Life and Wildlife on the Banks of the Murrumbidgee
A few old trees make all the difference when you're doing a bird survey. The bare, newly planted paddocks on Carkella and Adnamira were limited to a few species, mainly parrots (galahs,red-rumps, rosellas) and a small family of magpies. On a grey morning in April three ornithologists from Canberra Ornithologists Group (Sue Lashko, Chris Davey... Continue Reading →
A big attraction of setting up the "small bird stepping stone" plantations on Esdale this year (five 20m x 20m areas that link the Mullion Creek vegetation to the Murrumbidgee) was the promised monitoring of the plants and animals. I'm really interested to see what the changes will be as the trees and shrubs grow.... Continue Reading →
We saw our first snake of the season a few days ago. The dogs had been barking at the bottom of the steps near the laundry where there's a drainage hole in the wall. I saw a skinny black tail disappearing. Uh oh. Red bellied black. It wasn't a big one, probably around half... Continue Reading →
I've discovered the secret life of worms. After the wind and rain last week, I noticed lots of leaves lying around on the concrete outside my bedroom door. Except that Calypso the puppy seemed unusually interested in eating them. She eats anything her mouth can reach, but not usually leaves. Then I realized that the... Continue Reading →
One Bend In The River 