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A couple of Aussie Finches

A couple of Aussie Finches

Honestly, I personally have found Finch's are the most complicated to investigate. There is nothing simple about them at all. There appears to be 15 species of Finch's in Australia.You can also do your own search or you can click on the  Red-Browed Finch. They are a beautiful little bird and fairly tame for having their photos taken. They are 11-11.5cm in size. Similar species is the Red-eared Firetails they hang around in fairs and families and darts to cover in bouncing flight. Their voice is a high pitched squeak, sharp 'dup'; brisk chatter Their habit includes grassy clearings in...

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Bees Are Amazing

Bees Are Amazing

Spring of 2022 right up til Christmas Day was so much cooler than normal, so our natives were not flowering as normal, so bird life was quieter and we didn't see the bee activity as normal. Now they start to appear but temperatures are fluctuating at the moment a cold day or 2 then a boiling hot day will come along, but our wildlife adapts. I was reading an article recently in "THE LITTLE BOOK OF BEES" by Hilary Kearney and illustrated by Amy Holliday. I thought I would start this post sharing a little article with you.     ...

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Cork Back Place Mats and Coasters

Cork Back Place Mats and Coasters

Available from our shop are these beautiful cork backed place mats (6 to the box) and coasters (6 to the box). They are available as a set or individually. Postage Australia wide is free. We will not be doing another print run of these, but are looking at other sets to do down the track.

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From Birds to Bees

From Birds to Bees

In Australia we have over 1,700 Australian Native Bees  I haven't spotted the Blue Banded Bee to date but we have noticed they don't appear until it is really warm. I can always hear them as they are much loader than our Honeybee. Most of the bees we have on our property are the Honey Bees (see below 4 images) Today I spotted something that looked very small land on a Grevillea flower so quickly changed my lens so I could capture it. It was an Australian Native Bee. Australia has eleven species of the small black Stingless Bee (see...

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Using Natural Light In My Flower Photography

Using Natural Light In My Flower Photography

I go to as many garden festivals and open gardens that I can. I like using my macro lens with an external flash, but not all of these have been taken with my macro lens. These are just a few photos that I took about 11 months ago. In the ones below I used natural early morning light to capture these flowers I hope you have enjoyed these few photos, I took hundreds of photos at this event so will try to post some more in the near future  

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