Today is #WorldWildlifeDay! 🐾 We wanted to celebrate this special day by acknowledging the efforts of so many #wildlifeheroes who volunteer their time to rescue and care for our precious wildlife every day. Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife's Wildlife Heroes Caring for Carers project partner Two Green Threads has launched an initiative to encourage wildlife volunteers to "Refill Your Bucket," a call to action to prioritise their own health in caring for our injured wildlife. Watch the video below 👇 ... See MoreSee Less
Welcome to Koala Month at Backyard Buddies! 🐨 This month we will be posting lots of great info about this Aussie icon. To kick things off, check out the Backyard Buddies Koala page to read up on some Koala basics! www.backyardbuddies.org.au/backyard-buddies/koala
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This week, our feature reptile is..... the Lace monitor! Sometimes called the Tree goanna, these buddies are often spotted around picnic areas trying to grab a cheeky meal from people's leftovers.
Monitors such as this one are the only lizards that actually have a forked tongue! Learn more cool facts by clicking the link below 🦎
Lace Monitors live in eastern Australian forests and coastal tablelands. They spend most of their time in trees, coming down to hunt for food and to breed. They move with sudden speed when threatened.
Whilst in a caravan park in Kempsey we have have a metre long lace monitor coming to visit. The birds let us know when he is around.
A small one visited our Australia Day picnic, coming right under our chairs looking for scraps. It found the bit of gristly meat I had thrown into the grass.
We had one visit us quite often in our backyard in Toodyay, WA.
Our feature reptile of the week is... the Eastern Long-necked Turtle! 🐢
You can find these buddies in eastern Australia, in dams, slow moving rivers, lakes, or even your backyard pond. Keep an eye out for turtles crossing the road in farmland - they can walk up to one kilometre a day! Read more about this species here: www.backyardbuddies.org.au/backyard-buddies/eastern-long-necked-turtle
One of the more unexpected visitors to the backyard during summer is the Eastern Long-necked, or snake-necked, turtle Chelodina longicollis, one of 23 Australian freshwater turtle species.
You can encourage visits from local Blue-tongued lizards in your backyard by trying to create a more lizard-friendly garden.
Check out the tips from Backyard Buddies by clicking the link below! These include providing rocks or logs for lizards to hide under, keeping your cat indoors, and making sure you check for lizards like Blue-tongues before you mow your lawn.
Have you seen a Blue-tongue lizard in your backyard before?? Comment below 🦎🌳😍
Yes, we have blueys out the front yard and waterdragons in the backyard. I’m always amazed to hear them out the back, living in an urban environment.
Had quite a few blue tongued lizards in & a round my place ,as it backs onto bush ,all sizes including babies .Did everything u suggested but the neighbors let their cats run free ,very sad to see dead ones out the front 😭
There's still time to participate in our colouring in competition to support bushfire recovery - colour in the Koala and its home and submit before the end of February for your chance to win! 🖍🖍🖍 Click below 👇 for more details and to get your colouring sheet! ... See MoreSee Less
Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife (FNPW) and Backyard Buddies are inviting you to colour in the Koala and its home for the chance to win a family of ten trees which will directly help in aiding...
Australia is home to six species of blue-tongued lizards. They are usually grey with broad brown stripes across their back and tail, and of course their most unique distinguishing feature is thei...
Although it is native bee month, another buzzing insect that can often be confused with a bee, is the wasp! There are thousands of native wasp species in Australia, and chances are high that you could spot one flying around your local neighbourhood.
And to read about the Hairy Flower Wasps - a group of Australian wasps that like to hang around flowers and shrubs looking for an insect meal, follow the link below.
Hairy Flower Wasps are members of the Scoliidae wasp family, which has 300 species.Other names for the Hairy Flower Wasp include the Black Flower Wasp and the Blue Flower Wasp.
One great way to attract more native wildlife to your backyard, including our native buzzy bees 🐝, is to try and use less harsh chemicals in your garden . Check out this article from Backyard Buddies below to learn more about how you can make your garden more animal friendly 🌷🦋🐌🐞🌳🌱🌻
Calling all colouring enthusiasts 🖍🖍🖍 Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife and Backyard Buddies are inviting you to colour in the Koala and its home for the chance to win a family of ten trees which will directly help in aiding bushfire recovery! Click below 👇 for more details and to get the colouring sheet!
Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife (FNPW) and Backyard Buddies are inviting you to colour in the Koala and its home for the chance to win a family of ten trees which will directly help in aiding...
Unlike birds, bees don't need you to get out your hammer and saw and spend an afternoon in the shed. Bee hotels are much easier to make than bird houses. Native Australian bees are mostly solitary and...
To encourage native bees to visit your garden, it helps to have the right plants. Check out the Backyard Buddies guide to nectar giving shrubs for some inspiration, and help to create a bee-friendly haven for our buzzing buddies!
Shrubs are an important element of any good garden. Shrubs provide food, shelter and nesting sites for many different kinds of birds, insects, butterflies and other creatures.
This month at Backyard Buddies we are learning about and celebrating Australia's native bees. Did you know that there are over 1500 species of Australian bees!? These bees are essential in pollinating our native flowers and keeping our bushland healthy.
