gardenwildlife Tag Posts Index

Endoscoping Tokay Geckos

There are just too many holes, cracks and crevices where wildlife can hide from me. Therefore, I got myself an endoscope, but not a medical kind - I might intrude

Dwarf Honey Bees in Sun and Rain

#bees #nature #wildlife #Thailand #gardenwildlife #pob Our coconut palm is in flower and is humming with bees in the sunshine. It's not only the sun's rays that

Airborne Ground Squirrel

squirrel, wildlife, nature, archon, pob, creativecoin, waivio, ecency, neoxian We have two species of squirrel in our garden here in Thailand, the grey-bellied squirrel,

Weaving Bird Nest-baskets

There is always a bit of bias towards birds in our relationship with wildlife. They are visible, active, attractive, tuneful and not dangerous. What's not to like!

Spike, the Little Cormorant: SMaP Contest #141

For a few months we had a Little Cormorant (Microcarbo niger) visit our large pond every day to help itself to some of our fish - it was very welcome to take a few.

Rhinos in the Coconuts: The Problem of Composting in Thailand

I come from a composting culture where kitchen scraps and garden trimmings are almost religiously thrown in a bin or pile for composting. In Thailand, this never

Pond Dipping Fish Fun

We have a lovely big pond in our garden here in Thailand, at 50m long large enough to be called a lake. I can tell it has a lot of wildlife in it from all the ripples,

Protecting A Sparrow From Itself!

He was absolutely relentless At first I thought it was funny and a good photo-opportunity but it just wouldn't stop. The male sparrow relentlessly attacked its own

Halfbeak fish: Entry for Reflections Hunters Contest #134

This is a halfbeak fish, so called due to its upper mandible (jaw) being much shorter than the lower one. They are only about 4cm in length and swim along at the

Rat Snake Time: PhotoFeed Contest - Wildlife Photography #46

It was a windy day and the grass needed a trim and that's how I got to spend 20 minutes with a Rat Snake. A very welcome garden visitor, the Indochinese Rat Snake

The Strange Case of the Dizzy Rail

First sight - not looking at all well Standing on the grass was a small waterbird with a brown cap, grey front and lovely mottled black-and-white barring on its

Asian Spotted Tortoise Beetle

Latin nameObservation DateLocation Aspidimorpha miliaris22 June 2023Petchaburi, Thailand Link to original community LatitudeLongitudeMap 13.11699499.965461 A striking,

Tropical Swallowtail Moth

Latin nameObservation DateLocation Lyssa zampa28 October 2022Petchaburi, Thailand Link to original community LatitudeLongitudeMap 13.11366199.939344 The largest

The Birds Are Calling...Calling...Calling...

It feels like I have a constant recording of living bird calls being played around me. Throughout the day my ears pick up one call or another and I put a feathered

An Ant Carnage Calculation!

Here in Thailand there are ants everywhere and squashing those that come looking for food in our kitchen becomes an automatic response. Outside is different and

Hi There, Snake!

Slight movement caught my eye and dragged me away from the computer screen. There was a snake at my window! The window was open but the mosquito screen meant it

Saving Munias

The Scaly-breasted Munia is a small, finch-like bird common in our area. It builds a substantial ball-shaped nest out of grass with a small entrance at the front

Intermediate Roundleaf Bat

Latin nameObservation DateLocation Hipposideros larvatus21 January 2023Petchaburi, Thailand Link to original community LatitudeLongitudeMap 13.11649499.965225 One

Reptiles in the Soil

Occasionally whilst digging in our garden I unearth a dark worm-like animal, a bit thicker than a strand of cooked spaghetti and 4 to 5 inches long. On being exposed

Painted Bat

Latin nameObservation DateLocation Kerivoula picta19 August 2019Petchaburi, Thailand Link to original community LatitudeLongitudeMap 13.11689199.965518 An occasional