Ferns, fungi, and slime!
If you go into the woods today … you never know what you’ll find if you really take a look! … Continue reading Ferns, fungi, and slime!
Tag: nature
Bee Happy
A busy little native bee collecting nectar and pollinating Paper Daisies in the sunshine. These flowers are in a pot … Continue reading Bee Happy
Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo
I got lucky this morning with two Black Cockatoos in a Silver Wattle. Only about 12 feet away from me, … Continue reading Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoo
Disappearing Tarn
(3 images – At night!) – Before I was a teenager, I would pour over old maps, intrigued by the … Continue reading Disappearing Tarn
snails pace
I might be slow, but let’s not forget I carry a house on my back!To help me grow, I have … Continue reading snails pace
Fungi, moss, slime-mold
Sunday afternoon I headed down to the rivulet. In the first two hours I saw nothing I considered worth photographing, … Continue reading Fungi, moss, slime-mold
Maroonhood Orchids
(4 images) – Pterostylis pedunculata (I think) – Similar but smaller than the Orchid in my previous post, the dark … Continue reading Maroonhood Orchids
Nodding Greenhood
(5 images, click to enlarge) – I was lucky to find a small group greenhood orchids nodding in the wind … Continue reading Nodding Greenhood
Bird Orchids
(8 photos, click to enlarge) – These small Chiloglottis triceratops orchids grow close to the ground and can be hard … Continue reading Bird Orchids
Amazing Agates
(11 images, click to zoom) – 180 million year old fossil fern roots from Lune River in southern Tasmania – … Continue reading Amazing Agates
From death, comes life.
I struggled with words in this post – happens sometimes. Sometimes often.Hopefully the images tell a positive story of life … Continue reading From death, comes life.
Black Cockatoo
More birds! When I fed the ponies I noticed three Southern Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoos (Zanda xanthanotus) low in a tree, … Continue reading Black Cockatoo
Spring babies
Plovers in the paddock, there were four chicks – now there are only two. Survival of the fittest, I suspect … Continue reading Spring babies
Honey Eaters
A few birds politely perched and posed in the evening twilight as I listened intently to their beautiful chirping melodies … Continue reading Honey Eaters
Away with the fairies
Bright and small, quick in flight, flitting around, afternoon delight! Loud shrill call for a little bird, seeking a mate, … Continue reading Away with the fairies
Bug eating plant …
At first glance, these small innocuous plants could easily be overlooked, in fact, I thought initially they were a type … Continue reading Bug eating plant …
Misty Mountain
Clouds were swirling and dancing around a group of tall trees and the rugged peaks of kunanyi, every now and … Continue reading Misty Mountain
Blue Tongue Lizard
Spotted first by trail dog Benny-Boy, this Blue Tongue Lizard was somewhat camera shy. Though he poked his blue tongue … Continue reading Blue Tongue Lizard
Orchid – Pterostylis williamsonii
(5 photos, click to enlarge) – There are three Pterostylis orchids that are very similar, I think I have identified … Continue reading Orchid – Pterostylis williamsonii
An unexpected surprise
(5 photos, click to zoom) – A break from the Mycena blues with some other colourful fungi finds this week … Continue reading An unexpected surprise
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