tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post3117820568527809545..comments2024-02-10T18:50:01.193+10:00Comments on Gully Grove: Birds of a featherChris http://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-78309713765210235592018-12-02T09:41:46.005+10:002018-12-02T09:41:46.005+10:00If you got any of that wind we did, recently, I wo...If you got any of that wind we did, recently, I wouldn't be surprised if the young crow was blown out of it's nest. Glad you put some water at ground level, for it to access. They do like citrus too! So if there's any fallen mandarins he'd be eating them. Hopefully the little guy will have enough resources to get him to flying stage. :)Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-3534165720757212272018-12-02T09:36:32.560+10:002018-12-02T09:36:32.560+10:00My cherry tomatoes are just starting to ripen, so ...My cherry tomatoes are just starting to ripen, so I'll have to keep an eye on them! Thanks for the heads-up. We get the Noisy Miners as well, but we did have the wrens and finches live in the same area as well. They've since become sparse. I suspect when the new neighbour move in, and cleared out a thicket of lantana, it removed the protected nesting sites for them. Such a shame.Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-74793273337591882712018-12-02T09:33:28.319+10:002018-12-02T09:33:28.319+10:00We get the little birds too, but they're so mu...We get the little birds too, but they're so much harder to photograph, lol. The blue breasted wrens are my favourite, but we haven't seen them for a while.Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-7264150406548283232018-12-02T09:30:48.402+10:002018-12-02T09:30:48.402+10:00Thanks Misti, we enjoy their variety and antics. T...Thanks Misti, we enjoy their variety and antics. Thanks for visiting. :)Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-76237697165848177172018-12-02T09:26:21.125+10:002018-12-02T09:26:21.125+10:00Ah, thanks for sharing about the Eastern Koel. I&#...Ah, thanks for sharing about the Eastern Koel. I've seen them about a few times recently - hanging out in my mulberry tree. I'm familiar with the call too. It's interesting that the Pheasant Coucal I mentioned is a cuckoo, that doesn't lay it's eggs in other birds nests. Yet the Eastern Koel is a cuckoo too, which DOES happen to be a brood parasite. Thanks for sharing, Chel. I'm learning more about our winged visitors.Chris https://www.blogger.com/profile/13715819899708384147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-90542517041885635432018-12-01T17:17:48.719+10:002018-12-01T17:17:48.719+10:00Birds fascinate me, I just adore them. We have man...Birds fascinate me, I just adore them. We have many that visit here, like kookaburras and brush turkeys and parrots too. The king parrots come in when the next door neighbour's olive trees are fruiting. We have currawongs that raid my blueberries and this weekend we've been watching a young crow that we think was kicked out of its nest. The parents are still close by because if we get too close, to the shade it's in under our mandarin tree, they swoop! We put water down for it and it's been drinking from that. Meg:)Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573371198907761962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-58596613056463935932018-11-30T11:54:04.017+10:002018-11-30T11:54:04.017+10:00I have a male King Parrot who comes regularly for ...I have a male King Parrot who comes regularly for sunflower seeds. So beautiful! He's fairly tame and I suspect he's got most of the neighbours hooked into feeding him. Sometimes he brings his mate, but she's more timid and he won't let her feed with him. Since they started coming, I've had to net all my cherry tomatoes, even when green. I never had a problem before. We've had a Koel here too; they're not native here, but seem to be moving down from the north. Otherwise it's Butcherbirds, native pigeons and Noisy Miners. All the little birds we had here at first have gone, thanks to the aggressive miners. <br /><br />I love your Pheasant Coucal. We don't have them here. The plumage is great camouflage for living in grasses. Bevhttp://www.foodnstuff.wordpress.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-86479675332214335282018-11-30T03:26:12.989+10:002018-11-30T03:26:12.989+10:00Thank you, it's lovely to see other birds than...Thank you, it's lovely to see other birds than just our local wildlife, your birds look much bigger and colourful than ours. Poppypatchworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749159567150084975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-49092966050572518302018-11-30T00:41:03.325+10:002018-11-30T00:41:03.325+10:00How cool to have such an array of birds in your ba...How cool to have such an array of birds in your backyard! Stunning!Mistihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15152831329347482311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284944855633609232.post-89872610712789465872018-11-29T19:56:06.100+10:002018-11-29T19:56:06.100+10:00Chris, I did the Aussie Backyard Bird Count a few ...Chris, I did the Aussie Backyard Bird Count a few weeks ago and it is always interesting spending twenty minutes a day taking note of the birds in the backyard. The one that makes its presence felt at this time of the year is the Eastern Koel or Storm Bird. It has a distinctive call which we used to think predicted rain but I read recently that it is a mating call. We have seen both the male and female Koels in recent weeks. We have most of the ones you have mentioned and some are so beautiful. Nanna Chelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07500527266771727074noreply@blogger.com