Well, I think we are having an early summer in Queensland, Australia as the temperatures have been reaching 30 degrees centigrade already and it is hot and sticky. Whilst this can be uncomfortable for us humans, the hot summer weather brings about gorgeous summer guests such as butterflies, hoverflies, dragonflies, cicadas and a whole lot [...]
I have been filming some of the birds in my garden recently and have been using my old four megapixels camera so the quality is not wonderful. To make up for this, I think that you will find this clip of an amorous male rainbow lorikeet “hiliarious” as he “struts his stuff” trying to impress the [...]
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Brilliant wildlife pics
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BIRDS do not usually go for rides on cats’ backs, but they do at Kay Calder’s house.
The Wongaling Beach resident is one of hundreds of people in the Far North to have submitted their own pictures for The Cairns Post’s Weekender Wildlife Photo Competition.
Check out the great Weekender Wildlife photo [...]
I captured Mr and Mrs Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo sharing supper late this afternoon. Our seed bell had been munched to the point where it had fallen to the ground and these birds are known for their intelligence. The pair were sitting very close to me on our pool fence, about an arm’s length away, undeterred by [...]
We’ve had a couple of chilly, wet days which always brings down more birds looking for shelter and food. There seems to be a growing number of crested pigeons who love our yard but in particular out neighbour’s roof.
This little fellow was actually asleep and all puffed up in the afternoon chill.
They seem to love [...]
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This is a heartwarming tale of an adventure for six ducklings and their mom in Gosford, Newcastle.
A MOTHER duck braved traffic and a housing estate during a TWO-MILE chase to rescue her babies from a sewer.
The six ducklings fell down an underground access and were swept away – but mum could [...]
The disappearance and downsizing of Australia’s backyard in major capital cities is placing increased pressure of Australia’s native birdlife.
Blue Wren
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 [...]
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TOKYO - When Yosuke the parrot flew out of his cage and got lost, he did exactly what he had been taught — recite his name and address to a stranger willing to help.
Police rescued the African grey parrot two weeks ago from a neighbor’s roof in the city of Nagareyama, near Tokyo. After spending [...]
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THESE FANTASTIC PHOTOGRAPHS CAUGHT MY ATTENTION THIS WEEK taken by members at http://pixdaus.com/ If you like these photos you may wish to vote for them.
An invasion of ladybugs - I wonder what causes this ….
“Family of Bugs” by someguy http://pixdaus.com/?fun=2&name=some%20guy
“Stop the Cats- Deer!
“Anade …by Pawel” http://pixdaus.com/pics/1206985280eEEGLtq.jpg
“Catch me - by Beny” http://pixdaus.com/?fun=2&name=pirizoe
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This one struck a chord [...]
It was my half day at work and such a beautiful autumn afternoon which made me want to be outdoors so I took myself off to local bushland which I had wanted to investigate for a while. About a ten minute drive from my house, this pocket of nature is called Venman Bushland National [...]
