by Tanya | Aug 8, 2020 | breeding behaviour, citizen science, Echidna, Monotreme, Wombat Forest
In the higher altitude foothill forests, the local wattles usually flower in late August and September. The silver wattles are blooming in the Wombat Forest and surrounds: a few weeks early this year. One reliable sign of early spring is right on cue – the appearance...
by Tanya | Oct 15, 2019 | birds, breeding behaviour, Migration, sacred kingfisher
A Sacred Kingfisher started calling at our bush block today– with a loud and far- carrying ‘kek kek kek kek’! These brilliantly coloured birds are summer visitors to Victoria, and their calls may now be heard in woodlands and open forests throughout Victoria. Although...
by Tanya | Jul 16, 2019 | breeding behaviour, eagle
Nature Diary has a new home! After ten years, and increasing frustration with the Advocate, I am now being published in the Local, edited by Donna Kelly. Donna and Kyle have been wonderfully welcoming, and this article about eagles looks just great in this...
by Tanya | Mar 17, 2019 | breeding behaviour, dry forests, White-winged chough
Wheezing, whistling and whining – our two young White-winged Choughs have added to the usual cacophony of their family group this month. Their calls are similar to a young magpie, insistent and oft-repeated, but at a higher pitch. White-winged Choughs are incredibly...
by Tanya | Dec 21, 2017 | breeding behaviour, cunninghams skinks, reptiles
For the December Nature News, Tanya Loos from Connecting Country writes about the sociable skinks photographed by Nick Schulz on his property in Nuggetty. Earlier this year, landholder Nick Schulz sent us a series of stunning photographs from a rocky granite outcrop...
by Tanya | Jul 27, 2017 | breeding behaviour, eucalypts, feeding signs, Gang gang cockatoo
Gang gang cockatoos are known mainly in this district for their habit of feasting on Hawthorn berries in Autumn. But one Winter delight I am privileged to witness is the behaviour of a family of gang gangs on my bush block! Gang gangs are small, stocky cockatoos that...
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