Garden Guests Diary, Wildlife 11 March 2010

The disappearance and downsizing of Australia’s backyard in major capital cities is placing increased pressure of Australia’s native birdlife. Ann-Maree Colborne, CEO of Gould Group, Australia’s oldest environmental education organisation formed in 1909 with Prime Minister Alfred Deakin as its first president to protect native bird life said, the decade of drought has seen a major increase in birds migrating to the city in search of water and food.

 Art and Photography, Featured, Featured Artist 11 March 2010

I knew I was looking at something special as soon as I arrived on this professional photographer’s website which is totally white with no banner, no frills, no flash intro.

 Freebies, Recommended Books 11 March 2010

I downloaded this free eBook which has some handy tips on taking photographs of wild flowers. Written by Steve and Vic Berardi.

 Featured, Featured Artist, Recommended Books 11 March 2010

National Geographic photographer and biographer Paul Nicklen has been making bold expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic for many years, documenting the lives and habitats of leopard seals, whales, walruses, polar bears, bearded seals and narwhals and how they are threatened by climate change.

 Featured, Freebies 10 March 2010

Here are some lovely nature inspired vector art designs which are free for personal use only.

 Cute Critters, Featured, Wildlife 10 March 2010

Here is the March dose of aaaaaawh!

 Art and Photography, Featured, News from the Studio, Recommended Books, Wildlife 7 March 2010

If you love animals, nature and art you will enjoy these quarterly eZines published by Oz Wildlife Art.  These gorgeous magazines are designed to be read using your computer which eliminates packaging, postage, paper and printing which is good news for trees and the planet.  Your purchase will also help …

 Cats, Featured 7 March 2010

Merlo, our chocolate point ragdoll kitten is coming up for his 1st Birthday on 20 March and he has been quite a handful!  As a younger kitten, he hated being shut up anywhere (and still does), never seemed to sleep and terrorised our older cat. My husband and I eventually …

 Garden Guests Diary 6 March 2010

I see these birds often in my garden but they are so wary of me that I don’t even come close to pointing my camera lense at them.  Today, this juvenile came down and was perched on our pool fence with a couple of noisy miners.  I took these shots …

 Featured, Garden Guests Diary 6 March 2010

I was kindly invited into a neighbour’s garden the other day who has a passion for orchids. One of the more unusual exotic plants I was lucky enough to see and photograph is a black bat plant (Tacca chantrieri) and I have never seen anything like it before.