Tag: urban wildlife
The sun’s shining and snakes are emerging, but they’re not out to get you. Here’s what they’re really up to
Picture: Shuttlestock
It’s early spring in southern Australia and the sun is, gloriously, out. You decide to head to your local patch of greenery...
Look up! A powerful owl could be sleeping in your backyard after a night surveying kilometres of territory
Picture: Nick Bradsworth, Author provided
Picture this: you’re in your backyard gardening when you get that strange, ominous feeling of being watched. You find a grey...
Our land abounds in nature strips – surely we can do more than mow a third of urban green space
Even the standard grassed nature strip has value for
local wildlife. Michelle/Flickr
You may mock the national anthem by singing “Our land abounds in...