I took this favourite photograph of mine a couple of months ago, which I had forgotten about and just came across it again which prompted this post. This little fellow, a young pied butcher bird has made himself at home in our hanging basket, maybe just waiting for his next meal or just shooting the breeze. [...]
Continue reading about Garden Guests Diary - Are you sitting comfortably? [31 March 2008]
We’ve had a lot of rain over the last month or so which is fantastic for the drought Queensland is suffering from. When it rains here, it really RAINS and I thought the rain was bad in Scotland! The rain always brings down more birds and they just love our garden on a wet afternoon [...]
Continue reading about Garden Guests Diary - Singing in the Rain [30 March 2008]
I was hanging out the washing today and noticed a little garden guest trying to climb up my wicker basket. He was a tiny little Asian House Gecko (hemidactylus frenatus) and it’s the first time I’ve actually been able to photograph one due to their amazing speed when they spot you. One of our cats, Ginger, brings these [...]
Continue reading about Garden Guests Diary - Gorgeous Gecko [29 March 2008]
I am so thrilled and just have to celebrate with you all - I hope you don’t mind but my counter has just told me that I have 24.000 hits to my website and blog and I am over the moon. Go on, it’s Friday night (Australia time that is), pour yourself a glass of [...]
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There are still lots of butterflies fluttering around my garden and I find them to be a frustration as they rarely choose to land anywhere near me and if I’m on one side of the yard, they will be on the other side just to annoy me even more! I have seen some beauties [...]
Continue reading about Garden Guests Diary - Elusive Butterflies [28 March 2008]
I haven’t seen the pale-headed rosellas coming down to feed for a while, until few days ago. They are intimidated by the rainbow lorikeets and galahs due to their shy and wary natures. I am fond of these birds and still marvel at their gorgeous plumage. A few recent photographs of them.
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Continue reading about Garden Guests Diary - Pale-headed Rosellas [27 March 08]
I have completely re-designed my site at Zazzle and have added a range of products. I actually bought for myself my “Rainforest Rendezvous” mug which came today in the mail as I wanted to check out the quality from Zazzle. I am very impressed with not only the quality of the mug but also the [...]
Since I have been out and about in my garden over the Easter weekend, I noticed a glut of grasshoppers hopping around and doing their thing in all shapes and sizes, from a discarded skin, to a tiny new nymph, to the mature adults. I have to confess though, that I ‘detest’ the adult grasshoppers and I [...]
Continue reading about Garden Guests Diary - Glut of Grasshoppers [25 March 2008]
I discovered an ant nest in my garden today, quite by accident when I was looking for dragonflies. The makers of this nest are dome-backed spiny ants (Polyrhachis australis) and I watched, fascinated as they toiled away, looking after their Queen and pupae.
They build their nests on trees using leaves, dry plant materials and soil which are [...]
Continue reading about Garden Guests Diary - Ant Nest - [24 March 2008]
I did my usual walk around the garden today and it never ceases to amaze me that it is different, no matter how many times I go out there. I sometimes think, camera dangling around my neck, that it will be a useless endeavour, that as a photographer, “I’ve been there, done that” but I can assure you, [...]
Continue reading about Garden Guests Diary - Bird Dropping Spider [23 March 2008]
