by Tanya | Mar 14, 2016 | birds, breeding behaviour, Diamond firetail, dry forests, Uncategorized
I most often write about the flora and fauna of the wetter, more higher elevations of the Wombat Forest and surrounds. The forests around Daylesford, Porcupine Ridge, Glenlyon have tall messmates and candlebarks, silver wattles and blackwood, and birds such as...
by Tanya | Dec 15, 2015 | birds, changing range, cuckoo, Uncategorized
Sometimes it is very obvious when the bird you can hear calling is new to the area. In the last couple of weeks a number of Daylesford residents were treated to an extremely loud ‘tee-looo tee-loo’ call – somewhat like a repetitive peacock call. Fiona McIntyre...
by Tanya | Nov 13, 2015 | birds, birdsong, Grey Shrike-thrush
Each month I will reproduce my Nature Diary Articles from the Hepburn Advocate – Here is this month’s! : ) ( November 2015) This spring, most mornings my first waking moments have been filled with the sound of the most exquisite birdsong; a strong, mellow,...
by Tanya | Nov 12, 2015 | birds, breeding behaviour
Each month I will reproduce my Nature Diary Articles from the Hepburn Advocate – Here is last month’s! : ) The wonderful thing about researching an article about very common and everyday animals is that sometimes your mind is just blown away by an insight...
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