Recent Posts Tagged With 'birds in the garden'

• The Christmas Beetle

  Posted on Sunday December 20th, 2009 at 02:49 in insects, birds in the garden

  Christmas Beetle, Anoplognathus pallidicollisAt dusk, the Christmas beetle can be found dive bombing outdoor lights and sometimes making it indoors where it performs similar acrobatics around the room.They are easily recognized by their bright metal...

• An Ibis

  Posted on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 16:23 in birds in the garden

  An Ibis waiting for a meal in Japanese GardenMt Cootha Botanic Garden ,Brisbane, QueenslandThere has been a population explosion of Ibis in the past decades and they are now very common in parks and gardens across the country....

• Kangaroo Paws

  Posted on Sunday September 27th, 2009 at 16:54 in native plants, birds in the garden

  Wind resistant Kangaroo Paws (Anigozanthus cultivars) After three days of gale force winds with gusts in excess of 100km an hour ,there is not much left of the Spring blossom trees and the Roses have been left in tatters. Kangaroo Paws are one of th...

• Banksia 'Roller Coaster'

  Posted on Sunday August 16th, 2009 at 16:28 in native shrubs, birds in the garden, landcape feature and accent plants

  Banksia integrifolia 'Roller Coaster'This is one of the prostrate ground cover forms of the tree Banksia integrifolia which probably came from a windy sea cliff where it had adapted to hug the ground as a means of survival. It needs a large space in ...

• Birds love Aloes

  Posted on Friday July 31st, 2009 at 00:20 in succulents, aloes, birds in the garden

  Aloes are at their peak flowering time and are much loved by rainbow lorikeets....

• Black Coral Pea

  Posted on Wednesday July 22nd, 2009 at 16:59 in climbers, birds in the garden

  Kennedya nigricans, Black Coral PeaEndemic to the coastal districts of South Western Australia between Cape Riche and Hopetoun, this climber is a rampant quick growing plant which flowers from June to November.The unusual flowers are 30mm long and ar...

• Banksia spinulosa

  Posted on Tuesday June 30th, 2009 at 04:02 in native shrubs, birds in the garden

  Banksia spinulosa This is a variable species of Banksia and historically it is one of the earliest Australian plants to be described. After the establishment of the new settlement at Port Jackson, just north of Botany Bay in 1788, the surgeon John ...

• The Lyrebird

  Posted on Friday June 19th, 2009 at 03:08 in birds in the garden

  Apollo holding a Lyre(God of Music, Poetry and Oracles)2AD Roman StatueThe Lyrebird John Gould (1804-1881)British Museum 1840-48 The Superb LyrebirdMenura novaehollandiaeWinter is the time when the male Lyrebird turns into the "dancing queen" of th...

• Phragmites australis, Common Reed

  Posted on Friday May 22nd, 2009 at 23:20 in water plants, birds in the garden

  Dusky Moorhen at home in swamps, makes a harsh 'kerk' sound when disturbedPhragmites australis In the local wetlands where I walk the common reed is in flower at this time of year. It has graceful plumes at the end of tall stems. They capture the lig...