Well the tadpoles are now frogs and the minnows have certainly never heard of controlled population growth LOL!
To cut a long story short, this morning whilst having my cuppa on the patio I happened to see something I have never seen before.....a kingfisher hunting......my minnows but hey, thats nature right? The stunning shimmer of his blue feathers and his precise dives were captivating! I couldn't move to get the camera or he would have vanished, however I will be taking said camera out with me each morning to see if I can get a shot for you:)
There there were so many birds visiting this morning I thought I would do a post on what birds I see in my backyard, and those I see in the town at times, so here goes, those in my backyard are:
Now if you want to hear our infamous Kookaburra laugh, click HERE.
Given we have a river and no ocean we do have some rather strange birdlife here. We get both the black & white swans, both of which breed, albeit rather slowly. We also have seagulls, very interesting because we are 2 hours from any ocean! Now for the birds I see in our area that aren't landing in my backyard....yet LOL:
And that is our local birds. Remembering that we only bought this property 6 months ago and it was a blank canvas, I am tickled pink we have managed to attract so much birdlife in such a short time. I am hoping once the native shrubbery grows we will attract even more!
Hope your week is going well:)
Take care of you and yours........and our planet!
10 Responses:
That's amazing Molly!
I don't think we have some of those in Sydney. I grew up in NZ and we used to absolutely love the fantails, you could get them to sit on your hand if you kept still enough.
Sounds like you have been working very hard on your new property.
Have I ever mentioned that I'm jealous?
I'll swap you some Noisey Minor Birds for the Western Ringneck. That sounds like a good swap, for me :-)
You've created a masterpiece on that blank canvas of yours.
Congratualtions.
Lovely! What a nice teat to not only see them but have them labeled!
Birds and frogs, always a good sign!
Great sitings! I love birds too and am always interested in others bird posts. About the only one we also have in southeastern North American is the kingfisher. I've only seen one though. We have it on our master plan to put in a pond one day. DH is hoping to attract migrating ducks and geese with it.
Kez thanks, we are happy there are so many!
GF, I can always laugh at the willies, their antics are a hoot, and you are right, in our previous home we had one who would always land on the top of our rake handle if he was around lol.
Nev, you would be sorry, the 28's (ringnecks) make one hell of a din LOL!
Dayngr, took me a while to label them, we use nic names here for all of them, some I did't know the correct name for!
Dixie, so true, healthy environment thank goodness!
Leigh, the pond sounds wonderful, you lot have some stunning birds over there too!
That's awesome. We started a garden in our rented house in Southern California and were so excited by the birdlife we attracted to our yard. It's all so different to what we were used to in Australia, but it's been great to learn about all these different species.
The highlight was when a Peregrine Falcon arrived. Only 30 years ago these birds were almost extinct here due to DDT. Now they are rebounding back and I was excited that we had attracted one to our area.
Mia I would have been over the moon too, there is nothing better than seeing nature at its best in our own backyards:)
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