Plant powerline smart
A problem that occurs all across Queensland is that many people plant the wrong sized trees under powerlines. Than at the same time there...
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
The White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike is a medium sized slender bird that grows to around 25cm long.
They are grey on the head and back, white...
Peas for Paddy’s Day
FIRE SPIKES
There is a shrub with really unusual flowers, borne on purplish-black flower stalks with large spikes of bright blood red flowers.
Terri of...
Spangled Drongo
When seen in good light, one of the most attractive things about the bird in this photo, is its iridescent blue/green, spangled plumage!
It...
Gladstone’s Jasmines
At the moment the Night-Flowering Jasmines are flowering so well around the Gladstone Region. This Jasmine would be the most popular of the Jasmine...
The humidity lover
Whether it is the blustering dry heat of the west to the obsessive humidity of the coast it is uncomfortable outside in the middle...
Grey butcherbird
Closely related to Magpies, Butcherbirds are one of the songbirds of the Australian bush with their own beautiful and very complex song!
Smaller than...
Masked lapwing
Commonly seen in pairs or groups in parks, gardens and in urban areas, the Masked Lapwings – usually called Plovers – are medium sized,...
Psychadelic Wonders
There are so many wonders of nature but in the plant world plants with multi-coloured or iridescent colourings of the foliage and trunks have...
Meteor shot
Noel Sawtell kindly sent in this time lapse of the stars where he captured a meteor passing through his line of sight.
Male Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo
In the next 2 weeks we will look at the Red-tailed Black Cockatoo. A large bird that grows to around 60 centimetres long, the...
Purple swamphen chicks
Purple Swamphens are generally found in small groups that consist of males than females.
After mating, nests are built of a platform of trampled...
Suns game, Saints salute
BITS sealed its first win of the AFL Capricornia senior men's season, defeating a game Brothers by 24 points at Boyne Island last Saturday.
Four...