Head over to Backyard Buddies to read more about some of the local bees you may spot buzzing around your backyard! 🌷🐝
Commercial honey bees came to our shores from Europe in 1822, but there are over 1,500 species of native bees across the country. Australian bees can be as small as 2 mm in length.
Welcome to Native Bee Month at Backyard Buddies! To kick things off, we are still giving away double passes to the new Maya the Bee Movie - The Golden Orb in cinemas on January 7! For your chance to win, just click the following link: shorturl.at/avGIY to sign up to the Backyard Buddies mailing list. Good luck 🐝
When Maya, a headstrong little bee, and her best friend Willi, rescue an ant princess they find themselves in the middle of an epic bug battle that will take...
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1 day ago
Take our Koala Quiz to find out how much you know about one of our favourite Backyard Buddies! Let us know how you went below 🐨🐨🐨
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QUIZ: HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THE KOALA?
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3 days ago
Today is #WorldWildlifeDay! 🐾 We wanted to celebrate this special day by acknowledging the efforts of so many #wildlifeheroes who volunteer their time to rescue and care for our precious wildlife every day.
Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife's Wildlife Heroes Caring for Carers project partner Two Green Threads has launched an initiative to encourage wildlife volunteers to "Refill Your Bucket," a call to action to prioritise their own health in caring for our injured wildlife. Watch the video below 👇 ... See MoreSee Less
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Welcome to Koala Month at Backyard Buddies! 🐨 This month we will be posting lots of great info about this Aussie icon. To kick things off, check out the Backyard Buddies Koala page to read up on some Koala basics! www.backyardbuddies.org.au/backyard-buddies/koala
And if you have been lucky enough to see a Koala out and about, we would love to see pics below! 😍 ... See MoreSee Less
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This week, our feature reptile is..... the Lace monitor! Sometimes called the Tree goanna, these buddies are often spotted around picnic areas trying to grab a cheeky meal from people's leftovers.
Monitors such as this one are the only lizards that actually have a forked tongue! Learn more cool facts by clicking the link below 🦎
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Lace Monitor
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Lace Monitors live in eastern Australian forests and coastal tablelands. They spend most of their time in trees, coming down to hunt for food and to breed. They move with sudden speed when threatened.Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linked InShare by Email
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Whilst in a caravan park in Kempsey we have have a metre long lace monitor coming to visit. The birds let us know when he is around.
A small one visited our Australia Day picnic, coming right under our chairs looking for scraps. It found the bit of gristly meat I had thrown into the grass.
We had one visit us quite often in our backyard in Toodyay, WA.
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Backyard Buddies
3 weeks ago
Before we move on to our next feature reptile, check out this story about the rescue of a turtle named Nookington in the ACT 🐢
Keeping a cast dry when it is on a turtle sounds quite challenging... luckily we have passionate wildlife carers to help out!
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Animal Crossing - Wildlife Heroes
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One sunny, dry summer day, Nookington Turtle went wandering, as Long Neck Turtles like to do. Sadly, road sense is...Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linked InShare by Email
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3 weeks ago
💕 Happy Valentine’s Day from @parks_foundation 💕
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Show your love today with a gift towards growing parks & savings species – you can make the donation on behalf of a loved one by selecting the tribute option
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Link to donate in @parks_foundation bio or go to support.fnpw.org.au/FNPW/Donate-Pages/FNPW/Fundraising/Donate-Pages/Appeals.aspx
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Our feature reptile of the week is... the Eastern Long-necked Turtle! 🐢
You can find these buddies in eastern Australia, in dams, slow moving rivers, lakes, or even your backyard pond. Keep an eye out for turtles crossing the road in farmland - they can walk up to one kilometre a day! Read more about this species here: www.backyardbuddies.org.au/backyard-buddies/eastern-long-necked-turtle
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Eastern Long-necked Turtle
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One of the more unexpected visitors to the backyard during summer is the Eastern Long-necked, or snake-necked, turtle Chelodina longicollis, one of 23 Australian freshwater turtle species.Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linked InShare by Email
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I think it was those we saved from a back road out at Mudgee. Put them safely on the side in the direction they were already heading.
Backyard Buddies
1 month ago
You can encourage visits from local Blue-tongued lizards in your backyard by trying to create a more lizard-friendly garden.
Check out the tips from Backyard Buddies by clicking the link below! These include providing rocks or logs for lizards to hide under, keeping your cat indoors, and making sure you check for lizards like Blue-tongues before you mow your lawn.
Have you seen a Blue-tongue lizard in your backyard before?? Comment below 🦎🌳😍
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Create a Lizard Friendly Garden
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Blue tongues, skinks, water dragons, and other lizards are fantastic buddies to encourage in your backyard.Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linked InShare by Email
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Yes, we have blueys out the front yard and waterdragons in the backyard. I’m always amazed to hear them out the back, living in an urban environment.
