Nature

Northern Goshawk – The Apex Predator of the Avian World

Northern Goshawk “Accipiter gentilis” is about 48–62 cm in length with a wingspan of 95–125 cm. It is much the largest Accipiter but marked size difference between sexes: females...

House Wren Nesting Behavior, Song, and Diet

House Wren is a compact, small songbird with a flat head and long curved beak belonging to the...

The Beautiful Acrobatic Blue and Great Tits

Acrobatic blue and Great Tits The colorful, agile little Blue and Great Tits which frequent our gardens in the...

Monstera Albo – The Rare White Monstera

If you're looking for a plant that is both rare and unusual, then you should consider growing a...

Honey Bees: Life in the Comb

Man has kept honey bees for thousands of years, research is only now revealing details of their complex...

The Strange Bottle Tree of Queensland

The strange Bottle Tree of Queensland is nature's wonderful gift. The Queensland bottle tree "Brachychiton Rupestris" also known as a narrow-leaved bottle tree, It...

The Goldenrod Flowers

Solidago commonly called Goldenrod is a genus of about 100 to 120 species of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. Most people are...

What Is Iguana Chum Used For?

What Is Iguana Chum Used For?  Don’t just bait your hook and cast your line off the stern! If you want to catch more fish,...

Yellow-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis)

The mix of vibrant colors as tiny Yellow-bellied Sunbirds (Cinnyris jugularis) flit about red flowering shrubs with the blue Emperor butterfly (Papilo ulysses), in...

The Shy Red-lored Whistler

DESCRIPTION The beautiful Red-lored Whistler “Pachycephala rufogularis” is one of a group of three large whistlers that, are endemic to Australia. So far, there are...

The Crispy and Crunchy Cashew Nuts

The creamy, crispy, and crunchy cashew nuts are cherished for their succulent flavor. They are eaten as a snack, whether roasted, salted, sugared, or...

The Elegant Red-capped Parrot

HABITATS RED-CAPPED PARROTS AND THE MARRI TREE “Eucalyptus calophylla” go together. This Red-capped Parrot not only favors the hollows in marri for nesting but also...

Shy Hylacola (Hylacola cauta)

Shy Hylacola (Hylacola cauta) replaced the Chestnut-rumped in southern Australia's heathy Mallee. In the north of Bendigo, their ranges are within five kilometers of...

Chestnut-rumped Hylacola (Hylacola pyrrhopygia)

Chestnut-rumped Hylacola (Hylacola pyrrhopygia) is a very alert, evasive, cock-tailed bird of the undergrowth that occurs in dense heath shrubberies around southeastern Australia. This...

Spring Season Anemone or WindFlower

These are the tuberous anemones as opposed to the fibrous-rooted types such as pasqueflower (Anemone pulsatilla). All are spring-flowering. The most familiar kinds are...