Submitted by Gitie on 7 June, 2010 - 17:44
Babblers although larger than noisy-miners are still small, gentle birds that can be easily preyed upon by hawks and other predators. They stay in their family groups, constantly moving and flitting about so as to confuse any hungry eyes watching them with the wrong intentions. They are generally very shy and quite nervous birds and don't project the immense self-confidence that we've seen in quails for instance.
They like hovering in muddy patches, or near gravel, stone, logs and barks looking for insects.
We noticed their friendship with the magpies soon after we became friends with Maggie and his sisters Cindy and Tammie.
Submitted by Gitie on 29 April, 2010 - 21:35
Koels are shy and elusive birds. They tend to hide behind the thick foliage of fruit trees, hoping no one notices them while they eat their fill. The slightest hint that they are being watched causes them to fly off and find a more remote spot.
Submitted by Ron on 22 October, 2009 - 11:45
Here is Curly, the one-eyed currawong. Curly and the winter currawong mob (maybe a hundred birds) left for greener pastures about four weeks ago, but I've been looking for curly in case he decided to stay for the summer.
Submitted by Ron on 10 September, 2009 - 14:17
Our queen Vicky magpie has been free of flu symptoms for a week now, so we are cautiously optimistic that she has beaten the illness that took our pied butcherbirds Gerry and Teddles. But the visits to the nest seem to have been a false alarm; no one has been sitting on any eggs this week as far as we can tell. So we took a walk up the road yesterday and asked our magpies what's up this year.
Submitted by Ron on 24 August, 2009 - 12:03
As our beautiful queen magpie Vicky is not feeling well right now, I decided to go and visit her. I walked along the road and spotted her in a tree in our side paddock. I called out hello, and took one step off the road towards the fence. Suddenly, I was confronted by one of our noisy miner friends, screaming loudly at me and looking down:
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Here is Curly, the one-eyed currawong. Curly and the winter currawong mob (maybe a hundred birds) left for greener pastures about four weeks ago, but I've been looking for curly in case he decided to stay for the summer.
