Here is a bird which we hear often and see rarely, the Eastern Whipbird. It has a really distinct, wait for it…, whip sound. The eBird website includes excellent sound recordings of it.
And we added it to our list here!
We hadn’t noticed the hole in a fork of the tree behind our house until a Rainbow Lorikeet was paying it a lot of attention. A longer look confirmed that a couple were nesting in the tree.
I needed an excuse for a new camera (another story) and a little patience was easily rewarded with the video below. We’re now waiting for the offspring, which surely are on the way.
We’ve not seen a lot of birds on our wildlife camera lately, partially because it is winter and also because I have some doubt about its functioning. However, it is producing lots of video about nightly escapades of local wildlife, mainly possums and the occasional wallaby.
I wasn’t expecting a fox, however! Definitely not a welcome visitor! For our European friends and relatives, Foxes were imported in the 1800s for the “pleasure” of settlers. They multiplied and ravaged local wildlife, which had no natural enemies. More here…
The recent rain and a week away over Easter have resulted in few bird pics. Rather then using the bird bath, this Restless Flycatcher (?) sat at my window this morning, challenging me to take a photo of it (original for perspective). So… is it really a Restless Flycatcher?
So… NO… it’s a Grey Butcherbird. A couple of Facebook friends yet again proved how little I know about identifying birds. Ah well, it’s one way to learn!
With the recent rain, the bird bath hasn’t had a lot of visitors lately. But this King Parrot (should really be called a Queen Parrot) turned up looking for some company or food, whatever…). She let me come quite close to take this photo.
Learn more about King Parrots.
We’ve not had much traffic to capture over the last few days. Yesterday, a couple of Rainbow Lorikeets couldn’t get close to a drink as a bigger cousin was guarding it…
We’ve had a bit of rain lately, so there hasn’t been much incentive for local birds to come over and use the ‘bath… Cockatoos are always present, though, and Currawongs would like to get a look-in occasionally!
A very hot day today and a disappointing number of birds coming for a drink… Mind you, the Sulphur Crested Cockatoos are always present…
Learn more about the Sulphur Crested Cockatoo…
Not much to chose from among our bird visitors today, so here is another Bronzewing cooling its heels…
Learn more about the Common Bronzewing
Sigh… today’s results were so-so… We’ve had a bit of wet weather lately, so traffic to the water bowl was modest, also I’ve been fiddling with the camera angle, which resulted in shots with difficult shade and sunlight. Please bear with me while I get our stuff together…
Learn more about the Satin Bowerbird
