Since moving to our small acreage we have been entertained by a large variety of wild birds. I was so excited to see my favourite King Parrots as well as Eastern and Crimson Rosellas. There are lots of small finches and honeyeaters too. Unfortunately we seem to have misplaced our Bird book in the move so have no idea what most of them are.
A pair of King Parrots
Eastern Rosellas in the Peach Tree
Our two favourite birds are "The odd Couple " as we have named them. We have been watching them come and go for the past few months. Sometimes they are with a few other Crimson Rosellas but mostly just hanging out doing their own thing.
Our beautiful Odd Couple
We also have Magpies who delight us with there beautiful songs. The Currawongs love our Juniper Berries and have been feasting on them lately.
There is no early morning bathing for our feathered friends. Below 0 temperatures every morning so it takes a while for the ice in the bird bath to thaw.
Rock sitting on solid ice in the bird bath
Our family of Wood ducks have not been around this week. I hope to get some photos of their new babies soon.
Would love to hear about the bird life in your neck of the woods.
The birds are gorgeous. Such vibrant colours. I think you've found a lovely piece of paradise by the look of it. xx
ReplyDeleteThank you Rhonda, yes we love our little cool patch. Can't wait to see what spring brings us.
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ReplyDeleteLovely photos of the birds in your garden. I love to sit outside and try to photograph our birds.
Cheers Ann
PS. your new header looks great!
Thank you Ann, we are so lucky to have such beautiful birds here. I've really enjoyed reading your blog. Rodney the rooster is gorgeous, can't wait to see his offspring.
DeleteLove the birds and I love hearing the Magpies sing myself. Can't wait to read more of your journey.
ReplyDeleteThank you Shazza, nothing like Magpies singing to greet the new day.
DeleteHi Wendy - what a lovely blog! I went back to the beginning and read it all. Your photos are just lovely. We have two pee wees (one with a hoppy leg) and two magpies (one with a dodgy wing) and they regularly punch on in the back yard! They make me laugh. Our neighbour has natives that are outside my kitchen window and the tree is currently in bloom so I get a real sideshow when I'm doing the washing up.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to see more of your adventures!
Thank you for the kind words Diann. Spring is such a beautiful time of year. I haven't seen any pee wees here. They are such fun little birds.
DeleteHi Wendy. We don't live all that far from you here in Toowoomba. We have had a really warm winter but I see it has still been cold where you are. No ice in the bird baths here :-)
ReplyDeleteWe drove to Toowoomba last week. It's our "big smoke"to get any bits and pieces we can't find locally. Can't wait for the Carnival of flowers.
DeleteWhat beautiful birds to have visiting you, Wendy. Aren't they gorgeous! We often have rainbow lorikeets feasting on the grevillias here, king parrots when the olive trees along our neighbour's fenceline are in fruit and very occasionally, the Eastern Rosella, but they tend to take flight as soon as anyone approaches. Magpies, kookaburras and butcher birds too all visit this garden and love the birdbaths here. The cockatoos come in when it's passionfruit season and get the majority of the fruit, cheeky things! It's lovely to see birds in the garden, there's something so special about them. Meg:)
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you have a beautiful garden Meg. Cockatoos are such clowns it is great fun to watch them. We have yellow tailed blacks here but they only sit up in the cypress pines. I hope we get some sulphur crested cockatoos visiting later in the year.
DeleteHi Wendy - it was lovely to meet you over Skype. I love your bird photographs. Eastern Rosellas are my favourite bird. We get those, King Parrots, Rainbow Lorikeets, Bush Turkeys, ducks and myna birds in our garden.
ReplyDeleteIt was great to meet you too Kylie. I've enjoyed reading your blog. Bird watching is such a lovely way to relax in the garden.
DeleteHi Wendy. Just having a peek at your site through Rhonda's link. You look like you have a beautiful piece of paradise there with all the birds. I know how frugal you have to be with tank and dam water after living on acreage to the west of Brisbane. Continue to enjoy your new lives. Cheers Sandra
ReplyDeleteThank you Sandra, it really is a beautiful spot, although it's been such a dry winter. No rain is forecast for the coming week and I'm sure all my plants are just waiting on those first drops to burst into flower.
DeleteWendy, we also have a lot of King Parrots. They can be very cheeky and I have been mesmerised by their brilliant colour even while they are eating the fruit off my trees. We also have what I think is the eastern yellow robin visiting our garden and we have some brilliant iridescent green/turquoise kingfishers that just take one's breath away when one catches sight of them.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comments Sherri, I really enjoyed reading them. While I was waiting for the furniture truck to arrive on moving day, I saw an kingfisher as you described. It really did take my breath away. I've never seen him since, so maybe it was a welcome home sign. Thank you for reminding me.
DeleteHello, just popping in from Rhonda's. A great start to your blog! The photos of the birds are just beautiful. We live in Brisbane too and we were lucky enough to have some king parrots in our backyard a few weeks ago. Such beautiful birds. Looking forward to following along on your journey.
ReplyDeleteThank you Bellinda, the beautiful birds have been an added bonus in moving here. We get so much enjoyment watching them each day. Always something new to see. Cheers Wendy
ReplyDeleteHi Wendy, I found your blog through Rhonda's blog, I am looking forward to following your adventures, we live on small acreage, but are fortunate to have a spring for water, plus several rain water tanks.
ReplyDeleteWe also encourage native birds, and have King parrots, rosellas, yellow robins, thornbills , magpies, pee wees and the list goes on and on, We do not have cats, so have quite a lot of native visitors, but it is amazing how many town people dump their cats our on the main road,
Cheers, Lorraine