Nightjar in the headlights

Last night on the way up the track I noticed something on the ground and thought it might be a nightjar as I have seen them in this area previously, but not had a chance to get a photo. Unfortunately the phone I had with me does not have a great camera but decided to see if I could get a shot just for the record.

 As you can see a poor photo but enough to identify the bird as a White-throated Nightjar, one of the four nightjar species found in Australia. The White-throated Nightjar ranges from the tip of Cape York in Queensland along the dividing range and east coast through to southern Victoria.

This Common Australian Crow is not a bird

 The first butterfly I can recall seeing was a Common Australian Crow (Euploea core corinna) during a lesson in Primary school, when the class watched a butterfly emerge from its pupa, pump up its wings and fly.

The school had many oleander shrubs in the grounds and the plant is a favourite food of the caterpillars in suburban areas, which give the butterfly its other common name as the oleander butterfly. 

Outside of suburban city areas they range from north Western Australia across to tropical Queensland along the coastal range to South Australia where the caterpillars feed on a wide range of native food plants.

We do not have a lot of sightings of this butterfly on our property and this is the first time I have photographed one.