tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18227366646556039032024-03-13T20:12:04.997+11:00 BIRDS of KILMORE, AUSTRALIAFlora, Fauna and Geography
KILMORE,VICTORIA,
AUSTRALIA
Paul Duffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041483573899578837noreply@blogger.comBlogger190125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822736664655603903.post-60696251014288801422024-02-05T17:48:00.000+11:002024-02-05T17:48:05.880+11:00BLACK-SHOULDERED KITE<h4 style="text-align: left;"> Black-shouldered Kite <i>Elanus axillaris</i></h4><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNB6Kglii6eS_WhEjBKoc4_fgmjre1_brewsHfjzzSsRbEuRXaWtqwieEXVG3A_8anIYXLPr3WmXHpag7sNSVZLQ8-ktGhLXaUhWTUGj2Z55wroDP2zWSVMzATHnR6EDamGWf5Dih-VOc3BQL6Xlq59CUDOwJBcmUFdXXFbLusinAuWdXZC_mKomqggTh0/s4824/0O3A5750-SharpenAI-Focus.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3038" data-original-width="4824" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNB6Kglii6eS_WhEjBKoc4_fgmjre1_brewsHfjzzSsRbEuRXaWtqwieEXVG3A_8anIYXLPr3WmXHpag7sNSVZLQ8-ktGhLXaUhWTUGj2Z55wroDP2zWSVMzATHnR6EDamGWf5Dih-VOc3BQL6Xlq59CUDOwJBcmUFdXXFbLusinAuWdXZC_mKomqggTh0/w612-h386/0O3A5750-SharpenAI-Focus.JPG" width="612" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">This bird sat for several hours on a television aerial, just sitting and watching. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf7wngF6q8pMBTM1i-_7MJWJF7_tFgfIJ3rWqtV26Gi7iLTMvoSxjNo-r2TlR3LfqT_90wGRKcM0kZWeLTghh8mYGisMgHnk_UWgL7EU-fadC_T1rswDUlw5-OTCDaph6O7WcaqefMMTTJIyfDb7cIianfmbddaMMg92Ox6CQW3dgKWTqEUpDyK4dkbo1y/s3606/Publish.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2641" data-original-width="3606" height="453" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf7wngF6q8pMBTM1i-_7MJWJF7_tFgfIJ3rWqtV26Gi7iLTMvoSxjNo-r2TlR3LfqT_90wGRKcM0kZWeLTghh8mYGisMgHnk_UWgL7EU-fadC_T1rswDUlw5-OTCDaph6O7WcaqefMMTTJIyfDb7cIianfmbddaMMg92Ox6CQW3dgKWTqEUpDyK4dkbo1y/w620-h453/Publish.JPG" width="620" /></a></div><br /> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Its brilliant white plumage fluttered all around its body, making it look twice as big as it really was. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwdYAwa0RuDKgfnajfwgyVVhvwJjSW5OWUyG0X3siIhs9iiLv_Nf8KKDPdToV5fU3thgSzRGKy_TdG5D-9QUWjqmXJH_v3sLz_4Zm77UAvN4FmAbZgLHxPq9OnyQ7Xx1s-RIOT5LmzevsO3AlUmwqHZraLAvEna4z8pyu0pitlSOJFrmuagTT0-6im84Tt/s1428/0O3A5761.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1105" data-original-width="1428" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwdYAwa0RuDKgfnajfwgyVVhvwJjSW5OWUyG0X3siIhs9iiLv_Nf8KKDPdToV5fU3thgSzRGKy_TdG5D-9QUWjqmXJH_v3sLz_4Zm77UAvN4FmAbZgLHxPq9OnyQ7Xx1s-RIOT5LmzevsO3AlUmwqHZraLAvEna4z8pyu0pitlSOJFrmuagTT0-6im84Tt/s320/0O3A5761.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I had watched several of these birds hunting along the road, hovering and then dropping quickly into the long grass. Perhaps they had had a successful morning and were now just watching, and digesting what the morning's meal.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQHyqcNoTFOF-4_l9ZfVi3jLxt0X8y0sAckXTu0mTgExCq4pq4TMaH8Pmy7blkz2HtHQk5pEnGVCgxfV8Z1u8cnn9y2apiibOAH8bof-D5kPnxgV_zUUSw-z82mRKt6yG1ql5YW76enFkBTsFp-P61JJAqEJQy3WNen2GzIjsS7zuIyh2Kj1dC8Zavwzbw/s1720/0O3A5755-SharpenAI-Focus.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1247" data-original-width="1720" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQHyqcNoTFOF-4_l9ZfVi3jLxt0X8y0sAckXTu0mTgExCq4pq4TMaH8Pmy7blkz2HtHQk5pEnGVCgxfV8Z1u8cnn9y2apiibOAH8bof-D5kPnxgV_zUUSw-z82mRKt6yG1ql5YW76enFkBTsFp-P61JJAqEJQy3WNen2GzIjsS7zuIyh2Kj1dC8Zavwzbw/w513-h373/0O3A5755-SharpenAI-Focus.JPG" width="513" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Paul Duffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041483573899578837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822736664655603903.post-47116703563490131002024-01-12T14:38:00.001+11:002024-01-12T14:38:17.636+11:00KOOKABURRA<h4 style="text-align: left;">Laughing Kookaburra <i>Dacelo novaeguineae</i></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><i> </i></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> It has one of the most iconic of all bird calls in Australia.