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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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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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Crimson Rosella Preening Feathers

Crimson Rosella Preening Feathers

It is not always easy getting a photo of a bird in the wild in their natural environment. I have spotted these birds many times while on a photography day trip, but they were too far away and had many trees and branches between them and my camera, making it basically impossible to capture a nice shot.Oh you can get up close at some of these wildlife attractions where they feed them, but there is nothing more enjoyable or rewarding for me than to get them in the wild doing their own thingies. The Crimson Rosella is an Australian Native...

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The Stunning Plumed Whistling Duck

The Stunning Plumed Whistling Duck

I never ever thought we would ever have this stunning duck the Plumed whistling duck on our property and two of them, a pretty little female and a handsome male walked daily around our property, regularly coming up near the back of our house and laying under the shade of a tree near where we had a bowl of fresh water. Late afternoon they would fly out to feed on the seed in local pastures and return to a base camp during the day. Well this couple thought they were living in a resort with fresh water plenty of shade...

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