilidae, Violet Crowned Woodnymph, Wildlife, Woodnymph, Woodnymphs

Abbotsbury Beach at southern end of the ‘Bay of Fires walk

Abbotsbury Beach at southern end of the Bay of Fires walk, with foam and silt on beach as result of severe floods in northeastern Tasmania discharging fresh water into the sea. Bay of Fires, northeastern Tasmania, Australia

© John Fairhall/AUSCAPE All rights reserved

Australia, Australian, Bay Of Fires, Bay Of Fires Walk, Beach, Clouds, Cloudy, Coast, Coast Walk, Coastal, Environmental Issue, Horizon Over Water, Landscape, Low Angle View, Mount William National Park, Nature, Scenery, Scenics, Shore, Silt, Tasmania, Tasmanian, Travel Destinations, Wilderness

Mertens water monitor (Varanus mertensi)

Mertens water monitor (Varanus mertensi), swimming amongst waterlilies. Lawn Hill Creek, Lawn Hill National Park, (Boodjamulla) Queensland, Australia

© Jaime Plaza Van Roon/AUSCAPE All rights reserved

Animal, Arboreal, Australia, Australian, Cape York Peninsula, Fauna, Goanna, High Angle View, Kimberley, Lily Pads, Lilypad, Lizard, Monitor, Monitor Lizard, Northern, Northern Australia, One Animal, Reptile, Reptilia, Semi Aquatic, Squamata, Swimming, Top End, Varanidae, Varanus, Varanus Mertensii, Water, Waterlily, Wildlife