Posted in Other creatures on Sep 30th, 2011
Rain! Lovely rain at last after a dry month and we immediately had nightly visitors. In the carport a small Banjo Frog, Limnodynastes dumerilii. On the tiles of the front verandah, another one. And peering in through the glass a Striped Marsh Frog, Limnodynastes peronii. These were all young frogs from the previous breeding event, [...]
Posted in General nature., Other creatures, Wildflowers on Sep 27th, 2011
With the weather warming I’ve been seeing the start of the Odonata season, Blue Ringtails and Tau Emeralds at Swallow Lagoon, and today at Bellbird Corner a Tau took off and then landed fairly high in a tree violet shrub. In anticipation I’d fitted the 200 micro and it was equal to the task. In [...]
A blog about the natural world of Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Birds, insects, wildflowers, and anything else that poses for the camera.