alas the wild olives along our creek are being poisoned. They are considered a pest and the creek is being revegetated with native trees and shrubs. This is a good thing but it will be a shame to see these trees go. However, they will let the dead trees stand to provide perches for the birds so that's something I suppose
I'm surprised to hear that wild olives are considered invasive, and I'm glad you had a chance to capture this lovely shot before they are cleared out. Are these edible? I would think birds may like these but perhaps not.
Beautiful. Love the focus and dof. So I understand that olive trees are not endemic to your country. They say that Malta has (or had) one of the best species of olives in the world.
@sangwann thankyou Dione. We do grow beautiful olives here in South Australia but if they escape the olive groves they become an invasive pest. They are very difficult to kill.
@cimes1 the wild olives are a great pest. They are edible but very small. In some places people harvest them but these ones are just choking up the creek. Olives are grown commercially here in South Australia as we have a Mediterranean climate.
thankyou all. The birds love the olives and of course its the birds who spread the seeds around and cause all the trouble.