These birds have been making quite a lot of noise recently in our area. Kind of a sad calling sound, calling to one another across the hills, almost echoing. The noise is unmistakeable but not annoying. They watch me as I walk around the garden and often follow me from tree to tree. You can…
Category: Birds
Kookaburras at home
On that beautiful day Graham and I went out for a walk and in our garden and down the road we could see Kookaburras in trees. They are lovely birds with a unique sound that is like a clearing of the throat before they begin their famous laughing sound.
Bird photowalk at Lysterfield
I’ve been chatting with some at the Birds in Backyards forum and we decided to start doing photowalks together. As I run a business and need to be in the office during business hours only one person could meet up with me intially and we started lasted Monday. Unfortunately for us, there was a film…
A visit to Victoria
I took my young Canadian visitor to Grant’s Picnic Grounds as well. Always a favourite with tourists, you get to feed the birds and get up very close to them. He was delighted and enjoyed the experience. These birds are Sulphur-crested Cockatoos.
Australian birds
I mentioned a few days ago about taking a young Canadian visitor around to some of my favourite places to take visitors. He loved seeing all the birdlife. Here are more birds we saw that day. Sacred Ibis – these birds are scavengers and are frequently seen near places where people have been eating. Male…