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Daintree Life

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24.01.2022 Part of our next planting area of 920 trees to replace introduced weeds with rainforest trees. Both Southern Cassowaries and rare Bennett's Tree-kangaroos are regularly seen right here, so the planting of 900 trees will add to both habitat and food resource for these and many other species.

23.01.2022 Simply amazing shot of two Metallic Starlings by David White. Stunning ...

22.01.2022 Flora in the Daintree: ripening now are the fruits of the Orange-fruited Kurrajong (Sterculia quadrifida), a deciduous rainforest tree which grows across the whole top end and down the east coast into NSW. When ripe, the pods dehisc (split open) and the seeds fall out. Also called the native peanut tree as these black seeds are edible. In northern Queensland indigenous peoples crushed the leaves of this species and applied to wounds. An infusion of the bark, was or juice wrung from the inner bark was applied directly to the eyes. #plants #fruit #naturephotography

21.01.2022 Drone shot from our latest planting area. Many thanks to Stevie Dearden for use, Rainforest 4 for funding and the crew for planting 250 trees in the Daintree.

20.01.2022 Still available for sponsorship: Strop, Iris and Ariel - three little sub-adult Little red Flying-foxes in care. Fifty dollars each covers all food, supplements, and medications. Just put the name of your chosen bat in the note. All sponsors will receive a personalised certificate to print out and keep. We thank you in advance. https://bit.ly/30Wfs3Q

20.01.2022 Getting ready for our next Tree-Nation planting area of 900 trees. Here is Dave brush-cutting a 10-metre wide section of reserve to replace introduced weeds with Daintree lowland rainforest vegetation. Both Southern Cassowaries and rare Bennett's Tree-kangaroos are regularly seen right here, so the planting of 900 trees will add to both habitat and food resource for these and many other species. Many thanks in advance wonderful Tree-nation supporters and let's get this planted.

19.01.2022 Fauna in the Daintree: one of my favourite photos of these enigmatic little creatures - a Purple-winged mantid (Tenodera australasiae) taken in golden late afternoon light with a deliberately shallow depth to focus on those eyes. Who is watching who?

19.01.2022 Photographed in our garden at Cow Bay, this beauty is a Wompoo Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) - a large rainforest dove that eats a wide array of rainforest fruits. Apart from the beautiful colouring, the distinctive 'wom-poo' call is what usually announces their position.

18.01.2022 Would you like to sponsor us? We are three sub-adult Little red Flying-foxes who have all arrived into care within days of each other. Despite wing damage from entanglement, all three are viable, eating well, responding to treatment and will be released back to the wild after suitable rehabilitation. We three are available for sponsorship at fifty dollars each to cover all food, supplements, and medications. Just put the name of your chosen bat in the note. All sponsors will receive a personalised certificate to print out and keep. https://bit.ly/30Wfs3Q

17.01.2022 Yesterday's video of the two little orphaned Long-nosed Bandicoots was so popular that here is another baby fix for you. Do they love their milk replacer? You be the judge. Well done Clare - both little guys are already putting on weight.

15.01.2022 Flora in the Daintree: these pretty developing fruit are called Flowers-of-Magic or Witches Tongues (Clerodendrum tracyanum). The red calyxes look like flowers but are actually part of the fruit. This small tree is endemic to northeast tropical Queensland and grows in well-developed rainforest, but favours areas of disturbance.

15.01.2022 Planting on World Cassowary Day. This morning we planted another 252 more trees to honour World Cassowary Day - bringing our total up to 8003 trees planted. A huge thanks to Rainforest 4 for funding and making this happen, and a huge thanks to a couple of the local residents and Stevie from Adelaide for planting. Legends. This is part of a 920 tree project and you can help us to plant more trees here for Cassowaries and Tree-kangaroos by donating at the link below. https://bit.ly/30Wfs3Q

14.01.2022 Kara goes free. So nice to attend the release of Kara the Green sea Turtle yesterday at Four Mile Beach in Port Douglas. Found stranded and very sick in March 2019, she has been in expert hands with Jenny and the team at Cairns Turtle Rehabilitation Centre to get her fully 'ocean ready' again. A huge crowd turned up for the event as this 70kg lady swam free on a textbook release just in time for mating season. Go well Kara.

12.01.2022 Photographed this morning: the beautiful ripening fruit of Orange Jacket (Xylopia maccreae). This small tree grows in well-developed rainforest between Cooktown and Townsville, and when ripe, the fruits split open to reveal multiple grey and black seeds resembling gecko eggs. The seeds are eaten by multiple bird species and this tree is the food plant for the larval stages of the Green Spotted Triangle Butterfly.

