tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88938248851452703432024-02-20T18:58:22.355+10:30This Patch of Remnant ScrubRemnant :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10732453832811326786noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893824885145270343.post-33185075397525274042017-02-01T09:24:00.000+10:302017-02-01T09:25:40.416+10:30Welcome Back YTBCs<div style="text-align: center;">
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Such beautiful birds and a joy to have around, even though I love my fruit trees!</div>
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Their habitat in the Adelaide Hills is taking a beating from smaller scale individual clearings and general "tidying up" for houses, though so many smallish clearings add up to fairly large scale habitat loss, especially as it is the understorey food sources like hakeas that tend to "go" because they are "fire ladders" to canopies in bushfires.</div>
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<b>http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Calyptorhynchus-funereus</b></div>
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<br />Remnant :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10732453832811326786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893824885145270343.post-25185858645656136632017-01-30T17:58:00.000+10:302017-01-30T17:58:47.589+10:30The Adelaide RosellaAdelaide Rosellas are a sub-species of the Crimson Rosella with rather subdued colouring; they are among the most numerous individuals here of any of the local birds species.<br />
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There are three nesting boxes that suit them in the trees here, which might account for their numbers, I suppose.<br />
I provide shelter, given the amount of clearing of trees in the valley, but I do not feed them.<br />
Many neighbours do put out commercial seed mixes prepared for parrots.<br />
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The combination of increasing numbers of open/cleared patches for lawns etc and additional food probably accounts for the increase in Sulphur Crested Cockatoos, Lorikeets and Corellas moving into the area in the last few years.<br />
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There is some angst over this as they can be seriously destructive to housing and people often realise, too late, that their own activities have encouraged them (AND reduced critical habitat for the Yellow Tailed Blacks).<br />
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This pair have raised young for each of the past three years.<br />
They vigorously defend "their" nesting box against other rosella pairs, flying at them each time they come too close.<br />
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We have been lucky enough to see individuals take their first flight; the adults' calling to them is an excellent alert :)<br />
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Rosellas make good use of the water provided, drinking and bathing.<br />
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uh oh ... the camera sound often disturbs the birds at the water, even though quite a distance away.<br />
(in fact, I photograph them from my glorified bird hide ... my little house (from the window over the kitchen sink, in fact))<br />
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Their liftoff is impressive when "stopped" by the camera, though too speedy to appreciate in real time.<br />
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In reading more about them I was astonished to find that a virus is responsible for the colour variations of the Crimson Rosella<br />
http://theconversation.com/colour-variability-in-crimson-rosellas-is-linked-to-a-virus-31668<br />
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More Information for any interested<br />
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosella<br />
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The following two links have recordings of the calls.<br />
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http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Platycercus-elegans<br />
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http://users.esc.net.au/~slp/birds/Adel_Rosella.htm<br />
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Finally, those over a certain age will remember the Rosella logo of products long ago ... and South Australians will know about Fritz and Sauce.<br />
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http://www.rosella.com.au/about/<br />
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<br />Remnant :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10732453832811326786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893824885145270343.post-78440729110828586382017-01-30T12:49:00.000+10:302017-01-30T12:49:18.292+10:302017 Already!*sneaks back in*<br />
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It's not only January already, but it's January 2017!<br />
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I will pick up where I left off, with the Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoos.<br />
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The cockatoos are tentative at the bowl, I think because it had fallen off while I was away and they'd been without it for a couple of weeks.<br />
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Though the cockatoos are quiet, the magpie isn't ;)Remnant :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10732453832811326786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893824885145270343.post-37763859271331151512015-09-15T07:28:00.000+09:302015-09-15T07:28:08.517+09:30Yellow-Tailed Black CockatoosThe YTBCs , <a datatype="" href="http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/Psittaciformes/Cacatuidae/Calyptorhynchus/Calyptorhynchus-funereus" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" style="background-color: white; color: #2a7d85; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.8px; font-style: italic; line-height: 16.56px;" typeof="skos:Concept">Calyptorhynchus funereus</a> , returned to my little block yesterday, after weeks away.<br />
