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    105 Portraits of Australian Wildlife
    105 Portraits of Australian Wildlife
    105 Portraits of Australian Wildlife
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    105 Portraits of Australian Wildlife

    By Jim Turner

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    This book contains a brief overview of 105 species of Australian Wildlife with each one illustrated by a Watercolour painting. The selection includes frogs, snakes, lizards, birds and mammals with a description each species the habitat they are found in and a distribution map and the name of the person who first described it in scientific literature.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateMay 10, 2014
    ISBN9780992432621
    105 Portraits of Australian Wildlife

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      105 Portraits of Australian Wildlife - Jim Turner

      BIBLIOGRAPHY

      PREFACE

      As an artist, with a love of the fauna of Australia, I have tried in my paintings, to bring each animal to life on the page endeavouring to depict each species, in a way that will capture the beauty of its colours, patterns and shapes, and the complexity of detail in the feathers and scales. I have chosen at random from my personal collection, a wide cross section of species. The paintings were first traced onto Arches Dessin 300gsm watercolour paper and then painted using Windsor & Newton Artists watercolours.

      These species are for the most part, are unique to this country, and I have written a brief text relating to each one. I have also included references where the reader may obtain more detailed information, should they wish to do so. I would hope that the few paintings in this book will arouse the interest of the reader and inspire them to learn more about Australia, and the many unique animals that live here with us.

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      First I would like to thank Richard Wells, without whose help the paintings in this book could not have been done, his many years of field work throughout Australia, give him vast knowledge, not only of individual species, but also an understanding of the big picture the complex relationship between species, sub-species and their preferred habitats, individual behaviour and geographical ranges

      I would also like to thank Alex Dudley for access to, and use of his slides when doing these paintings.

      With thousands of species of animals found throughout Australia it would take many lifetimes for one individual to record what is here. As an artist, getting the subject to sit still long enough to record the detail is a major problem and that is solved by photography. To complete the paintings in this book I have in some cases referred to species descriptions in scientific publications. However for the most part I have referred to as many photographs as was possible, to become familiar with animals that I could not see in the wild. Having experienced some of the problems met when photographing birds and insects. I have a great deal of respect for all those photographers, who spend hours or days in all types of weather to get that one shot, which we see in a book. Without their collective dedication I could not have completed these paintings. I trust that my interpretation, using a combination of their individual works will be an acceptable contribution in making more people aware of the beauty of our wildlife.

      Finally I would like to thank Stuart Norrington from the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney, also Walter Boles from the Australian Museum, Sydney. For their assistance and the opportunity to examine and photograph specimens held in collections in their care.

      These islands are part of Australia

      Off the west coast

      Christmas Island is 1,400 kilometres north-west of Western Australia in the Indian Ocean while the Cocos Keeling Islands are 3,685 kilometres due west of Darwin, or 2,768 kilometres north-west of Perth in the Indian Ocean.

      Off the east coast

      Norfolk Island is 1,367 kilometres off the east coast of Australia while Lord Howe Island is 570 kilometres off the east coast of Australia

      Was also found on Assumption Island until made extinct by guano workers in 1936 Now found only on Christmas Island which is the sole breeding ground for this species. This island is part of Australia and the trees that form the main nesting sites for this species are located on areas which have been allocated for phosphate mining. These birds spend most of their lives at sea, diving head first with wings partly closed from a height of 15 metres into the water to catch squid or flying fish that are its main food. They only come ashore during the breeding season and built a large cup shaped nest usually on a broad limb high up in the tall jungle trees in the centre of the island. Its colour is very distinctive with no other Australasian species of similar colour. It is mostly white in colour with some black on the tail rump and upper wings and has bluish-grey bills and feet. The male bird gathers the leafy twigs used to build the nest. These birds breed slowly producing one chick every two years the incubation period of the whitish, chalk covered egg laid between May and July being 57 days with both parents guarding and rearing the chick for the first year. Its survival is threatened by phosphate mining less than 2,500 breeding pairs known to exist.

      For more details see:

      Endangered Animals of Australia Raymond T. Hoser 1991

      Our Wildlife in Peril Total Environment Centre 1983

      A Field Guide to Australian Birds Volume One Peter Slater 1983

      A Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson & Day 1993

      Named by John Gould in honour of Princess Alexandria in 1863 it is found throughout the central arid spinifex areas of Australia, from far south-west Queensland, across the South of the Northern Territory the north of South Australia and into the central part of Western Australia. It mostly feeds on the ground on spinifex seeds, as well as mistletoe berries and acacia blossoms. These birds are highly nomadic and recorded as nesting in colonies of 15 to 20 birds along watercourses and often using the same trees to nest in sometimes up to 20 years apart. Four to six white eggs are laid in wood dust in a hollow taking 20 days to incubate. The female incubates and looks after the young for four to five weeks and

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