10.01.2022 Fauna in the Daintree: ranging up and down the whole east coast, this is a female Giant Water Spider (Megadolomedes australianus) which can reach a leg span larger than the human hand. This girl appears to be floating in space with just her feet in contact with the water. These spiders are not dangerously venomous and timid but will bite if you continually annoy them. So just enjoy and take photos instead. They can run across the water and eat aquatic insects, tadpoles and even small fish.

10.01.2022 With the planting of another 252 trees this morning for World Cassowary Day, our tree count is now 8003 trees in the ground. More food for Cassowaries and all the other local wildlife.

10.01.2022 Proud to be accepted last night onto the Tree-nation platform which raises funds to plant trees all around the world. So far they have raised funds to plant 6,594,596 trees globally. https://tree-nation.com/projects. Just for the record, the 209 trees shown are only the ones affiliated with the platform. So far, we have actually planted 7751 trees in total.

06.01.2022 A Saturday splash of colour. Red Beech (Dillenia alata) in flower. This coastal rainforest tree has very short-lived flowers but give rise to spectacular red, white and black fruits. www.daintreelife.com.au

06.01.2022 Daintree Life's 2-year anniversary. Two years ago today we planted our first trees on an old unused service road in the heart of the Daintree. Many thanks to amazing support from Douglas Shire Council, Rainforest 4, and all our wonderful volunteers, supporters and donors - increasing habitat and food resource for wildlife in the oldest rainforest on earth. Now planted 8215 trees and more soon.

06.01.2022 Planting in the Daintree: Holes are dug ready to plant 250 trees tomorrow morning for World Cassowary Day. Huge thanks and shout-out to Rainforest 4 for providing funding for the first section of this 920 tree project to create more habitat and food resource for Cassowaries, Tree-kangaroos and all our other wildlife.

05.01.2022 Would you like to sponsor me? My name is 'Huey' - a 6-week old orphaned endangered Spectacled Flying-fox pup in care with Kristy and doing very well. With increased costs, this year we are dividing sponsorship into three stages: fifty dollars each for raising, creching and releasing with support food. The link is below, so just put HueyRaise, HueyCreche or HueyRelease in the note. All sponsors will receive a personalised certificate to print out and keep and we thank you in advance. https://bit.ly/30Wfs3Q

05.01.2022 Little red Flying-foxes have arrived in the area and some get into trouble. Here is little Iris, a sub-adult who got caught on a barbed wire fence in Newell Beach. Rescued by vaccinated carers, Simon and Clare, this little girl has some wing damage but will be fine with treatment and time in care. Remember - if you find a bat in trouble, do not touch but ring a registered wildlife carer. #bats #flyingfoxes #wildlifecare #photography

04.01.2022 Wildlife care in the wet tropics. Recently arrived into care with our carer, Clare are these two little characters - Long-nosed Bandicoot joeys. As you can see, they think their milk replacer is pretty good.

03.01.2022 Would you like to sponsor me? My name is 'Duey' - another 6-week old orphaned endangered Spectacled Flying-fox pup in care with Kristy and doing very well. With increased fruit costs, this year we are dividing sponsorship into three stages: fifty dollars each for raising, creching and releasing with support food. The link is below, so just put DueyRaise, DueyCreche or DueyRelease in the note. All sponsors will receive a personalised certificate to print out and keep and we thank you in advance. https://bit.ly/30Wfs3Q

03.01.2022 Sometimes, when photographing in rainforest you need to look for the simple compositions amongst a riot of competing viewpoints. Life can sometimes be as simple as framing up a single new fern frond unfurling on the forest floor.

01.01.2022 Orchids and wildlife in the Daintree: photographed in our garden, the Bottlebrush Orchids (Coelandria smillieae) are flowering in the trees and the nectar-feeding birds love them. We are watching Olive-backed Sunbirds continually feeding, and this (we think) is a Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (Meliphaga notata).

01.01.2022 The patterns in nature. Humble barnacles on a rock, but these are animals. Phylum: Arthropoda - same as spiders and insects. Subphylum: Crustacea - same as crabs, lobsters and prawns. They live in the intertidal zone and feed on plankton and detritus with little feathery appendages which come out upon submersion. Sometimes we focus and obsess on the large animals like kangaroos and cassowaries, but there are over 50 living animals in this shot.