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I have seen a large flock of 20+ further into the Mount Lofties during that time, but not a hint here.<br />
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Yesterday morning a small group of just 5 settled in the trees close to the house and took turns jostling each other for best spot at the water bowl.<br />
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Their low chatting sounds were interspersed with a kind of "whistle" sound; very distinctive and a real joy after the raucous Sulphur Cresteds who have been here all winter.<br />
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I have lots to learn about them, but tend to be more hands on than "study" so my major focus is on revegetating, hoping to ensure their food suppply here.<br />
I have close to well over a hundred Hakea vitata ready to plant while the soil is still damp.<br />
I have so far removed and replanted countless standing dead ones.<br />
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I had NOT realised until very recently that they eat insect larvae and that Acacias (especially A pycnanthat here) are a major food source of galls.<br />
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http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Calyptorhynchus-funereus<br />
<br />Remnant :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10732453832811326786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893824885145270343.post-61655324258681524862015-08-16T10:32:00.001+09:302015-08-16T10:32:45.189+09:30Our Native Shrubby Violet, Hybanthus floribundus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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That's a big call, but it is not only pretty when you look closely, but "glows" from a distance in the winter light.<br />
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Over a year ago now, a weeding team, funded by DENR came in and removed a large patch of Erica.<br />
It was not until THIS winter that we realised the Erica had overgrown Hybanthus.<br />
They are now visible and flourishing in the open on very rocky ground.<br />
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As can be seen, they had also to contend with Watsonias, which had been poisoned something like 10 years ago by the previous owner (our son) with the help of DENR then too.<br />
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The best news; in that now-cleared area there are as many as 20 Hybanthus, some of them young seedlings and more than ever seen before on the whole of this block.<br />
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Fearing that they might now be "over-exposed" to the Summer heat, we will revegetate the area with an Hakea carinata to provide some gentle cover.<br />
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Related Links:<br />
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:89314<br />
http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&family=&genus=Hybanthus&species=floribundus&iname=&submit=Display<br />
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http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/scotia/key/Plants%20and%20Fungi%20of%20south%20western%20NSW/Media/Html/Hybanthus_floribundus_ssp._floribundus.htm<br />
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<br />Remnant :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10732453832811326786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893824885145270343.post-72375910075860077002015-08-15T19:32:00.000+09:302015-08-15T19:32:20.836+09:30*surfaces ... to Fungi *After an alarmingly dry start to the year our Year_To_Date rainfall is 255mm,<br />
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85mm of that has fallen in this last three weeks ie relatively recently, as you'd expect, it being winter here in Australia.<br />
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As a consequence not only is my rainwater tank full and overflowing (all 20,00 gallons of it) but the bush is looking beautiful<br />
It is a joy to be out there, though cold.<br />
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The only fungus I have photographed this year has been this one.<br />
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An eFriend on ipernity, champion that she is, has offered the following ID clues;<br />
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R. flaccida up to 55mm high; </div>
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R. lorithamnus up to 100mm high)<br />
Aphelaria sp.? (up to 200mm high)</div>
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This specimen was about 100mm at its tallest. </div>
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As I began my hunt through the old photos for clues and prior suggestions I came to morrie's blog, which speaks for itself.</div>
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https://morrie2.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/ramaria-ochreosalmonicolor-a-confusing-species/</div>
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I know I have seen it in previous years ... these two shots from 2010.</div>
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At that time, I asked for help and was told<br />
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a coral fungus<br />
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<a href="http://museumvictoria.com.au/forest/plants/coral.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">museumvictoria.com.au/forest/plants/coral.html</a><br />
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"Try searching images of Clavaria / Clavaroid fungi<br />
