On the way out, a group of helpful people showed me where a saw-whet was roosting in the owl woods. They rest in the woods and sit very still so that you do not even know they are there!
What a lovely place to spend your day. They are beautiful creatures, I especially liked the white morph,the kinglet,the sharp-shinned hawk but this last one the saw-whet is stunning. We have many birds here where I live. I was looking out of my kitchen window one evening & looked up and saw this huge pair of golden eyes looking at me curiously & blinking, it was a tawny frogmouth owl it was sitting on a branch in the eucalyptus tree ,I felt so fortunate to have seen it.
Ohhh, you have frogmouth owls! How lucky! You have lots of cool things in your neck of the woods. I have always been a fan of owls. I hope to someday visit down-under myself, it must be full of good stuff to see! The Saw-whet was exceptionally cooperative for photos.
I'm very fortunate, I live in a bushland suburb in south-eastern Sydney,in my garden I have kookaburras, currawongs, magpies, wattle birds, yellow throated honey eaters, rainbow lorikeets,silver eyes, kingfishers, crimson rosellas, cockatoos, sparrows, willy wag-tails, many beautifully coloured finches & wrens, some smaller than a hens egg, they flit around the eucalyptus tree branches when in flower, so lovely & many others. I have many nests in amongst the shrubs & when the family has left I dont disturb the nest, but marvel at the work & intricacy that has gone into the construction, as I have seen the parents busily gathering twigs & other vegetation to build the nest. I had some chicks fall out of a nest last year because of the wind & gently returned the fragile downy babies to the nest & their parents & luckily they survived & I got to see them fledge.When I was putting them back in the nest I couldn't help but feel the very soft downy feather lining that was put there to keep them warm, how beautiful. I also have ring tailed & brush tailed possums, gecko's, blue tongued lizards...& the occasional snake (shudder), its a veritable zoo. I have lots of native plants so the flowers are a good source of nectar for most & the bees as well. How lucky am I!
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What a lovely place to spend your day. They are beautiful creatures, I especially liked the white morph,the kinglet,the sharp-shinned hawk but this last one the saw-whet is stunning. We have many birds here where I live. I was looking out of my kitchen window one evening & looked up and saw this huge pair of golden eyes looking at me curiously & blinking, it was a tawny frogmouth owl it was sitting on a branch in the eucalyptus tree ,I felt so fortunate to have seen it.
Ohhh, you have frogmouth owls! How lucky! You have lots of cool things in your neck of the woods. I have always been a fan of owls. I hope to someday visit down-under myself, it must be full of good stuff to see! The Saw-whet was exceptionally cooperative for photos.
-Corby
I'm very fortunate, I live in a bushland suburb in south-eastern Sydney,in my garden I have kookaburras, currawongs, magpies, wattle birds, yellow throated honey eaters, rainbow lorikeets,silver eyes, kingfishers, crimson rosellas, cockatoos, sparrows, willy wag-tails, many beautifully coloured finches & wrens, some smaller than a hens egg, they flit around the eucalyptus tree branches when in flower, so lovely & many others.
I have many nests in amongst the shrubs & when the family has left I dont disturb the nest, but marvel at the work & intricacy that has gone into the construction, as I have seen the parents busily gathering twigs & other vegetation to build the nest.
I had some chicks fall out of a nest last year because of the wind & gently returned the fragile downy babies to the nest & their parents & luckily they survived & I got to see them fledge.When I was putting them back in the nest I couldn't help but feel the very soft downy feather lining that was put there to keep them warm, how beautiful. I also have ring tailed & brush tailed possums, gecko's, blue tongued lizards...& the occasional snake (shudder), its a veritable zoo.
I have lots of native plants so the flowers are a good source of nectar for most & the bees as well. How lucky am I!
Dianne,
Welcome! I hope to someday see such cool things!
-Corby
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