When one thinks of bird feeders, one inevitably pictures a home-themed, wooden bird feeder hanging from a backyard tree or fixed to a garden post. It’s the quintessential garden bird feeding scene. At Nature Mates, we’ve dabbled in a few...
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When looking to buy a backyard bird feeder, there are a few considerations. What types of birds are seen in my garden and perhaps, what others, might I be trying to attract? What types of food am I looking to offer? Specific types of...
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Description The common starling (Sturnus vulgaris), also known as the European starling, or in the British Isles just the starling, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae. It is about 20 cm (8 in) long and has...
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Description The zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata [formerly Poephila guttata]),[2] is the most common estrildid finch of Central Australia and ranges over most of the continent, avoiding only the cool moist south and some areas of the...
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Description The tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) is a species of frogmouth native to Australia that is found throughout the Australian mainland and Tasmania. Tawny frogmouths are big-headed stocky birds often mistaken for owls due...
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Description The southern leaf-tailed gecko has two species. One, Saltuarius wyberba, lives in the granite belt of northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, Australia. They do their foraging at night on massive rock faces. They...
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Description The common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) (not to be confused with the Mediterranean species Hemidactylus turcicus known as Mediterranean house gecko), is a native of Southeast Asia. It is also known as the Pacific house...
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Description The pale-flecked garden sunskink or common garden skink (Lampropholis guichenoti ) is a species of small common skink endemic to Australia and New Zealand Lampropholis guichenoti can grow to a maximum of 14 cm, but rarely...
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Description The Australian water dragon (Intellagama lesueurii, formerly Physignathus lesueurii [1]), which includes the eastern water dragon (I. l. lesueurii ) and the Gippsland water dragon (I. l. howittii ) subspecies, is an arboreal...
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