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some species are fungal symbionts in some lichens ... you have candlesnuff fungus, dead mans fingers or coral fungus there."<br />
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So ... as you can see, it can be tricky.<br />
So, I went to Wikipedia<br />
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramaria<br />
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Well, I gave up trying to identify them, but persisted with enjoying their beauty.<br />
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In 2011, I saw this gorgeous thing, which I presume is something else again (or maybe not) but I have never seen it again.<br />
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For those who are able to help with IDs or are interested in the collection of fungi I have photographed here (and elsewhere, but marked if so), then this album might be of interest.<br />
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<b>http://www.ipernity.com/doc/justjjoke/album/460969?with=17875703</b><br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">Other (more) useful Australian links:</span></u></b><br />
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<b> http://www.anbg.gov.au/fungi/fungimap.html</b><br />
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<b>Long ago Bill and Morrie were active contributors to the old ABC (yes Auntie) Scribbly Gum forum and were incredibly helpful and enthusiastic fungi mentors.</b><br />
<b>Bill - http://www.elfram.com/fungi/fungi_home.html</b><br />
<b>Morrie - https://morrie2.wordpress.com/</b><br />
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<br />Remnant :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10732453832811326786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893824885145270343.post-24071143641723266822015-04-27T10:06:00.000+09:302015-04-27T10:06:41.948+09:30It's the Little Things that Count<br />
From inside the sunshine is watery ...<br />
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<br />Remnant :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10732453832811326786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893824885145270343.post-44339422737468078402015-04-26T17:21:00.000+09:302015-04-26T17:21:28.883+09:30Rain at last!<div>
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Remnant :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10732453832811326786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893824885145270343.post-78180910774350942014-04-30T13:44:00.000+09:302014-04-30T14:39:14.514+09:30The Weeping Fungus is back.In 2010 I found the most beautiful fungus I had ever seen.<br />
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it was growing in amongst fallen leaves on the underside of a living Eucalyptus obliqua stump<br />
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(back later .. child is awake)<br />
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It took ages to find someone who could help with an ID and eventually I was referred to Pamela Catchside ...<br />
Last word:<br />
I am delighted to have had this fungus identified by Pam Catcheside<br />
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Editor, Fungimap Newsletter,<br />
Honorary Research Associate,<br />
State Herbarium of South Australia,<br />
Plant Biodiversity Centre,<br />
Dept for Environment & Heritage,<br />
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Among the photos of thata first find are these two.<br />
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I have watched that site very closely in the interveneing years, but no sign of it.<br />
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Then, last week, in a quite new site about 60 metres away, another.<br />
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Yet again, the site is under a slight overhang of the base of a Messmate (E obliqua).<br />
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This is the general view.<br />
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Remnant :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10732453832811326786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893824885145270343.post-67073568227830012382014-03-24T08:55:00.000+10:302014-03-24T08:55:20.427+10:30The Grey Shrike Thrush is BackI can hear one just outside the kitchen window, but not see it.<br />
I took this photo seven years ago at my previous home and am longing to get a clear shot at one here.<br />
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The call is a delight ... and can be heard at the Australian Birds in Backyards, here.<br />
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http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Colluricincla-harmonica<br />
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Along with the thrush, the blue wrens are hopping about on the ground and the thornbills are racketing around in the Eucalypts' foliage.<br />
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Heaven!<br />
Or it would be but for the sun directly behind them :)<br />
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*puts the camera away and "just" enjoys watching*<br />
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Reflections:<br />
At least if they build a nest here they will be safer than in Stirling, in suburbia and only 6k away.<br />
The previous owners there had hand fed birds, including kookaburras.<br />
If we had a BBQ on our deck outside as many as five Kookaburras would arrive and sit on the handrail, waiting to be fed.<br />
They would fly up into the trees and eat and then return for seconds.<br />
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Not only that; if we cooked meat in the kitchen, the exhaust fan over the grill would release enough of that smell to call them!.<br />
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As a consequence, the population of Kookaburras (which predate on other birds' young) had exploded.<br />
