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enjoying bird watching
The town water tower is at the top of the hill near my house (Western NSW) . Really enjoyed my 15 minute walk to the top of the hill and back this morning as sun was rising. Saw Apostle Birds, Blue W...
Hello @jennyss
We live on 5 acres ( our little bit of selfishness!) in the Kimberley. I will say that 5 acres was very romantic at 45 years of age but it is damn hard work at 65! However the decision to downsize is very difficult - one that we are still uncomfortable with.
Our garden is very tropical with lots of birds. One of my morning pleasures is to sit on my verandah with my first coffee of the day and watch the sun rise. I am seranaded with birdsong.
We are visited by butcher birds, peewees (mudlarks), bower birds, babblers (cwa birds!!), leathernecks (friar birds), double bar finches, honey eaters, oriels, rainbow bee eaters, tawny frog mouths (they roost in our shed during the day), whistling kites, blue wing kookaburras, red wing parrots, rainbow lorrikeets, little corellas, straw neck ibis ( bin chickens), and sacred kingfishers. Jabirus and brolgas fly over and sometimes land. We also have singing thrushes which nest in the shed unconcerned by the tawny frog mouths. To date the singing thrushes have successfully raised 4 lots of bubbies. I am sure that I have missed many. The birds are attracted by the many water points around the garden and are very possessive about "their" water bowl.
We live on 5 acres ( our little bit of selfishness!) in the Kimberley. I will say that 5 acres was very romantic at 45 years of age but it is damn hard work at 65! However the decision to downsize is very difficult - one that we are still uncomfortable with.
Our garden is very tropical with lots of birds. One of my morning pleasures is to sit on my verandah with my first coffee of the day and watch the sun rise. I am seranaded with birdsong.
We are visited by butcher birds, peewees (mudlarks), bower birds, babblers (cwa birds!!), leathernecks (friar birds), double bar finches, honey eaters, oriels, rainbow bee eaters, tawny frog mouths (they roost in our shed during the day), whistling kites, blue wing kookaburras, red wing parrots, rainbow lorrikeets, little corellas, straw neck ibis ( bin chickens), and sacred kingfishers. Jabirus and brolgas fly over and sometimes land. We also have singing thrushes which nest in the shed unconcerned by the tawny frog mouths. To date the singing thrushes have successfully raised 4 lots of bubbies. I am sure that I have missed many. The birds are attracted by the many water points around the garden and are very possessive about "their" water bowl.