We had a new India Blue Peacock. Mr Popples liked hiding in the back garden; but popped his blue head up every once in a while to surprise me. In the garage he blocked me from driving to work. Demanding food for rite of passage, he became the gatekeeper. The bird was out of favour. Then I saw him preening.
25 January 2020
60. Perfect Preening
We had a new India Blue Peacock. Mr Popples liked hiding in the back garden; but popped his blue head up every once in a while to surprise me. In the garage he blocked me from driving to work. Demanding food for rite of passage, he became the gatekeeper. The bird was out of favour. Then I saw him preening.
04 January 2020
59. Saving Baby in the Sink
Mum always says I should start the new
year like I mean to continue. The 1st of January 2020 I saved a bird. Not just any bird, but a fledgling of the Pizza-oven
bucket-bird I love. If I continue saving birds for 1% of the next 9 years
and 364 days, I’ll be happy.
31 December 2019
58. The Bird Who Saved Christmas
23 December 2019
57. Fire, Smoke, Birds and Beasts
A thunderstorm on December 10th produced no rain. Bolts of lightning struck the ground and 4 fires started instead. Twelve days on, 2 bushfires are still blazing with no sign of when they’ll be put out. It might be months.
16 December 2019
06 December 2019
23 November 2019
54. The Rainbow's Proposal
Looking out at sunset, the last rays of the day hit gold. The bird’s head was lit, shining like precious metal. This is the one I’d been watching and waiting for. My favourite bird-the Rainbow Bee-eater.
Two
years ago, when I was flirting with bird-watching, there was a wow moment.
Watering pot plants I looked up to see a bright coloured bird swoop through the air snatching a bee on the wing.
07 November 2019
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)