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Russian Tent Spider and Friends
I keep seeing these beautifully crafted spider webs in my garden which have cone shaped nests cleverly constructed above the web.
A Myriad of Garden Guests
The weather is turning slightly cooler in Queensland and I was joined by lots of garden guests today and lucky enough to get some great captures of these tiny visitors.
Spiders and Moths – Garden Guests Diary
I discovered an insect I haven't seen before in my garden today and it is a moth with an unusually long snout. I think that it might be Heliocosma argyroleuca or Agriphila straminella but I'm not sure.
Aphids and Lady Beetles Garden Guests
Lots of activity in the garden today which would not be obvious to the naked eye. These tiny specks moved when I looked at them through my macro lense and there were also quite a few lady beetles nearby as well. I didn’t have a clue as to what I was looking at and did...
A Tropical Garden Guests Diary
I previously posted my photographs of the unusual bat plant and here are a few more favourites from this photo shoot. These were all taken in a neighbour's garden and I was very privileged to be invited into this little sub-tropical oasis.
Australia’s Disappearing Backyards Puts Pressure on Bird Life
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.
Visited by a Juvenile Blue-faced Honeyeater
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.
An exotic plant you may not have seen before which resembles a bat!
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.
Sipping Raindrops – Garden Guests Diary
Looks as if these critters were enjoying an early morning drink from the dew drops on the allamanda flowers. I am particularly pleased with the macro photograph of the ant and it's my sharpest one yet of these tiny, tiny insects who don't stay still for long and are not terribly cooperative when it comes to being at the end of my lense!
Larking around the Lillypilly – Garden Guests Diary
The weather in Brisbane at the moment is extremely humid but over the last couple of days we've had heavy rain which has cleared the air and today was quite bearable and very blustery. When the sun manages to sneak out, there is a moist, golden glow in the air which I adore for taking photographs and the wet foliage is lush and tropical.
The latest on the Channel-billed Cuckoo – Garden Guests Diary
As this massive bird matures, his host crow parents are coming down to our garden a little bit more often, frantically looking for food for their adopted offspring.
Luscious Lillypilly – Garden Guests Diary
I'm gradually getting to know all of the plants, trees and flowers with whom we share our garden and this lillypilly tree is beginning to flower and bear fruit.
New Bird in Town – Garden Guests Diary
For the past week or so my my husband and I plus the neighbours have been hearing and talking about a new bird which we have not been able to identify until now! At first we thought it was a baby crow as it seemed to be with the crows but it looked nothing like a crow!
What we thought was the whole family! – Garden Guests Diary
This afternoon, I happened to witness the whole family of magpies visit our yard and the two juvenile magpies were down at the same time which I had not seen before. What follows is a series of shots with my sense of humour thrown in as titles!
First time down for this juvenile Magpie
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.
A Hot Summer Morning – Garden Guests Diary
The weather is uncomfortably hot at the moment and they have forecast a late afternoon thunder storm which we need to clear this oppressive air. The heat does not deter the busy, minuscule working insects whether it be building nests or searching for nectar and pollen.
Plant and Leaf Hopping Critters – Garden Guests Diary
It's been a while since I checked on my garden guests and as you know, I have been a bit of an indoors hermit of late working on my new website and shop which I hope you like by the way. I went out to check our snail mail in the early evening and something made me walk over to my citrus trees.
A disturbing wildlife encounter on New Year’s Day 2010 – Garden Guests Diary
For the past month or so I have been so busy with my new online shop and have not been out in my yard to take any new pictures of garden guests. Today, on New Year's Day 2010 an unwanted garden guest made an appearance and I am still affected by it.
In Loving Memory of a True Bushman
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 Park....
King Parrot returned with the Missus!
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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! King Parrot returned with the...
Calling all Australian Wildlife and Nature Lovers…
I have been thinking about doing something like this for a long time and realise that the job is bigger than just little old me! I live in Queensland for instance and am not exposed to the wildlife in other Australian States. I have created a gorgeous free site using the Wetpaint Community platform and...
Nature Journaling in the Currumbin Valley
A few weeks ago I visited Currumbin Valley in the Gold Coast Hinterland, Queensland which is one of the most beautiful places I have been to. The drive through the valley was stunning with canopies of green trees over-hanging the narrow roadway which wound its way past homesteads, scattered along this scenic drive. It was...
New Additions to the Kookaburra Family – Garden Guests Diary
I have been hearing the sounds of young kookaburras recently and they make an incessant, soft, screeching, mini laugh when they want to be fed. Today, mum brought one of her youngsters down for a feed on our fence and it is always a wonderful sight. There was nothing subtle about this young kookaburra’s feeding,...
Life Being Created – Garden Guests Diary
Quite a lot of “activity” going on in the garden at the moment in the insect world from creating life, giving birth, protecting eggs to the newly hatched youngsters exploring their new world. I’ve said it many times but I am continually amazed at what goes on deep among the foliage in my garden and...
Nature Can be Kind – Garden Guests Diary
After my upsetting post about the evil assassin bug killing the orchard swallowtail caterpillars in my garden I have some really good news. I actually had not intended for this update to happen and was checking to see if we had any mail in the late afternoon. Something made me go over and check the...
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