Misc 2025

Dinner as served to me by my wife on Friday 03/01/25.

After Christmas as we farewelled a daughter and her family this magpie took advantage of the open front door and walked in. We found this after the family had left. I first saw the bird on the kitchen floor looking at the refrigerator from different angles. Then it saw us and it walked around the house a bit pausing in the bathroom. We then got out of its way so it walked directly from here back to the front door and when outside it flew down to the grass and garden.

Some people like to make a gingerbread house at Christmas time...

A bench in a place which decades ago would have had a scenic rural view. See PiP for plaque. February 2025. HBM to my viewers for 24/02/25.

We have an interesting view out our lounge room window. Around September last year after my wife had done some weeding and mulching with old lawn cuttings some bower birds started using this as a bower.They haven't built any vertical walls as I have seen elsewhere. Multiple males have been using it to display and as a source of blue things to take away to another place. The blue items are mostly clothes pegs and bottle tops. This photo shows a young male re-arranging the decorations. They are generally sensitive to us. If they see any movement through the window they fly away. australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/satin-bowerbird