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Bird Story - June 2009

Pigeonalia 17

June 27th 2009 15:42

It is feeding time again, and here we see Dusty waiting impatiently for his beak at the seed dish. Scruff looks up after a beakful, and the others go gobble, gobble, gobble…

Next, we see a thirtsy young Scruff taking advantage of the fact that I work at home and so can refill the water tub EVERY time it gets empty or bathed in.

Finally a couple of shots of two regular pigeons - above we have scurff and below old sore eye. The black scurff with the sore eye being new sore eye…

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Pigeonalia 16

June 24th 2009 15:51

A few more pigeon photos…
(I hope to have got some shots of a red wattlebird on the camera - but have yet to load them onto the computer)

Here we see 'King Dusty' and his bowing servants, or perhaps Sergeant Dusty inspecting the backsides of his brigade - ha, ha! Truth to tell - Dusty grabbed first sitting and the stood back while the rest of the troop rushed in to gobble up the leftovers!

And here is our favored fellow dancing on the doorstep, while the city gang gobble onward, obliviously….

Finally, Dusty performs a solo music act whilst his admirers mush over him in the moshpit, lol… Actually, Dusty bit any neck attached to a beak that dared steal a single seed of 'his' until he had had his fill, but…..

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Pigeonalia 15

June 23rd 2009 01:56

Sorry folks, but here is another bunch of pigeon photos! I will try to take a hike to Corrimal or up Mt Keira soon, so as to have something other than pigeon pics to share!!

Firstly, Dusty stands on my doorstep after his dinner. He may be simply resting, but that look in his eye means 'Bring on the seconds, lady - c'mon…' White Spot is simply resting after a large belly-fill, while Speckley investigates the path for any stray seeds…

Moments later, Speckley and White Spot are lookin at me with their 'more, more, MORE, pleaseeeeeeee' beg-filled eyes. Dusty has claimed the 'closest' spot to me, just in case…

Finally for today, here is a shot of Black Scruff. Well, one of three Black Scruffs… This is one of last month's youngsters, the second Black Scruff. But two days ago I spotted a third - and the poor lil fellow has a gunky eye. I am not sure if it is a new baby and the eye is not yet opened properly, as was the case with Sore Eye, or if there is some form of cancerous growth on the eyelid. Further encounters will tell...

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Pigeonalia 14

June 19th 2009 17:14

Oh no, I hear my regular readers groan - not MORE pigeon pictures! Whilst several other happenings have happened in our back yard of late, I have taken no walks amongst exotic or unusual species due to inclement weather conditions and lack of time. I did manage to drag my camera t the back doorstep and take a few shots of our city gang feasting on their dinner seeds, though!

Firstly, we have Silver Scruff, Scruff, Speckley, and Dusty at the dinner dish

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Pigeonalia 13

June 18th 2009 00:05

There has recently been a spurt of baby pigeons. I have yet to see the offspring and return of Smokey and Spotty, Baby or Bebe, but Dusty and the city gang have produced several newbies to admire and grow to know.

There is a new member of the Black Scruff tribe - with multiple half-grown feathers sticking out like a punk hairdo. Its wide open eyes regarded me yesterday, as if trying to make out what exactly I was - a human that gave seed and water and did not shoo it away? Unheard of

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Back yard update 2

June 15th 2009 14:59

I tossed down some seed one evening last week, and went away for about a half minute from the door, expecting to see a bunch of pigeons munching away on m return. Instead, I saw a few pigeons and a quartet of rainbow lorikeets! I was able to observe that lorikeets are bossy little birds - they kept jumping on the pigeon's tail feathers and screeching to shoo them away from 'their' food course! I was also able to observe that lorikeets can both walk and hop - I can learn something new quite often, just by standing lazily on my doorstep!!

Another night, I witnessed five pigeons being very polite. Instead of the usual squabbling and fighting, they each waited their own turn to use the water bowl as a bath! This was quite amazing, as they usually bite each others feathers and jump on top of one another to hasten proceedings rather than show such patience. I wonder if they have picked up the vibe from my own studies and life improvements or if they were just having a well-behaved day

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Back yard update 1

June 11th 2009 15:12

The pied currawong was munching a lump of homemade bread on our lawn - when a cheeky and brave little myna bird shot up and chased it away to steal the food! You would not expect a smaller bird to approach such a 'giant'.

The myna birds were hanging out on our Hills Hoist. 8 of them sat on it, letting the rain fall down around them, just sitting, dreaming… every so often, one or two might hop to another prong or depart to the poinsettia tree instead, to return later… They were there for at least a half hour

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More about pied currawongs

June 8th 2009 15:28

Here is a short extract about currawongs from the book I authored in 2007, "OUR AUSTRALIAN FEATHERED FRIENDS" - available at www.lulu.com/winterbear

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More pictures of pied currawongs

June 5th 2009 14:36

As promised, here are some more pictures from the recent visit to our privet tree by seven pied currawongs.

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A privet full of pied currawongs

June 4th 2009 03:59

I have finally taken some new photos to share - after a run of rainy and dull weather and my neighbor shooing away most of our pigeons. I happened to be about to do the washing up, and taking a glance out of the kitchen window spotted SEVEN pied currawongs feasting on the seeds or berries or whatever there is in our privet tree.

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Pigeonalia 12

June 2nd 2009 15:44

I am beginning to wonder what became of the birds that were born on next door's roof. I know that BabyNob flew into my son's bedroom window and then walked along the path and found a place to die near to his birth-nest, next door. I know that Smokey married Spotty and disappeared in the day to go make baby pigeons - although his greed for seed brought him back several times a week until recently. I have not seen them for over a month now though.

The twin pure-whites, Baby and Bebe also seem to have vanished. Bebe moved out with a lover and came home for seed-feeds, but has not been seen for several weeks - a little too long for it just to be baby birds. Baby used to live on our house for the longest time of them all, but still, now too he has left us - and does not come back for seed

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