Our next door neighbours who ran a marvelous (and highly recommended) B&B really appreciated the many birds close by, but the costs to the environment are high..<br />
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This little thrush in the picture made its nest in the crown of a large tree fern.<br />
Each time it raised a baby it was picked out and eaten by the Kookaburras.<br />
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(Had we stayed we'd have rigged chicken wire over the top of the fern, of a size the thrush could get through, but not the Kookaburras, but didn't think of that until too late.)<br />
Way too much of our general "good will" has had catastrophic results :(<br />
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And the B&B?<br />
http://ww2.adelaidehillsbedandbreakfast.com/<br />
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<br />Remnant :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10732453832811326786noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893824885145270343.post-49770532699796374512014-02-04T09:19:00.001+10:302014-02-04T09:19:24.353+10:30Yellow Blacks "in the pink".Yesterday was a beautifully cool day; a max of 25C<br />
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The flock of a dozen or so Yellow Tailed Black cockatoos was back again.<br />
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Unlike yesterday, when they had sat in one place for as long as an hour at a time, with their wings held out from their bodies and beaks open, they were very active.<br />
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They ate, talking quietly to each other, and then at intervals took short flights around their currently preferred food source here (PInus radiata) and longer ones along the valley, calling all the way, and back again.<br />
It was great to see.<br />
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There is some dispute about what to do with the Pine Trees.</div>
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<b>Pinus radiata</b></div>
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They are a pest plant in our bush.</div>
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Many want to remove them, but imo a staged removal is vital for these birds, although they are a major means of spreading the seeds, so it is a vexed issue.</div>
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<b>http://www.weedsbluemountains.org.au/radiata_pine.php</b></div>
<b>"Dispersal</b><br />
Seeds spread some distance on the wind, and are also carried into bushland by Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos.<br />
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Radiata Pine establishes readily, creates dense shade, and carpets
the ground thickly with needles. It depletes the soil of nutrients and
water, changes soil chemistry, and excludes native plants. It favours
the growth of weed seeds dropped by perching birds. A significant fire
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And what we most certainly do NOT need here is anything that adds to our already VERY significant bushfire hazard.Remnant :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10732453832811326786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893824885145270343.post-77067553201877253182014-02-03T14:42:00.000+10:302014-02-03T14:42:03.069+10:30More 40C+ TemperaturesYes, it IS Summer and yes, this is when we expect our hot weather, so that is not worth mentioning.<br />
What is worth mentioning is that the maxima are so high and general AND so variable.<br />
It was 43C yesterday and today's forecast maximum is 25C, though only 18C at present.<br />
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We received about 7 spots of rain last evening, so that was a blessed relief, not.<br />
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The only reptiles I routinely see are small skinks, and even they were not out on the rocks sun-baking in the real heat, but are scampering around today.<br />
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The birds yesterday were clearly distressed.<br />
Sheltering beaks open and wings held out from their body.<br />
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The "news" , given that so many different species have been seen to do so before, is that yesterday and for the first time, so were the Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoos.<br />
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<br />Remnant :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10732453832811326786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893824885145270343.post-26036643790119396992014-01-20T18:32:00.001+10:302014-01-20T18:32:49.083+10:30Red Wattle Bird suffered in the Heat<div style="text-align: center;">
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This one did in our four consecutive 40+C days.</div>
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A summer storm brought rain with a cool change.</div>
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http://feww.wordpress.com/2014/01/16/adelaide-the-worlds-hottest-city-at-43-3c/<br />
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Not one bird played in the bird baths as they usually do.<br />
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Mostly they came to them and just sat on the edge, some with drooping wings and beaks open.<br />
They took occasional sips of water before resting and then flying up into the overhanging tree.<br />
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It appeared that even doing that much took some thinking time.<br />
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Even the larger ones like the Red Wattle Birds slowed right down.<br />
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Once the cool change came through though, they were back to their old exuberant selves.<br />
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http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Anthochaera-carunculata<br />
