Birdlife
This spring, many varieties of birds have been active around our house. The scarlet robin and his girlfriend have been flitting at the windows pecking insects. The welcome swallows are swooping and nesting. The fairy wrens are seen as a a flash of blue in the lawn (and in the dog bowls). Theres an owl we can hear in the early morning and evening. The fan-tailed cuckoo (who we call turbo bird as his plaintive trilling call sounds a little like a turbo engine whistle) sits on the fence calling for a mate. Weve had several raven invasions. And a wedge tailed eagle took the last chook that went missing... we didnt see it happen but our neighbour did as he drove past!
Yesterday morning David opened the blinds to find a green rosella sitting in the sun in the middle of our upstairs balcony. We think it had flown into the bedroom window and was concussed. We checked its wings, legs and eyes for injury but none was apparent. So we followed the wildlife rescue principles of warm, dark, quiet and kept the bird in a box sitting on a hot water bottle in the bathroom for a few hours until he seemed feisty again, and let him go in the forest next to the house. Pretty fellow!
Birdlife
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