by administrator | Feb 4, 2018 | Nature News
Plants Usually Affected: Nectarines, Peaches, Pears, Quinces, Figs, Persimmons, Loquats, Citrus, Avocados, Tomatoes, Egg Plans and Capsicum. Fruit Fly lay their eggs just beneath the skin of ripening fruit. The eggs hatch into maggots where they make their way to the...
by administrator | Feb 4, 2018 | Nature News
Look out for Bindii (Caltrop/Three-cornered Jack). It’s likely to be appearing now following the recent good rain. Bindii develops quickly after summer rain and can go from a seedling to flowering to nasty burrs in just 2 weeks. The burrs are a hazard for bare feet...
by administrator | Jan 7, 2018 | Nature News
We feel extremely lucky to live in such a special place as Hamilton Park where rare and endangered plants thrive and we are visited by special birds including a breeding holiday from a pair of Regent Honeyeaters in 2013 and Turquoise Parrots living and breeding...
by administrator | Nov 29, 2014 | Nature News
NATURE NEWS November 2014 After the thwarted breeding efforts of the White-faced Herons and the Mudlarks nesting at Dugan Dam – success at last.!!! One young Restless Flycatcher left the nest on Friday 21st November. The book says they lay 3-4 eggs, but there...
by administrator | Oct 29, 2014 | Nature News
Disaster struck the White-faced Herons who have now left their nest after at least 5 weeks of activity – building and sitting. If the eggs hatched, the chicks didn’t get far. A little gang of 3 juvenile Kookaburras, looking very pleased with themselves, not to mention...
