Winter gone, bang, that was quick, Spring is here..

I really enjoy winter and have been a liitle disappointed that this year it seemed to come and go so quickly, but by August the weather was warming fast and becoming very spring-like. The jasmine fired up and went into overdrive and the woodland started to decorate itself with a host of small flowers.

Acacia Fimbriata (Brisbane or Fringed Wattle)

Pultenaea retusa (Blunt-leaved Pea)

Hibbertia Vestita

Lewins Honeyeater in the Jasmine

Jasmine in bloom below the deck.

Hovea Fabaceae

Smilax Australis (Barbed-wire Vine)

Pandorea (Maroon)

Not only is this all very pretty, but accompanying the blooms are some wonderful scents, and of course, a host of small nectar feeders.

Scarlet Honeyeater on the Honey Gem Grevillea

Brown Honeyeater on a Robyn Gordon Grevillea.

And so, plants out of the way, let's move onto the birds.

Regulars (Seen at least x5 per week)

Australian Magpie

Australian Magpie

Bar-shouldered Dove
Bronzewing
Brown Honeyeater
Double-barred Finch
Galah
Laughing Kookaburra
Little Friarbird
Mallard
Noisy Friarbird
Pacific Black Duck
Pale-headed Rosella
Pied Butcherbird
Pied Currawong
Rainbow Lorikeet

Rainbow Lorikeet

Sulphur Crested Cockatoo

Juvenile Sulphur Crested Cockatoo

Torresian Crow
Welcome Swallow (nesting in the garage)
Wood Duck

Common  (Seen at least x2 per week)

Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike
Bush Turkey
Eastern Spinebill
Eastern Whipbird
King Parrot
Noisy Miner
Silvereye
Striated Pardalote
Yellow-faced Honeyeater

Uncommon (Seen at leats x2 - x5 per month)

Blue-cheeked Honeyeater
Brown Cuckoo Dove
Collared Sparrowhawk
Forest Kingfisher
Grey Fantail

Juvenile Grey Fantail

Grey Shrike-thrush
Golden Whistler
Leaden Flycatcher
Lewins Honeyeater
Little Corella

Little Corellas squabbling on the bird table

Magpie Lark
Peaceful Dove
Rainbow Bee Eater
Red-backed Fairy Wren

Red-backed Fairy Wren

Rufous Whistler
Scarlet Honeyeater
Spangled Drongo
Variated Fairy Wren

Variated Fairy Wrens

Variated Fairy Wren (Male)

Varied Sitella
Wedge-tailed Eagle
White-eyed Duck
White-faced Heron
White-throated Treecreeper
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo

Rare (seen only once)

Brown Thornbill

Brown Thornbill

Figbird
Grey Butcherbird
Little-black Cormorant
Letter-winged Kite
Spotted Turtle Dove
Straw-necked Ibis
Top Knot Pigeon
White-throated Honeyeater
Willy Wagtail

Which is 62-species...warming up for September and the big birding month.  However, I shouldn't focus on just birds, so here's a couple of other beasties, both small and large.

Wallum Sedgefrog on a native raspberry

Red-necked Wallaby and Joey

And th..th..th..that's all folks.