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@Sister I wish we had gums to be concerned about. We used to live at the base of the Dandenong with gums galore. Now in suburbia and the gum trees are non existent. One day again!1
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I constantly worry about our gums. When it's windy I get very anxious about them.0
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@kmakm When we lived in Mt Evelyn We had a gum come down on our roof, one down in the drive, one on the elec wires, a wattle down in the drive and lived in a high fire danger zone. I let go of the stress of what might happen and decided it was all worth it for the beauty and enjoyment.1
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That's a bugger @sister - so you weren't covered by your home insurance??
Gum trees can be SO dangerous ..... Councils need to be so much more aware if their own responsibilities when home owners request trees to be cut down for safety sake - especially after long dry periods - when the long limbs become 'sacrificial' for the actual tree's survival.
Definitely not worth having any with limbs long enough that they can cause major damage to house or out buildings
We had a neighbour's pine tree limb that was overhanging our yard cut off - and when it came down - we were amazed at how much LONGER it was once it was down - rather than just 'looking at it' on the tree!0 -
We were covered by insurance but that was a joke! Got nowhere near back the replacement cost. The companies contracted by the insurance people were very quickly no longer contracted by the insurance people (but report stands).0
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Hubby took this through the kitchen window while I was at work yesterday. He titled it "Hanging around the office water cooler" - suggesting the gossip would be about a Kangaroos-Cats footy match!
Mum & joey come down most days for the water we leave out and to eat the lawn. Not usually in the middle of the day so they must have been getting thirsty. (We tell the cat that this is what happens when he doesn't keep the mouse population in control - they grow)12 -
What a cracker of a photo!
Wonder what the cat was thinking!
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No wonder I have to fill the bird baths twice a day!
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Thanks @Annie C , It is an Apostlebird. They get around in gangs of abourt 12, and are real clowns, grooming each other, tossing leaves, harrassing magpies and chasing each other. They come down to the bird water every day. What are your birds in the Kimberley up to at the moment?1
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@jennyss
Ah that's my eye sight letting me down again! Yep just a grey blur and a shape, logical thought for me was a pigeon. Our pigeons are opportunists around water and food bowls.
In the Kimberley, we call apostle birds babblers, or by their not so nice name "poofta" birds due to their habit of all piling in on top of each other in the roosting nest. (Not very politically correct, I know). They have such hilarious antics. They are very much at home around humans. Ours hop and bop along our verandahs.
Birds currently in our garden in the wet season:-
Sacred kingfishers
Butcherbirds
Mudlarks (Pee Wees)
Coucal Pheasants (clumsy bird)
Tawny Frogmouths
Channelbilled Cuckoo
Bluewinged Kookaburras
Wrens (splendid, redbacked and variegated)
Whitegaped Honeyeaters
Grey Shrike Thrushes (a pair are nesting in the shed)
Little Brown Quail (counted 16 the other morning)
Redwing Parrots (also known as Crimson Wing Parrots)
Friarbirds
Spangled Drongos
Dollarbirds
Peaceful Doves
Bar Shouldered Doves
Crested Pigeons
Rainbow Lorikeets
Rainbow Bee Eaters
Yellow Throated Minerbirds
Grey Crowned Babblers
And 4 very tame Guineafowl
That's our list of observed birds in our 'Wet Season' garden. Some are nesting, some are only visiting. They all provide much enjoyment.
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@sister your wonderful photo reminds me of the old Sylvester cartoons and his son where they'd see a mouse in one room, Sylvester would follow it into another room and there would be a kangaroo. He'd react in horror and his son just couldn't understand lol.
Reminds me of a time a few years back when my cat heard a lizard rustling in the garden. He went to look for it and got the shock of his life when a blue tongue appeared and hissed at him. He backed away so fast and came hurtling over to me with the same expression on his face..."WTF is THAT??? That ain't no lizard!! Help!" I had to laugh.
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