For our second field trip we went to Lamington Rainforest. This place was the inspiration for the movie Ferngully.
A baby epiphyte growing on a tree.
(photo by Ellen Dempsey)
This plant is called a "wait-a-while" because if you get caught on it it takes you a while to get unstuck and sometimes you have to wait for someone to come help you.
This is a lyre bird that some of us saw; it's pretty rare to see one but you can hear them calling.
This is one of the many leeches that people acquired on our hikes through the rainforest.
This is a sign that was in the cafe where we would eat our meals.
This is one of the venomous snakes we came across. This one is called a Yellow-faced Whip Snake; its not considered dangerous to humans. But on one of our hikes our professor almost stepped on a giant Tiger Snake, which is pretty dangerous... if it bites you.
These are sundews, a carnivorous type of plant.
Red Velvet Mite
(photo by Tori Liberman)
a baby stickbug
We went to Bellbird Lookout and recorded bird calls as the sun was coming up. Here are some pictures from the sunrise.
That steep peak in the distance is Mt Warning
(photo by Tori Liberman)
This is a Satin Bowerbird arranging his bower. You can see the bright blue objects he has collected and arranged around the nest.
A weevil
On our free day Clark, Ellen, and I went on a hike and we saw this giant Land Mullet. It went inside it's log and hissed at us when we got too close.
This is a Carpet Python that the three of us encountered on the path!
