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| Currawong stays alert between drinks |
Currawongs have been coming to our bird bath. They do savor a drink and a splash. I love hearing the calls of currawongs.
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| Rainbow lorikeets |
Lorikeets chatter and screech,
continuously, but their brilliant colours make one forget to notice
noise levels. Two kinds of lorikeets have gathered at the birdbath
today: rainbow lorikeets with blue heads and scaly-breasted
lorikeets (slightly smaller) with green heads.
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| Rainbow Lorikeets and Scaly-breasted Lorikeets |
The birdbath has a circumference of
~114 cm (~45”) . The lorikeets squabble if more than six gather
around the rim. I infer that lorikeets like to occupy a personal
space of about 18 cm (~7”). If each bird is about 5 cm (2”) wide,
that provides 10 cm (5”) or so between each bird. I assume that
distance is a little further than necessary to nip a neighbour's
leg. ETA: Lo and behold, I just saw 11 lorikeets crowded around the rim. There goes my avian personal space theory.
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| Great Bowerbird |
The Great Bowerbird is another
welcome visitor. One bowerbird regularly admires/attacks its
reflection in the windows of the weaving room. We also encounter this
bird in the shower room excitedly conversing with its reflection in
the mirror whenever we forget to turn the mirror to face the wall
after each use. I can't judge the bird as too foolish since both my
husband and I have found ourselves talking back with vehemence at
newsreaders on tv.
We're slowly getting over the habit of
watching tv news, like we got over the habit of reading printed
newspapers. When we lived in California some 25 years ago, my husband
bought and read a newspaper every day. Nowadays we find most of our
news online through forums of interest and blogs. On occasion when I
can't resist seeking a traditional news fix, I look at The Guardian
newspaper online. Most often I wind up feeling like I've slowed down
to look at a wreck on the freeway.
Watching native birds visit the birdbath
makes me feel content on these warm autumn days.
Post by M in JaM
Photos by J in JaM
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