Graham mowed the lawn on Saturday – he wanted to get it done before the weather turned, as we knew it was going to do. After he finished the Kookaburras turned up, as I knew they would. The freshly mowed lawn means that things such as worms, snails and other potential food are easily seen…
Category: Australian wildlife
Visitor to our home
Yesterday, when I was wandering around our garden with one of our daughters, I noticed a yellow breast on a bird on a tree many metres away from us. I know all the birds that visit our property and I hadn’t seen one of these here before. I knew what it was as I’d seen…
Shall I or shan't I?
Was watching the birds in our park the other day. A family of wrens and a small brown thornbill. I can sit in our pergola almost undetected as I’m surrounded by bushes. Using my 70-300mm lens means I can get in closer for shots without moving closer. This little brown thornbill seemed to be pondering…
Superb Fairy Wren (male)
I went next door to my neighbour’s yard as it’s always good for birdlife amongst the bushes but came back disappointed as there was nothing much around, despite the sun being out. So I was very surprised when I looked on my own lawns near the birdbath and raised beds to find a family of…
Australian King Parrot
These birds usually stay their distance from visitors but seem to be getting more game with tourists at Grant’s. This is a popular place to feed the birds from your hands and have them sit on you. First time I saw one of these birds doing exactly that.