Mud Dauber Wasps Mud daubers are large, solitary wasps. The females collect mud and use it to construct nests or brood chambers, which can often be seen attached to buildings or under the eaves of houses. They are bottle shaped with a tunnel entrance, and look just...
Pat Parelli – Horse That Can’t Be Caught Pat Parelli is world famous for his ability to teach people what horses want and need them to know – savvy. He says that if you can try to understand why horses act the way they do, you’re on the way to...
Pat Parelli – Horse Won’t Float Pat Parelli’s theory of horsemanship is based on the prey-predator concept. Horses evolved as prey animals and their best defence against predators was to run, or in other words, the flight response. Pat says that if...
Penguin Rescue Burke’s Backyard visited Taronga Zoo’s Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic, where thirteen Little Penguins have been recuperating. The penguins were found in the Sydney region from Bondi to Palm Beach, and taken to the zoo by caring members of...
Pet birds need a variety of foods for good health, and if you want your birds to breed it’s even more critical to feed them correctly. Seed, water and shellgrit are vitally important, but they don’t go far enough. There are lots of treats you can either...
Many common weeds and seeding grasses form part of the diet of wild birds, and it’s not surprising that aviary birds enjoy them too. As well as being excellent treats, fresh seeds and greens are very important for the happiness and wellbeing of breeding birds....
In the last few years there’s been a progressive and very alarming rise in the number of deaths from snake bites. Many of those deaths are associated with brown snakes. It’s thought that the reason for the increase is that snakes, and brown snakes in...
Dog Restraints The importance of wearing seatbelts when driving is widely accepted, but all too often dogs travelling inside cars are not restrained. If an accident occurs both the dogs and the passengers in the car can be seriously hurt or killed. In the same way...
Feeding Native Animals For over thirty years Geoff and Christine Smith have been looking after orphaned or injured native animals. Around 1500 kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, wombats and possums have been saved, and then released back to the bush where they were found....
In the last decade or so, there’s been a serious decline in frog populations all over the world, and in Australia alone eight species have become extinct in the last 25 years. What’s even more worrying is that scientists are not really sure why it’s...