Saw our resident teenage Magpie this morning. He’s in the middle in the photo.
Category: Birds
Day 262 – Other Side Bench
I saw the Wood Duck family again! The ducklings are so grown up. There’s still five teenagers and their parents.
Day 261 – Big Old Tree Bench
I’m watching the Eastern Rosellas feeding the little babies in the nest. I can’t see the babies clearly, they are too far inside the nest hollow. The acacia flowers are turning brown now and falling off the trees. We are climbing in the Big Old Tree.
Day 260 – Private Bench
I snuck up to the Bench this morning because I was hoping to see the family of Wood Ducks I often see here. They weren’t here this morning. I was ready with my camera to get a photo, but because I didn’t, I’m going to use one I took the other day.
Day 259 – Switchback Bench
There’s a family of Kookaburras down at the Cascades today. Unfortunately, I couldn’t catch them laughing in the recording. There’s two adults and a teenager. There is one in the photo, although without a telephoto lens, it’s very difficult to spot. Today there was also the Grey Fantail on the fence, although after the flood, […]
Day 256 – Private Bench
The flock of gang gang cockatoos are here today. I love it! It’s a beautiful sunny morning and the sunlight is reflecting of the ripples in the water onto the trees on the bank. We saw Edward this morning.
Day 255 – Switchback Bench
I’ve sat here for a long time time today. I sat here while the red-rumped parrots flew over and the blue wrens picked through the grass beside the Bench. I realised I was sitting here because I was waiting for some kind of answer, something to solve my problems for me. But no amount of […]
Day 253 – By the Way Bench
That was a kookaburra. He didn’t quite go into a full laugh, it was more of a chuckle. There’s so many sounds on the Bench today. There’s a lot of birds, and sheep and cows in the fields nearby.
Day 252 – Lily Pond Bench
I was on my way to the lily pond, when I saw these gang gang cockatoos. It reminded me of a photo I took last year of a gang gang cockatoo in this same tree. It’s an acacia tree, and at this time of year they love the seeds. I went closer to get another […]
Day 250 – Northern Bench
The water is around the legs of Northern Bench. In the photo you can see the big tree next to the Bench is also underwater. I startled a Blackbird and he flew away. There’s also a white-faced heron out on a log in the middle of the river. He’s using it as a raft to […]