Azalea click for larger image	Allamanda click for larger image	Caladium click here for larger image
Cymbidium orchid click for larger image	Buckinghamia Celcissimia click here for larger image	Brachychiton click here for larger image

Because of the flowering shrubs, we also have regular bird visitors and bearded dragons and frogs.
The noisy miners nest regularly in our garden, and this is in our mandarin tree, in the late autumn 2013. In 14 days from nesting to fledged, these photos show how accepting they were of our presence. The parents dive-bombed us when we were taking the photos, but we were able to get in touching distance of them, and in fact when one fledgling fell out of the nest, Ron was able to pick it up and put it back in the nest. The nest was completely unprotected, and when the parents were off seeking food, the babies were left huddled together, and despite our having butcher birds and magpies in the garden at the same time they were not attacked.

nest of Noisy miner bird click for larger image	3 eggs in nest click for larger image	2 out one to go click for larger image
starting to feather up click for larger image	a tasty morsel click here for larger image	all three doing well click for larger image

scaly breasted lorikeets click for larger image	magpie family&bearded dragon click for larger image	galahs with lorikeets click for larger image
kookaburra click for larger image	Coucal click here for larger image	bearded dragon in shade of table, note the skin being shed by the tail click for larger image

Frogs

The frogs are regular residents, and come in all sizes and 3 different types: these green tree frogs, the very small 'cement-coloured' frogs, and the striped marsh frogs.They use the fish ponds, and are found in various plants around the garden, particularly the ornamental ginger and the bromeliads.

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