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...
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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