Category: Fauna
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It’s a jungle out there!
Author Koh Lin ◦ Wow… there is excitement plus outside our house… a hive of activity… With the nesting behaviour of the Golden-browed Resin Bees (species Megachile aurifrons), the frantic flitting to and fro of the Masked Bees (Hylaeus sp),… Continue reading
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Hylaeus mysterium puella…
Author Gary Taylor ◦ Hylaeus mysterium puella… Sorry that’s not her real name, yes she is Hylaeus, but mysterium puella is just latin for mystery girl, which is what I called her ‘cos she was apparently quite possibly a new… Continue reading
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Bird Watching at the Beanie Festival
Alice Springs Beanie Festival Author Koh Lin ◦ Alice Springs is renowned destination for bird watching. It is also known as the Beanie Centre of the world, with its iconic festival event that brings all sorts of beanies from around… Continue reading
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The Art of Birds
Author Koh Lin ◦ Sometimes in life, you do not need words… when an image can touch a cord that resonates with your soul… Many thanks to our contributors for their images: Dorothy L., CK Leel, Helen Pinnock, Derek Leel,… Continue reading
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A Home Like Alice…
Author JeLa D ◦ Photos by Dorothy L. ◦ It seems that the fostering was too good as the teenager does not want to leave home… It is now the month of May and a definite chill is happening, ‘winter… Continue reading
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Night of a Thousand Croaks
Author Koh Lin ◦ I was looking back through my image archive the other day, when a collection of photographs brought back some vivid memories… The year was 2010, early January. It was a memorable start to the year (I… Continue reading
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Boiled Eggs and Budgies…
Author JeLa D ◦ Photos by Dorothy L. ◦ It’s Friday evening, I’m doing my check of what I’ll need for tomorrow’s outing… shirt and shorts with lots of pockets, warm socks, dirty boots (as I haven’t polished them from… Continue reading
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Faces of the Blue Moon
Author Koh Lin ◦ Mimesis in art… art imitates nature What a wonderous world we live in… when sometimes you discover something new… something that catches your eye… that flutters by and into your life in his resplendent accoutrement. Indeed… Continue reading
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There are dragons in my garden
Author Koh Lin ◦ I grew up with dragons… they appeared in story books and on the television and there was St George, but he slayed the dragon. Now we have friendly dragons filling our screens. Of course we all… Continue reading
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CBC… fostering
Author JeLa D ◦ Photos by Dorothy L. ◦ Drop them off at the creche, pick them up as a teenager… It’s coming up to 1800 hours (6 pm) and I’m sitting outside waiting, it’s very quiet as I haven’t… Continue reading
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The Camouflaged Pisser
Author Andrew Turner ◦ When I was young and living in Sydney, I remember going out to collect cicadas. All of us kids use to collect them, admiring them, on occasion putting them on each other, and yelling “haha you… Continue reading
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Photographer’s paradise
Author Dorothy L. ◦ Part 4 ◦ Smelling the salt air of the coast… It was worth coming to the Otways Ranges, photographer’s paradise. Eastern, Flame, Pink, Rose and Scarlet Robins, Olive Whistler and the Rufous Fantail. WOW what a… Continue reading