Wildlife Spotting

Hahaha, I will definitely poke it with a stick next time, Argybee!!

No need there no rain or heavy rain... its their own lifestyle to collect food on trees and store only there..

I find Ant built nest on trees for protection. Their nest is mostly used as food warehouse than shelter.

Ashish might be on the right track with ants... but which one? @Ashish this area is very dry - almost desert (lat 23) and I don't think there are any deciduous forests in Aus.

4-5 years... if it rains at all ... :) OK Shanna - in future you are authorised to touch something like that with stick if you must.

I think the rainfall there is very low.

In this area rain is also lasts 4-5 months..?

Here is one similar... http://www.cape-york-australia.com/cape-york-wildlife.html

Ashish - it was a dry forest, I don't really know what you'd call it, but there's lots of eucalypts, acacias, grevillias, etc. Argybee, I found some Crematogaster sp. sites but not really much on their nest-building activities. I don't really know what to search for though. (And I don't know what it felt like... as IF I'm touching that thing!) ; )

Here's an example of an insect doing this... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8546869 size of a softball maybe.

Isn't it like something seen on this link... http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-photo/jenandtony/1/1253789813/green-ant-nests-still-in-the-tree.jpg/tpod.html

Ashish we don't seem to have Crematogaster in trees here.

Is this soft and partly silk?

Shanna is this nest located in deciduous and dry forest..?

MarkEbersole

yea i think so too.bit small holes for a bird

Look to be Ant nest. Its called Pagoda ant or Pagoda nest of Ants.

Thanks Mark, that's what I thought too but Liam says it doesn't appear to be a bird's nest... and I don't think he's ever wrong when it comes to birds! : )

MarkEbersole

birds nest, used dried grass and straws and mud.. but im not so sure what kind of bird it might belong to