Winter started early with icy rain instead of sun. Things brightened up when I saw a family group of Fairy Wrens that live at the house though.
27 May 2020
15 May 2020
71. Chick Number 2
The second Grey Shrike-thrush to hatch was the piggy in the middle. Not the largest, it emerged from the egg the day after the first. An expert at craning her neck over the top of the smallest chick, it was fed twice as much, doing whatever it could to ensure it would survive.
03 May 2020
28 April 2020
69. Chick Number 1
When Greedy first flopped out of the
nest, he immediately flew 20 metres out of the garage. Directly into daylight over our
driveway, he seemed shocked, simultaneously running out of steam and having a crisis of confidence.
24 April 2020
68. Wagtails in the Wilderness
I’d been walking near the house, but needed to go further away. Three
weeks of staying home meant I had a bit of cabin fever.
12 April 2020
08 April 2020
01 April 2020
65. Nest in a Toolbox: Part 2
In my previous post, I said we were in for hard times, for sorrow and sad times. This week I lost my mother, the dearest woman in the world to me.
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