Greetings all,
Thought I would start a thread for us to share our great bird stories - when have you been especially amazed or wowed by birds - or felt some great connection with them.
Here at the Birds Australia office we have a pair of Magpies (actually we think they are both boys). They have taken a great liking to us. They warble at the door and then walk into the office to scope things out. I actually have a photo of one sitting on top of a computer monitor that I must post.
I love having them visit and we have even named them now - Stumpy - the one who is missing a foot and Not Stumpy.
Holly
we have a similar situation with a family of magpies at our place. They bop around the front lawn looking for food, and are not at all shy. They obviously don't feel threatened when we go out to watch, as they come up to us quite closely. Despite the noisy mynas that seem to be taking over, the maggies are holding their own :) A beautiful bird.
Mick
About 3 years ago My very observant mother noticed the parents had not returned to the nest to feed a baby western rosella and found what they suspect was its mother on the next block which had sucumbed to a cat. I took the baby home and raised it and released back into the bush surrounding their property. For some reason the other resident birds gave it a hard time at first and it suffered a damaged but still usable wing so that the wing now droops a little making him easily recognisable. That and the fact that it will take seed from your hand if you stand still long enough. Anyway for the last two years at breeding season it has brought its mate and their offspring around (to show them off to us I suspect). We will be watching for him again this year!
Many years ago I saw an osprey while swimming in Freshwater Lake at Cooloola National Park. I swam right up to the base of the tree it was in and have never been that close to one since. Makes you think about how to aproach birds doesn't it.
See Yez
Trev
In the summer Flesh Flies give the Rosellas a hard time. They attack at the back of the neck where it is moist to lay their eggs & receive a drop of blood.
On the top of the embankment a couple of small plants survive about 16mm high. To see a Rosella standing on its head, feet horizontal to the ground.\, rubbing itself on the plant trying to dislodge the pests is quiet amusing
In the summer Flesh Flies give the Rosellas a hard time. They attack at the back of the neck where it is moist to lay their eggs & receive a drop of blood.
On the top of the embankment a couple of small plants survive about 16mm high. To see a Rosella standing on its head, feet horizontal to the ground.\, rubbing itself on the plant trying to dislodge the pests is quiet amusing