Had quite a few blue tongued lizards in & a round my place ,as it backs onto bush ,all sizes including babies .Did everything u suggested but the neighbors let their cats run free ,very sad to see dead ones out the front 😭
Backyard Buddies
1 month ago
There's still time to participate in our colouring in competition to support bushfire recovery - colour in the Koala and its home and submit before the end of February for your chance to win! 🖍🖍🖍
Click below 👇 for more details and to get your colouring sheet! ... See MoreSee Less
January B-Mail Colouring In Competition
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Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife (FNPW) and Backyard Buddies are inviting you to colour in the Koala and its home for the chance to win a family of ten trees which will directly help in aiding...Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linked InShare by Email
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Mia Bremner you have a koala crazy blue gum don’t you?
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1 month ago
Welcome to Reptile Month at Backyard Buddies! 🐍🐢🦎
Australia has so many unique reptiles to celebrate. This week we will be focusing on the Blue-tongued Lizard, a common visitor in suburban backyards.
Do you know why the Blue-tongued Lizard has a blue tongue?? Comment below if you do, or follow the link to find out!
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Blue-tongued Lizard
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Australia is home to six species of blue-tongued lizards. They are usually grey with broad brown stripes across their back and tail, and of course theirmost unique distinguishing feature is thei...
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1 month ago
Although it is native bee month, another buzzing insect that can often be confused with a bee, is the wasp! There are thousands of native wasp species in Australia, and chances are high that you could spot one flying around your local neighbourhood.
For more information on the differences between bees and wasps, check out this page: www.aussiebee.com.au/bee-wasp-or-fly.html
And to read about the Hairy Flower Wasps - a group of Australian wasps that like to hang around flowers and shrubs looking for an insect meal, follow the link below.
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Hairy Flower Wasp
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Hairy Flower Wasps are members of the Scoliidae wasp family, which has 300 species.Other names for the Hairy Flower Wasp include the Black Flower Wasp and the Blue Flower Wasp.Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linked InShare by Email
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1 month ago
One great way to attract more native wildlife to your backyard, including our native buzzy bees 🐝, is to try and use less harsh chemicals in your garden . Check out this article from Backyard Buddies below to learn more about how you can make your garden more animal friendly 🌷🦋🐌🐞🌳🌱🌻
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Chemical Free Garden
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A chemical free garden is a healthy garden for you, your family and the animals that visit. But you also want it to be free of garden pests and weeds.Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linked InShare by Email
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1 month ago
Calling all colouring enthusiasts 🖍🖍🖍 Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife and Backyard Buddies are inviting you to colour in the Koala and its home for the chance to win a family of ten trees which will directly help in aiding bushfire recovery!
Click below 👇 for more details and to get the colouring sheet!
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January B-Mail Colouring In Competition
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Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife (FNPW) and Backyard Buddies are inviting you to colour in the Koala and its home for the chance to win a family of ten trees which will directly help in aiding...Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linked InShare by Email
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Backyard Buddies
2 months ago
It's time to test your knowledge of Australian Bees! Click here to give our quiz a go:
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If you think you need to study up a little bit first, check out the links below, so you can ace the quiz first go! 🐝
www.backyardbuddies.org.au/backyard-buddies/native-bees
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And don't forget to share your results, and challenge your friends to see who comes out as the Aussie Bee knowledge champion! 👑
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QUIZ: AUSTRALIAN NATIVE BEE QUIZ
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7 out of 7
Backyard Buddies
2 months ago
A great way to encourage native bees to visit your garden is to create a DIY bee hotel!
Check out the link below for instructions 🌷🐝🏠🐝🌷
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Build a Bee Hotel
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Unlike birds, bees don't need you to get out your hammer and saw and spend an afternoon in the shed. Bee hotels are much easier to make than bird houses. Native Australian bees are mostly solitary and...Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linked InShare by Email
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Backyard Buddies
2 months ago
To encourage native bees to visit your garden, it helps to have the right plants. Check out the Backyard Buddies guide to nectar giving shrubs for some inspiration, and help to create a bee-friendly haven for our buzzing buddies!
www.backyardbuddies.org.au/backyard-buddies/nectar-giving-shrubs ... See MoreSee Less
Nectar giving shrubs
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Shrubs are an important element of any good garden. Shrubs provide food, shelter and nesting sites for many different kinds of birds, insects, butterflies and other creatures.Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linked InShare by Email
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Backyard Buddies
2 months ago
This month at Backyard Buddies we are learning about and celebrating Australia's native bees. Did you know that there are over 1500 species of Australian bees!? These bees are essential in pollinating our native flowers and keeping our bushland healthy.
Head over to Backyard Buddies to read more about some of the local bees you may spot buzzing around your backyard! 🌷🐝
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Native Bees
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Commercial honey bees came to our shores from Europe in 1822, but there are over 1,500 species of native bees across the country. Australian bees can be as small as 2 mm in length.Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Linked InShare by Email
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I've seen that particular one
Very pretty
Backyard Buddies
2 months ago
Welcome to Native Bee Month at Backyard Buddies! To kick things off, we are still giving away double passes to the new Maya the Bee Movie - The Golden Orb in cinemas on January 7! For your chance to win, just click the following link: shorturl.at/avGIY to sign up to the Backyard Buddies mailing list. Good luck 🐝
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Maya The Bee 3 - The Golden Orb - Official Movie Trailer
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