Photos of Our Garden Critters,

at Christmas Lane, Lobethal, SA, Australia.

We are fortunate to have many different birds and other animals attracted into our garden.
These are a few photos of some of our visitors.

All Photos © Bill Chartres 2015 unless otherwise acknowledged

Some bird visitors to our garden.

New Holland honey eater
(Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
(Photo (©) - Peg & Bill Chartres' collection - March 2021)

Adelaide Rosella
(Platycercus adelaidae subadelaidae)
(Photo (©) - Peg & Bill Chartres' collection - March 2021)

New Holland honey eater
(Phylidonyris novaehollandiae)
(Photo (©) - Peg & Bill Chartres' collection - March 2021)

Australian Magpie
(Cracticus tibicen)
(Photo (©) - Peg & Bill Chartres' collection - March 2021)

Eastern Spinebill
(Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris)
(Photo (©) - Peg & Bill Chartres' collection - March 2021)

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
(Cacatua galerita)
(Photo (©) - Peg & Bill Chartres' collection - March 2021)

Laughing Kookaburra
(Dacelo novaeguineae)
Laughing Kookaburras
are found throughout Australia
(Photo (©) - Peg & Bill Chartres' collection - March 2021)

Australian Magpie
(Cracticus tibicen)
There are few places in Australia
where magpies do not occur.
(Photo (©) - Peg & Bill Chartres' collection - March 2021)

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(Photo (©) - Peg & Bill Chartres' collection - March 2021)

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(Photo (©) - Peg & Bill Chartres' collection - March 2021)

Australian Magpie
(Cracticus tibicen)
There are few places in Australia
where magpies do not occur.
(Photo (©) - Peg & Bill Chartres' collection - March 2021)

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(Photo (©) - Peg & Bill Chartres' collection - March 2021)

Adelaide Rosella
(Platycercus adelaidae subadelaidae)
(Photo (©) - Peg & Bill Chartres' collection - March 2021)

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
(Cacatua galerita)
(Photo (©) - Peg & Bill Chartres' collection - March 2021)

Adelaide Rosella
(Platycercus adelaidae subadelaidae)
(Photo (©) - Peg & Bill Chartres' collection - March 2021)

Somebutterfly visitors to our garden.

Chequered Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio demolius)
A migratory butterfly common and widespread in the
northern parts of the state, but uncommon in Adelaide.
It can be found in the hills along creek lines.
Usually seen on warm sunny days Spring to Autumn.
(Also known as the Lime Butterfly, Lemon butterfly and
Lime Swallowtail as it is often found on citrus plants)
< Wingspan: 72mm - 75mm.

(Photo Peg & Bill Chartres' collection - March 2022)

Wanderer or Monarch butterfly (Danus plexippus)
Brilliantly-colored the monarch butterfly is among the most
easily recognisable of the butterfly species.
Not native to Australia, it is native to North America.
Immigrated to Adelaide in 1875 from the eastern states.
Wingspan: 92 - 93mm.

(Photo Peg & Bill Chartres' collection - March 2022)

Caper White (Belenois java)
Migrate annually from northern Australia
during October to December. Wingspan: 55mm

(Photo Peg & Bill Chartres' collection - October 2022)

More Critters that visit our garden

Koala
(Phascolarctos cinereus)
An arboreal (tree dwelling), herbivorous
(plant eating) marsupial, native to Australia.
(Photo (©) - Peg & Bill Chartres' collection - March 2021)

Koala
(Phascolarctos cinereus)
An arboreal (tree dwelling), herbivorous
(plant eating) marsupial, native to Australia.
(Photo (©) - Peg & Bill Chartres' collection - March 2021)