These two Blue Faced Honeyeaters – Entomyzon cyanotis – came to our garden yesterday in a great flurry and amongst raucous screeching and calling. They look like young birds who were being chased by the local vigilante native noisy miners – Manorina melanocephala. They decided to take refuge in amongst our poinciana tree. This is… Continue Reading →
My middle son wanted a cat – for a long time we resisted as I was concerned for the native birds/animals. But somehow we got talked around – as long as it was an indoor cat with a bell. She is quite a little ‘miss’, likes things her own way and ‘tells’ you so with… Continue Reading →
I have planted 2 large banksias just outside the very large windows in my drawing studio. They are a Banksia serrata and a Banksia robur. I have done this deliberately as they attract some beautiful birds, as well as the usual annoying culprits like the native noisy miner. One of my regular visitors are a… Continue Reading →
On Monday in amongst torrential rain there was an enormous ruckus in the trees in our backyard. Much screeching, peeping and carry on from the local Noisy Miners. At first I thought it must have been the local cat they hate but then spotted this Ringtail Possum – Pseudocheirus peregrinis. It is unusual to see… Continue Reading →
An interesting afternoon in my garden – we were visited by a couple of pheasant coucals. The first indications they were there was a loud ‘whoop whoop whooping’ on the roof of my house. I thought my appearance with a camera resulted in what I think was a ‘younger’ bird taking off into a my… Continue Reading →
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