Some old, familiar faces

Koala -- naptime at Morialta Falls

Shingleback - sunbathing at Nixon Skinner

Crested Pigeon - Playford Lake

Murray River Turtle - Playford Lake

European honeybee - Nangawooka

Monarch butterfly - newly hatched, home garden

Doe Kangaroo ... lunchtime at Myponga

Celebrating Winter on the Fleurieu Peninsula

 

Kangaroo doe at Mount Bold

Monarch Butterfly, Manning Floral Reserve

Superb Fairywren, Mount Lofty Botanic Gardens

Honeybee and Parrot Pea, Nixon Skinner Reserve

Lambs on Hindmarsh Island

Kangaroo doe at Mount Bold

Golden Wattle at Woorabinda

Almond blossom at Clarendon

Lichen at Mount Lofty Botanic Garden

Joey at Mount Bold

Cleared for takeoff -- ready to fly!

 

The Monarch (Wanderer) butterflies seem to thrive on the Milkweed bush in the back garden right here at home. The bush is about six years old now -- kept well pruned -- and we counted upwards of 25 caterpillars before they started to chrysalis. Around 80% of the chrysalises seem to have hatched, and so far we haven't found any of the new-hatched Wanderers dead in the vicinity, so they really do seem to thrive here! 

The Monarch, the Kooka, the Goat and the Flowers...

 

A Monarch (Wanderer) butterfly on the Milk Weed in the home garden

Spring flowers ... kerchoo!

A kookaburra at Belair NP keeps an eye on the canned tuna

I wonder if goats make good pets!

Dawn over the hills and vales south of Adelaide

The Dance of the Monarch Butterflies

At Mount Bold Reservoir

...in the garden here at home!

...in a treetop at Manning Floral Reserve

...on a thistle at Belair NP