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Vicky Rejects a Suitor
27 June, 2009 - 12:02 — RonLast week there was a new, nervous young male magpie paying us a visit. He was doing his best to show us he was brave and intelligent, and he came right up to our glass back door, and when we went outside, he would hold his ground and try to show how he was not going to be frightened, but equally he wanted to say hello and get to know the humans. read more »
Quails Check Out their Human Neighbours
19 June, 2009 - 12:55 — GitieA quail family came over to the door. Fortunately the camera was nearby. They are so cute the way the their little feet patter around. See the video below and click here for the full story and slideshow.
Vicky being courted?
15 June, 2009 - 20:02 — RonWe've been worried about Maggie's widow Vicky, and whether she is going to find a new mate, so Saturday morning when she came to say hello, I had a long chat with her. The way this works is, you just talk, expressing all the things on your mind. She can't understand human words, of course, but if you talk long enough, she will follow your body language and get the drift.
So I talked: "We can't understand what is happening Vicky? Are you looking for a new mate? You have to show us, because we humans are really very stupid." read more »
Our Sweet Maggie Magpie (2000 - 2009)
3 February, 2009 - 10:52 — GitieToday we share some sad news with our readers.
Our darling Maggie magpie has passed on. He had been looking unwell for a few weeks. He was not limping but looked stressed, so at first we thought he might have sprained himself in a joust with the birds in the gully and would recover in time with a bit of rest and relaxation. read more »
Strange doings of the butcherbirds
30 May, 2009 - 14:57 — RonI told you about the conference the pied butcherbirds held on our mulberry tree. Since then, we have not seen Gerry's parents Freddy and Terry. Remember, Gerry is their nine months old bub. Gerry has been holding the main butcherbird territory all by himself every since. Two of the five of the newcomer birds think they have the right to live there with Gerry, and they have had a few arguments about who is allowed to take food where. read more »
Now It's a Butcherbird Conference!
12 May, 2009 - 19:39 — RonI went outside this morning to say hello to Gerry, our local pied butcherbird juvenile, only to find that on the mulberry tree were Gerry and four adults. Gerry's family only has two adults.
What's up? The other week the intruder group of pied butcherbirds had made a sortie or two over our place and got Freddy, Terry, and Gerry all stirred up, but this time there didn't seem to be any conflict going on at all. read more »
Good Night Larry!
9 May, 2009 - 13:42 — RonLast night I knew I would be busy just when it got dark, so I went our ten minutes earlier than normal and called out goodnight to all our birds. read more »
Teddy/Tom Return
3 May, 2009 - 17:22 — RonTeddy and Tommy were one year's kids from our darling Butch and Cas pied butcherbird family. You may remember Butch got sick and we had to take her to the vet for treatment, and after she recovered, B&C left one of their eldest kids, Freddy, in their territory and 'went on a world cruise' - that is, they left the hard work of raising another family to their son Freddy. read more »
Georgie Magpie has left home?
30 April, 2009 - 15:05 — RonGeorgie Magpie has not returned. The day we last saw her, we were getting some help from a friend doing home renovations, so we couldn't pay as much attention as usual, and our magpies would have been wary of the presence of other humans, so it may be they were trying to tell us where Georgie was going but we weren't listening. read more »
Where's Georgie Magpie?
22 April, 2009 - 19:19 — RonThe last three days we haven't seen Georgie, Vicky and Maggie's youngest and, for Maggie, his last child. Georgie would be about eight (months) now, and she has been missing once or twice before, so even though we are worried, this is normal behaviour for a magpie youngster. read more »
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