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.

 Cute Critters, Featured, Wildlife 10 March 2010

Here is the March dose of aaaaaawh!

 Competitions 15 February 2010

Now in its 46th year, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is an international showcase for the very best nature photography. The competition is owned by two UK institutions that pride themselves on revealing and championing the diversity of life on Earth – the Natural History Museum and BBC …

 Garden Guests Diary 16 January 2010

We knew that soon we would be introduced to the new offspring of our resident magpie pair, “Toenail” and “Skitsy”. Sure enough, we heard the unmistakable “feed me” squawking nearby and there he was, one of the two chicks, demanding to be fed.

 News from the Studio 15 November 2009

Brand new collection of bookmarks available from my Shop.  These bookmarks measure 6.5 x 11 cm.  They are professionally printed, high resolution prints onto premium glossy paper in laminated sleeves for complete protection and durability.  They have  a coloured, soft cord with metal beads for decoration.
Beautiful Bookmarks

 News from the Studio 14 November 2009

I have just added a new desk calendar in my Shop, featuring 12 high resolution photographs of Australian wildlife which have been professionally printed onto glossy photographic paper.  This calendar is available as:
2010 Desk Calendar – Australian Wildlife available now!

 Wildlife 26 September 2009

The Crimson Wing is the first film from Disney’s new natural history label, Disney Nature. It follows the life and struggles of a million-strong colony of pink flamingos in Lake Natron in northern Tanzania, which are threatened by plans for a new factory in the area.
The Crimson Wing – new …

 Wildlife 29 August 2009

Four tiny orphaned hedgehogs are snuggling up to the bristles of a cleaning brush – because they think it’s their mother. The four inch long creatures are being hand-reared by staff at the New Forest Otter, Owl and Wildlife Park in Ashurst, Hants. Workers say Mary, Mungo, Midge and Slappy …

 Garden Guests Diary, Wildlife 16 August 2009

I previously recorded in my Garden Guests Diary that a male Australian King Parrot came down for the very first time to our garden to feed on the seed bell.  This was my first sighting ever of this magnificent bird.  Months went by and he never returned – until now!  …

 Wildlife 8 June 2009

It’s so sad to learn that these animals are facing possible extinction due to various causes such as habitat destruction, competition from introduced species, deforestation and hunting.