bird behaviour

The birds love having a few short naps during the day.  We call them 'trancing' because they look like they have gone into a trance.  In this slideshow we catch Dimpy the pied-butcherbird go off into a trance with Renuthri his Noisy-miner friend and other noisy-miner cousins keeping watch around him.

The magpies, currawongs, butcherbirds, noisy-miners - they are all friends and interact daily in many ways. They play with each other, negotiate with each other, tease each other and help each other.  This slideshow tells a really cute story that we have seen played out in many variations.

Good old friends Maggie and Minnie have shared many adventures from the beginning.  Maggie always left some food for Minnie and Minnie would always fetch Maggie.  A true friend to the end, Minnie sat on the cage, encouraging Maggie to enter and let us help him, when he fell sick in his last days.

The pictures below are from the days of prolonged drought and show Maggie, Kerry (butcherbird) and Minnie walking, drinking and sharing their lives together.

Maggie Magpie and Minnie Noisy-miner are long time friends.  Here they enjoy a drink together.   Maggie's daughter Sparky ( two years old)  also want to join them while her juvenile sister Wendy waits her turn.