Once again a few academics, mostly not Australian, if not Un-Australian, are foisting otherworldly names onto us Aussie birders. Common names , NOT ENGLISH names, for Australian birds are names commonly used by about 99% of Australian birdwatchers for our birds. It is appalling that colourless English names like Black-necked Stork have been inflicted on … Read more
Cherry tomatoes, luxury! Once the possums and rats have finished them its over to the chilli for a bit of tex-mex. Nothing is left over this side of the Georges. Or is that tex-wall-mex now? —–Original Message—– From: Roger Giller [ wrote: > I sent this last Wednesday but it doesn’t seem to have made … Read more
I have a smallish Grevillea “Honey Gem” in my garden at Barden Ridge in southern Sydney. For the past 3-4 weeks we have had a high presence of Rainbow Lorikeets feeding on the dozen or so flowers, to the point where I wondered just how productive a single flower head can be. The plant would … Read more