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<br />Remnant :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10732453832811326786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893824885145270343.post-45896156385453518462014-01-19T07:31:00.000+10:302014-01-19T07:31:28.118+10:30A Feed the Birds RANT<b>Please don't do it; do not feed the birds.</b><br />
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At least please think carefully about how and what you feed them AND the effects.<br />
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This is hard to do, because the effects are not immediately apparent.<br />
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These birds are being fed bread.<br />
Not only is it bread, but it is far too much and far too often.<br />
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They come almost every day with this kind of thing, flying from across the valley, and if I do get it from them in time, they fly right back and get more, and return.<br />
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They bring lumps of bread and other kitchen refuse (sorry leftovers) like waffles,<br />
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It isn't simply a matter of dipping it in the water and flying back "home" to eat it.<br />
They bring it here and stay until they have eaten enough, so the feeding people never know.<br />
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They work it ... tearing it apart; stamping on it ... and so they foul the water.<br />
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The pity is that this is a "hot topic".<br />
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Most who do feed free birds never see the resulting damage, which often doesn't show up until the next generation.<br />
Wildlife rehab people see them though, because they receive them ... birds with too bendy beaks that cannot dig into the earth for worms themselves, for starters.<br />
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More significantly for this block, the little free birds begin to get a taste for it and will peck it out of the water trays.<br />
By the end of a day, if I have been away, the water that they all NEED is slimey.<br />
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If I am not here for a few days it gets absolutely foul.<br />
<b><u>In summer, what could have been a lifesaver is a serious health hazard.</u></b><br />
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<u>AND the balance of bird species shifts, to favour the big and/or assertive ones.</u><br />
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Somewhere here I have photos taken three years ago of a Currawong feeding lumps of bread to nestlings,, one of which could neither swallow it nor spit it out. The adult spent a long time pushing it in, and then, finally pulled it out.<br />
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If I get around to finding it I will post it here.<br />
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Of course, I do not know how many feeding people there are ... I find it hard to believe any one family would have so much excess bread.<br />
This goes equally for over-feeding seeds to birds like parrots and mixtures for honey eaters with permanently set up feeding stations.<br />
There is lots of info on the web; perhaps this is a good start.<br />
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http://birding.about.com/od/Foods/a/Good-Bread-For-Birds.htm<br />
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<br />Remnant :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10732453832811326786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893824885145270343.post-15157212426385950112014-01-13T15:41:00.000+10:302014-01-13T15:41:25.612+10:30Lobelias ... not Orchids.The Lobelias are straggly and look as if they are struggling in amongst the healthy understory plants.<br />
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I don't know if finding more every year is a result of me getting to know them better and getting to know where to look, or whether there really has been an increase every year.<br />
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My first years here came at the end of several very dry winters (such that many local Eucalypts died).<br />
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The last three winters have seen excellent rains, however, and I suspect that is also a reason for the increase.<br />
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They aren't easy to see, at first, despite the clear blue of the flowers, and the first year I only saw three.<br />
Last year I counted well over a dozen and so far this year, more than 30.<br />
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The first year I was here I thought them orchids at first!</div>
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A friend notes a peculiar feature of their growth, on his website ...</div>
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From John Walmsley "Management of Lobelia.</div>
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An interesting plant in that the bottom of the plant is dead and dry by
the time it flowers. It therefore goes through the entire flowering and
seed setting period using the energy stored within the plant. It can be
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<br />Remnant :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10732453832811326786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893824885145270343.post-54640192110075904202014-01-13T15:08:00.002+10:302014-01-13T15:45:39.416+10:30Too darned hot!<div style="text-align: center;">
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Remnant :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10732453832811326786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893824885145270343.post-30853680984362877742014-01-10T14:59:00.001+10:302014-01-10T15:04:29.384+10:30Speaking of Birds ... Baths!Today on Twitter people are listing all kinds of ideas for beating the heat, using the hashtag #BeatTheHeat<br />
