Slowly I'm seeing more birds coming into the garden, turtledoves, grass parrots, lorikeets, crested pigeons and rosellas to add to the squawky wattlebirds and plovers and mudlarks. and two sulphur crested cockatoos yesterday :0). There is a pair of mudlarks nesting in the tree outside the back door, close enough to zoom in on progress each day. today must be about day 13, they're just about ready to fledge. it's amazing - you can almost see them grow before your eyes.
day one
day three pin feathers appearing
day five - suddenly they're black and white
day 8 big enough to reach over the top
DAY 10 - the chicks are almost as big as the parents, cleaning their wings and preening
Rainbow lorikeets have been showing an interest in the bird boxes that were in the trees when i moved in. i'll be interested to see if any birds actually nest in them
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