Tag Archives: Rainbow Lorikeets Trichoglossus haematodus

Coorparoo Urban Forest

Posted on 07/02/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Greg Neill’s Pollinator Link garden is an urban forest nestled on the edge of one of the appropriately named Coorparoo Finger Gullies. Greg’s garden has: Water provided with birdbaths and frog pond, Food, like the Red-fruited Palm-lily Cordyline … Continue reading →

Posted in Bushfood, Pollinator Link, Uncategorized | Tagged Atlas of Living Australia, Bordered Rustic Cupha prosope, Bowerbird, Common Crow Euploea core, Creek Lily Crinum pedunculatum, Fiery Skimmer Dragonfly Orthetrum villosovittatum, Finger Lime Citrus australasica, frog pond, Giant Spear Lily Doryanthes palmeri, Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae, Little Kurrajong Brachychiton bidwillii, Pink-flowered Doughwood Melicope elleryana, Rainbow Lorikeets Trichoglossus haematodus, Red-fruited Palm-lily Cordyline rubra, Scented Daphne Phaleria clerodendron, Stingless Native Bees Tetragonula sp., Wattle Blue Theclinesthes miskini | 2 Comments

Explore Bernadette’s Pollinator Link garden

Posted on 21/01/2018 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Visiting the Pollinator Link garden of Bernadette and Len Crook is like an adventure in a botanic garden. Step through the front gate straight into an urban forest habitat supporting bird, butterflies and bees. The balcony provided … Continue reading →

Posted in Pollinator Link, Wildlife Corridor | Tagged Australian Leafwing, Australian Painted Lady Vanessa kershawi, Backyard Bee Home, bees, Bernadette and Len Cook, Birds, Blue Argus, Blue-banded Eggfly, Brazilian Jasmine Dipladenia sanderii, Bush food, Butterflies, Common Crow Euploea core, Common or Varied Eggfly, Danaid Eggfly, Golden Everlasting Daisy Xerochrysum bracteatum, Lemon-scented Myrtle Backhousia citriodora, Love Flower Pseuderanthemum variable, Midgen Berry Austromyrtus dulcis, Native Geranium Geranium solanderi, Pink-flowered Doughwood Melicope elleryana, Rainbow Lorikeets Trichoglossus haematodus, Richmond Birdwing Butterfly Vine Pararistolochia praevenosa, Silver Wattle Acacia podalyriifolia, Wattle Notodontid Moth Neola semiaurata | Leave a comment

Birds and Bees love Golden Penda

Posted on 30/05/2017 by Mt Gravatt Environment Group

By: Michael Fox Golden Penda Xanthostemon chrysanthus grows naturally in coastal rainforest in north Queensland from Townsville to Cape York. However, it is also happy growing in Brisbane although the spectacular flowering we have had this year is usual. The birds and … Continue reading →