Posted in Birding, Wildflowers on Apr 28th, 2012
The first Yellow-faced Honeyeater we’ve had in quite a while, brings this month’s bird bath count of native species to thirteen. On a track beside a pine plantation Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos were in numbers, and along the bush tracks on the way home Victoria’s floral emblem, Epacris impressa was putting on a beautiful show, a [...]
Posted in General nature., Other creatures on Apr 25th, 2012
…..but welcome all the same, other creatures that see the light shining and call in for a meal, or just to check out the scene. A sac spider with prey. Clubionidae family. Flat-headed leaf hopper. Cicadellidae family. Green mottled plant hopper. Flatidae family. Katydid species minus a leg. Tettigoniidae family. Craneflies mating. I mentioned a [...]
A blog about the natural world of Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Birds, insects, wildflowers, and anything else that poses for the camera.