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...
by Tanya | Dec 4, 2016 | blue-tongues, breeding behaviour, reptiles
This year we have discovered to our joy that our kitchen porch is a love nest for blue-tongue lizards. The photo was taken by my husband Chris – he spotted them in close contact which may have been mating, and went to grab the camera, stepping over them as he did so!...
by Tanya | Jun 8, 2016 | birds, breeding behaviour, Lake Daylesford
I love how a nature moment can occur at any time – not necessarily when out in the forest with binoculars in hand. We were coming out of the Boathouse Cafe at Lake Daylesford after brunch when I noticed two swans very close together, right near the shoreline. The...
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...
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