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Wild Butcherbird Recovers From Conjunctivitis Problems

Butcherbirds in the wild get conjunctivitis quite often. In most cases the disease does not heal, causing the bird to go blind with tragic consequences. Unable to see, the bird can't find enough food and starves to death or flies into object injuring itself only to fall prey to predators or eventually starvation.  read more »

Sophie has died

11 October, 2008 - 11:56 — Ron

Our beautiful Sophie Magpie has passed away.

Yesterday afternoon, despite having shaken off the flu, Sophie still had her eye trouble, and after so long not feeding herself and only eating bread and cheese, was looking shaky on her legs. Also yesterday was, after a warm dry spell, both continuously raining and very cold. She also refused to come down from the bank (about four feet high) to our back yard for food, and we had to throw it up onto the bank for her.  read more »

Keys To Encouraging A Diversity Of Birds In The Garden

The superb fairy-wrens are delightful to watch as they play and bathe in the shallow waterbath near our front door. Each morning they make their way from the paddocks beyond, through the lantana weeds and the honeysuckle twines, onto the branches of the weeping rose behind my kitchen window. Here they spend some time catching a few insects for their late morning snack before hopping under the murraya, geraniums and  four-o'clocks all the way to the front.  They absolutely love diving in and out of the bath, like kids at a swimming pool.  read more »

Surprise Guests Drop In For A Spot of Lunch

A cloudy day and the rainbow lorikeets are flying over to the fruit trees in the neighbouring paddocks.  Our mulberries have long been eaten and  we haven't seen our old friends for some weeks now.  The magpies and butcherbirds have been chatting.  Wendy magpie is now two years old and almost fully adult colours.  Except for her size which is slightly bigger than Sophie, she is really hard to distinguish from her older sister, especially from a distance.   Kerry butcherbird too is two years old and almost adult colours and similarly difficult to tell apart  read more »

Hisss! ... Not As Slow As I Look

A sharp squawk from behind the bush and all the birds take off!   read more »

Lessons From A Chance Rescue - About Babblers, Magpies and more

When Ron rescued a small bird running desperately for its life from a crow, little did he know how much joy and learning the day would bring.  The full story is in our blog A Lucky Rescue Makes A Happy Family and in the pictures below.

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Visits To The Magpies Nests Makes The Kookaburras Talk

The birds love us visiting their patch to look at their nests and catch a glimpse of their chicks.  Most of the time, their nests are too high up in the trees for us to get a look inside.  But once the babes are bigger and peer over the edge, we can introduce ourselves.  Sometimes the chicks even call us and stand up to show themselves.  Maggie and Vicky have always proudly shown us their nests and babes.  Larry and Harrie, the grey butcherbirds too.   read more »

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Babblers Trusted Our Dogs

Babblers are small, flock birds that often fall prey to predators.  Their size and vulnerability however does not stop them from making friends with other species.

The babblers loved our dogs, because they knew they were safe when the dogs were around. Both Scotty and Benny would chase any hawks that tried to land on the gate or trees in our yard.  read more »

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