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One of the resources mentioned there is this by the SES.<br />
http://www.ses.sa.gov.au/site/community_safety/heatwave_information.jsp<br />
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Among the many recommendations for making Summer endurable are reminders to consider the birds and, again, some useful resources are mentioned, one of which is this website.<br />
It is invaluable for Australians wanting to support the birds in their* backyards.<br />
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http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/Bird-Baths<br />
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The New Holland Honey Eaters are among the most exuberant bathers at the bird baths here.<br />
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Scientific Name: <span class="scientific-name">Phylidonyris novaehollandiae</span><br />
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<span class="views-label views-label-title">Common Name : </span> <span class="field-content"><a href="http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Rhipidura-albiscapa">Grey Fantail</a></span><br />
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Scientific Name: <span class="scientific-name">Rhipidura albiscapa</span><br />
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Remnant :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10732453832811326786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893824885145270343.post-60801733502968544992014-01-06T11:50:00.000+10:302014-01-06T11:50:17.920+10:30Agapanthus: a valuable weed, for now ...I do love white flowers; it's an unaccountable thing.<br />
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Knowing that the Agapanthus will eventually have to go, I began by removing the blue ones, but one day, the white ones will too.<br />
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The bargain I have made with myself is that I will take them out when there is sufficient adjacent, replacement cover for the small creatures, that they so effectively protect and provide for.<br />
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In the meantime, they are just beginning to flower again and birds are making the most of their bounty.<br />
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The Eastern Spinebills (Acanthorhynchus tenuirstris) make great use of them.<br />
<br />Remnant :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10732453832811326786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893824885145270343.post-58050887819331916712014-01-05T07:08:00.000+10:302014-01-05T07:08:03.730+10:30A Postponed Post "There's no point offering excuses ... "I just discovered that this post had not gone up and I am not going to rewrite all this, but it matters ... at least the information is important to ME and I want to share it.<br />
So, from my very own wayback machine, here it is from August / September, 2013!<br />
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I haven't been lazy, actually ... more like "busy".<br />
This year has brought new grandchildren (two days caring a week) and lots more traveling.<br />
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More directly relevant though has been the ongoing caring for this block.<br />
My weeding proceeds very well, though dramatically reduced.<br />
I am sure it must sound boring (or be boring to read about) but I find I enjoy it; it is quite rhythmical (until this time of year) and I can always look back at the end of a solid days' work and see the results for a few weeks at least.<br />
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About now the ground is getting dry and hard and it is hard to pull the weeds up, so from here on it is not a big part of my days.<br />
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Watsonia Report.<br />
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This year the block was inspected officially by an Environment Department officer who first surveyed the block over 10 years ago and registered it for assistance.<br />
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He not seen it since then.<br />
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Because of the long time the change was apparently very striking and he indicated that he was so impressed by the progress in that time that he volunteered extra help.<br />
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Part of the deal was that he had been looking for a "trial site" for a new herbicide which is getting good results in Western Australia, so he decided this block was a worthy contestant for that funding.<br />
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As a result a professional team of five worked here for a couple of days carefully painting the herbicide on the Watsonias and the resultant kill is stunning.<br />
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In past years I have FILLED a ute with just the cut off flowering stalks and sent over 10 cubic metres of pulled-up-by-the-roots entire plants to the landfill; this year I have only been able to find about 150 seed heads.<br />
More than that, my one fear was proved groundless.<br />
I was afraid that there would be a lot of "by catch", ie of good plants growing close to the poisoned watsonia being killed as well.<br />
That has not happened.<br />
In some places Watsonias grew intermixed with Correa, Pimelia, Dianella, Lomandras, and more and they are all still green as ever while surrounded by dried, yellowed watsonias.<br />
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So, great progress and I look forward now to being able to diversify my weeding.<br />
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Did I say that the Watsonias were the big story?<br />
