http://www.birdstory.com/ Some of my friends live in our yard, others visit it, still others live elsewhere and I visit them. Come and read about all my feathered friends... en Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:52:00 GMT Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:52:00 GMT info@birdstory.com info@birdstory.com http://www.birdstory.com/images/new-bs.JPG http://www.birdstory.com/ http://www.birdstory.com/bird-blindness/ I did a little research and discovered that cataracts in birds are quite common and that a veterinary surgeon can operate to remove the cataract in some cases. I do... http://www.birdstory.com/bird-blindness/#comments http://www.birdstory.com/bird-blindness/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:52:00 GMT http://www.birdstory.com/bird-update/ I managed to get a piccie of a red wattlebird & an 'almost' photograph also. Alas, they are not yet locally tame, so I had to use the full zoom... http://www.birdstory.com/bird-update/#comments http://www.birdstory.com/bird-update/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:45:00 GMT http://www.birdstory.com/pigeon-update-for-june/ As I mentioned in my last post, I have not spent very much time mingling with my feathered friends recently, due to being tied to the study and my computer... http://www.birdstory.com/pigeon-update-for-june/#comments http://www.birdstory.com/pigeon-update-for-june/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:20:00 GMT http://www.birdstory.com/the-laundry-meal/ I have spent the past 10 days stuck in the study, therefore not seeing much of what has been going on in the yard apart from at seed-feed times. Buying... http://www.birdstory.com/the-laundry-meal/#comments http://www.birdstory.com/the-laundry-meal/ Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:07:00 GMT http://www.birdstory.com/heron-returning/ Our friend the heron is back, though I had not seen him for some time recently. As you can see, we have conveniently left our back yard grass fairly long... http://www.birdstory.com/heron-returning/#comments http://www.birdstory.com/heron-returning/ Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:35:00 GMT http://www.birdstory.com/pigs-around-the-place/ The city pigeons fly in in bunches numbering from 2 up to a half dozen or more. They swoop down from the clouds and hang out in our yard. Here... http://www.birdstory.com/pigs-around-the-place/#comments http://www.birdstory.com/pigs-around-the-place/ Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:56:00 GMT http://www.birdstory.com/berrybirds/ The city pigeons seem to be enjoying our privet tree recently. I managed to grab a couple of photos of some of them sneaking the berries to eat - after... http://www.birdstory.com/berrybirds/#comments http://www.birdstory.com/berrybirds/ Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:32:00 GMT http://www.birdstory.com/cockatoo-invasion-3/ Spotty got a little adventurous - she never usually goes near other birds, except occasionally the pigeons if she is starving. Maybe she is forgetting to be shy. Just so... http://www.birdstory.com/cockatoo-invasion-3/#comments http://www.birdstory.com/cockatoo-invasion-3/ Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:27:00 GMT http://www.birdstory.com/cockatoo-invasion-2/ I could not stop myself. There I was, throwing out pieces of unwanted spice-bread and snapping pictures of the cockatoos as they munched in delight. Looking up afterwards, I spotted... http://www.birdstory.com/cockatoo-invasion-2/#comments http://www.birdstory.com/cockatoo-invasion-2/ Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:19:00 GMT http://www.birdstory.com/cockatoo-invasion-1/ Every so often, I will hear a screech or two, or even more. Oftentimes, it is caused by a cockatoo in the yard, investigating the bird seed tray, checking for... http://www.birdstory.com/cockatoo-invasion-1/#comments http://www.birdstory.com/cockatoo-invasion-1/ Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:20:00 GMT http://www.birdstory.com/runaway-boys-and-blind-birds/ I apologize to regular readers for not having posted much lately - I have had a major family drama 'time-out' from writing and have only loaded pre-written blogs, and I... http://www.birdstory.com/runaway-boys-and-blind-birds/#comments http://www.birdstory.com/runaway-boys-and-blind-birds/ Fri, 30 May 2008 14:26:00 GMT http://www.birdstory.com/myna-birds-and-pigeons-on-the-lawn/2/ I managed to catch our friendly myna bird pecking about on the lawn in a couple of photographs. He was after the same food as our friendly visiting flock of... http://www.birdstory.com/myna-birds-and-pigeons-on-the-lawn/2/#comments http://www.birdstory.com/myna-birds-and-pigeons-on-the-lawn/2/ Mon, 26 May 2008 15:05:00 GMT http://www.birdstory.com/dove-love/ When we first fed the birds a few crumbs and the magpies a little cheese, our yard seemed to be filled with turtle-doves & whistling pigeons. We amassed a visitation... http://www.birdstory.com/dove-love/#comments http://www.birdstory.com/dove-love/ Wed, 21 May 2008 16:40:00 GMT http://www.birdstory.com/looking-back-over-the-past-two-weeks/1/ Taking a look across the past two weeks, other than our well-established abundance of pigeons, we have had quite a variety of visitors in the yard. Although I have been... http://www.birdstory.com/looking-back-over-the-past-two-weeks/1/#comments http://www.birdstory.com/looking-back-over-the-past-two-weeks/1/ Mon, 19 May 2008 19:50:00 GMT http://www.birdstory.com/dusty-scruff-and-a-pigeonwannabe/ I managed to capture a fairly good shot of Dusty recently. All the pigeons tend to hunt for dessert-seeds on the lawn after eating their main meal at the dish... http://www.birdstory.com/dusty-scruff-and-a-pigeonwannabe/#comments http://www.birdstory.com/dusty-scruff-and-a-pigeonwannabe/ Fri, 16 May 2008 17:59:00 GMT