04-09-2016, 02:42 PM
Some good birds around my paddocks lately.
We have a nice little family of magpies that have established themselves over the last few years, they pick up the scraps from my horses feed. And since they're so used to my presence I thankfully never get swooped during breeding season. I've been swooped by other magpies before and they really hurt!
A group of yellow-tailed black cockatoos keep coming back. They call to each other and are actually really noisy eaters.
A couple of kookaburras have been hanging around.
Grey fantails have taken over the gum tree and the Willie wagtails try to chase them away.
Also saw a female Golden Whistler today which is the first time I've ever seen one there.
Saw a Spotted pardalote. They nested under the horse shelter a number of years ago and I hadn't seen them there since, so it was nice to see one there today.
European Goldfinches are back too.
And there's the odd sparrowhawk/goshawk I can't tell which that shows up every now and then, I saw it again yesterday.
We have a nice little family of magpies that have established themselves over the last few years, they pick up the scraps from my horses feed. And since they're so used to my presence I thankfully never get swooped during breeding season. I've been swooped by other magpies before and they really hurt!
A group of yellow-tailed black cockatoos keep coming back. They call to each other and are actually really noisy eaters.
A couple of kookaburras have been hanging around.
Grey fantails have taken over the gum tree and the Willie wagtails try to chase them away.
Also saw a female Golden Whistler today which is the first time I've ever seen one there.
Saw a Spotted pardalote. They nested under the horse shelter a number of years ago and I hadn't seen them there since, so it was nice to see one there today.
European Goldfinches are back too.
And there's the odd sparrowhawk/goshawk I can't tell which that shows up every now and then, I saw it again yesterday.
