by Tanya | Sep 12, 2023 | birds, dry forests, Pardalotes, Psyllids
These tiny birds are only 9-10 cm in length – about the length of your finger! Spotted Pardalotes are well named, as some of their feathers are covered in white spots. Spotted Pardalotes are usually high in the leaves and branches of gum trees, or eucalypts. Here,...
by Tanya | Aug 7, 2023 | birds, Ravens, Urban wildlife
Have you noticed Daylesford’s resident ravens? These large black glossy birds may be seen perched on various shop signs calling loudly or strutting up and down Vincent Street searching for dropped food. They are Little Ravens – a funny name as they are not little at...
by Tanya | Jun 27, 2023 | frogs
With all the rain we have been having some lucky locals have spotted ‘window frogs’ – little groups of frogs clinging to the outside of the window. Kate Tunney, of Mollonghip, took some pics of a few frogs on her phone and posted them online one night a...
by Tanya | May 23, 2023 | eucalypts, Gang gang cockatoo, insects, Sawflies
Spitfires are a well known but somewhat mysterious feature of the Australian bush. What are they? Particularly tough caterpillars? They are actually the young of an insect called a sawfly – which is not a fly at all but a benign relative of wasps. There are about 200...
by Tanya | Apr 14, 2023 | citizen science, eucalypts
The first time I really ‘met’ a Snow Gum was not in classic Snow Gum habitat; on top of a mountain in the high country. This Snow Gum was by the Campaspe River, on a private property in Ashbourne, west of Woodend. The landholders had done a capital job of restoring...
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