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Well, a bigger one is that it would seem that the block is to be accepted as an official "Heritage Bush" site.<br />
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After much back-and-forthing the final document ( four copies of it) are now with the Minister for his / her signature.<br />
There will be many restrictions on what I can do here, but none that trouble me unduly; mostly they are things I would not ever do, although technically I ought not "prune" plants either (which I do).<br />
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If that is what it takes to try to protect the bush in the long term, I am happy to live with that.<br />
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<br />Remnant :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10732453832811326786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893824885145270343.post-25282721298305314242014-01-05T07:04:00.000+10:302014-01-05T07:04:22.573+10:30Welcome to 2014Though this blog has been neglected, the block has not.<br />
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That it is raining again this morning, means I will be out there weeding AGAIN as well.<br />
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I take every opportunity that softened soil provides and 14mm of rain over two days is perfect.<br />
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The most recent news is that all the many rounds of inspections and paperwork for this block to be a Heritage Protected one, have been completed. I understand the documents are now awaiting the Minister's signature.<br />
It's been a long time and a big job, but I am pretty excited about it.<br />
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I have also been traveling to Eyre Peninsula a lot and THAT has taken heaps of time and energy.<br />
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I think the time has come to pull my head in and focus at home a bit more, and my own resolution (prompted by Snail's MUCH more demanding one*) is to ensure I update here once a week.<br />
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For the moment, I am listening to Yellow Tailed Black Cockatoos feeding a youngster while the usual suspects go about their early morning greetings to the day.<br />
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Right now the dominant blossom is our Chirstmas Bush, Bursaria spinosa.<br />
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And THIS is the biggest one I have ever seen, in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.<br />
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*waves to Snail!*<br />
http://snailseyeview.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/jottings-from-tropics-new-years-day-2014.html<br />
<br />Remnant :)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10732453832811326786noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8893824885145270343.post-66845165485363654262013-05-16T09:18:00.003+09:302013-05-16T09:18:51.642+09:30It's cold and wet outside again :)But it is warm and dry inside, as of today.<br />
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I went for reverse cycle heating and cooling a couple of years ago, and though I do like the convenience of it, I don't like the expense OR the barren feeling that losing my wood stove left in the cottage in the winter.<br />
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Newly installed solar panels this past Summer allowed me to run the aircon throughout the summer and still get a credit on my power bill, which was a very welcome surprise and makes me feel better about my "carbon footprint (rightly or wrongly).<br />
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<b>THIS is going to keep me warm literally and figuratively this winter.</b></div>
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When I fired it up for the first time it made the place feel like "home" again .. it offers a place to read in the company of a friend.<br />
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That it is also so practical, is a joy.<br />
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Strangely, I LIKE doing all the "wood" jobs that having a wood-burning stove entails; that was my job as a child, from scavenging for kindling when very young, to chopping it when I was older.<br />
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My childhood on the Eyre Peninsula of SA always included several days through the autumn of "getting the wood in"; ie picking up stumps for the winter.<br />
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Now I know the significance of those stumps in the bush, but I confess that I still love going out "getting the wood" when it is necessary, and preferably from paddocks that have been worked up.<br />
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Here on my own bush block I do burn some of what is dead / fallen, despite knowing it probably should all be left to rot down; however the mid-calf depth of the ground cover (including fallen wood) I feel like I have some room to move on this.<br />
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Given my choice to burn wood at all, that doesn't seem to me to be worse than burning the tonnes of redgum that is delivered daily to our local wood yard; some part of our bush (presumably along the Murray somewhere?) must be being wiped out at a great rate.<br />
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I'm glad the new stove designs do a much better job of reducing pollution than those of my childhood.<br />
In the meantime, I am enjoying it and the fact that it is Australian made.<br />
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(and today the installer comes back to put in the matching black flue, as ordered .<br />
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http://www.nectre.com/index.php?page=baker-s-oven<br />
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