Island Creatures

We are wrapping up a week at the Great Barrier Reef - I'll post pictures soon when I have been able to go through them. But I wanted to update our wildlife list with the many creatures we have seen here.

Land:

Possum (overly abundant sandwich snatchers)

Echidna 

Wild goat

Gecko

Skink

Air:

Curlew (stealthy)

White-bellied sea eagle

Korky our resident kookaburra who shows up whenever we have a meal outside

Rainbow lorikeet

Alvin the semi-friendly cockatoo

Osprey

Magpielark

Friarbird

Seagull

Pied oystercatcher

Masked lapwing

Sacred kingfisher

Sea:

Dolphin

Hawksbill turtle

Green turtle

Sting ray

Spotted eagle ray

Wobbegong shark
Dugong

Crab

Sea cucumber

Giant clam

Stag horn coral

Brain coral

Mushroom coral

Plate coral

Soft coral

Cuttlefish

Squid

Boxfish

Potato cod

Coral trout

Batfish (the ones that like to eat Cady’s fingers)

Parrotfish

Angelfish

Surgeonfish (including blue tangs “Dory!”)

Butterfly fish

Damselfish

Stripeys

Big purple fish – (need to look up)