</span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">As a child I would watch the Movietone News if I was ever lucky enough to go to 'The Pictures' on a Saturday afternoon. I remember fondly the introduction to each episode featuring the images and voices of the kookaburras. Those of you who are old enough might also remember seeing and hearing them.</span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> <br /></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfQ_X81XvHjddLudgr4xOmPT_ikAp25YKDc58ViEQFDyzRqEf_alv5V5W8k7b7sKiug1nGy-Js3Hfn4z10uLuDS3bxeiwlttqEPCykqdYqjG9bN0CgFGKmPs_MKXyhvlC-lU9FwU3D_2sLwMvj3AtSlR__mkZIYDUUk8MzYjLP5HWwGNSpC3rTNFNEMzb/s1366/Kookaburras.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1366" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMfQ_X81XvHjddLudgr4xOmPT_ikAp25YKDc58ViEQFDyzRqEf_alv5V5W8k7b7sKiug1nGy-Js3Hfn4z10uLuDS3bxeiwlttqEPCykqdYqjG9bN0CgFGKmPs_MKXyhvlC-lU9FwU3D_2sLwMvj3AtSlR__mkZIYDUUk8MzYjLP5HWwGNSpC3rTNFNEMzb/w588-h330/Kookaburras.png" width="588" /></a></div><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">They are beautiful birds, despite their rather dumpy bodies and their large heads. Large and dumpy they may seem but wonderfully balanced as they sit quietly and patiently on a tree branch, ever watchful to see what is moving around on the ground below. </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Despite their loveliness they are great hunters, swooping to the ground to take small, sometimes large snakes, lizards, mice, small birds, small mammals and insects. </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiESoDBq9t_3r8kIj8UNCs7vm0WWshcJHs18UrEc7uVr0wX-77U1WL_9_KXv7IecgLVpNPbqMRyT9hyqgAytn-4B1E-tAxG59MymiZRosRVeY-m7CBgwTHKRnarVzETf_BCAtovSXK1QraSTiq4ePcIRy0i8ve9bpKtZGUXvKqso3sdcIxoO4jcAfhVn9Da/s1460/Hospital%20Reservoir-1-12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="973" data-original-width="1460" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiESoDBq9t_3r8kIj8UNCs7vm0WWshcJHs18UrEc7uVr0wX-77U1WL_9_KXv7IecgLVpNPbqMRyT9hyqgAytn-4B1E-tAxG59MymiZRosRVeY-m7CBgwTHKRnarVzETf_BCAtovSXK1QraSTiq4ePcIRy0i8ve9bpKtZGUXvKqso3sdcIxoO4jcAfhVn9Da/w458-h305/Hospital%20Reservoir-1-12.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8cHhu5sD0gCabXM65MZOQUbuKekA9g-S5qLCAgaWZi76A_BMLWpE0MYOq9YJoU_YI-dSLyWgWtdxLFcDMdJqwuYHNauDXCF9W91vIkxu0yLa6khUEjMDUKT1qIeuD-64as9tXlbMT1jzAeDuF6V9tD5iaXYg6skJ0Vw4PjeTixiWLfj3LBX66BOVeOVr/s1460/Porepunkah-1-25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="973" data-original-width="1460" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8cHhu5sD0gCabXM65MZOQUbuKekA9g-S5qLCAgaWZi76A_BMLWpE0MYOq9YJoU_YI-dSLyWgWtdxLFcDMdJqwuYHNauDXCF9W91vIkxu0yLa6khUEjMDUKT1qIeuD-64as9tXlbMT1jzAeDuF6V9tD5iaXYg6skJ0Vw4PjeTixiWLfj3LBX66BOVeOVr/w556-h370/Porepunkah-1-25.jpg" width="556" /></a></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i> </i>The wattlebirds are such a common bird in the Kilmore area, it is sometimes easy to forget how interesting and beautiful they are. </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> They are large, noisy, aggressive and like to 'push around' the more placid birds in the area, demanding the best access to the flowering trees.<br /></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7HfQQB7RVXgEpRgoSywBDBsbfCmiU0MMym71BTR2kH5Ii-wBy_7IB80inEYKQeqTBoOhd44rrBUTGtN-oUO3U9RvQkb5fq7G7n9jhuEciDs7ZadodH0quMjYSDhc1AMBTJ8mljdHFFVoZK1jAfE61F8msqbcxbroXTLm7zA6VZmV0ee-1P_baNFl-fC4J/s1460/Porepunkah-1-28.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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This group of birds was very busy in a row of Grevillea Robusta, Silky Oak trees, adjacent to the Kilmore Golf course. There were young amongst the group, identifiable by the lack of the red cheek wattles. </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpXk__gwFMKC2NLM_ZVYtu2hWJUVgai3xC4or9HrHquzRJx_QEaySiZxvEh7CUojGIa-pbH_Wd0-HSpqErlxV8CE2lZBracOJF7kVJ2XgBsp_YsfaXUbavRWzL7IsGhTksnFdrUC7dZLV7l6ZtTXUjn9nrIzWq_AQOPGhaFcpnEu-4TXdu3e8hUCKX3v7r/s1460/Porepunkah-1-31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="973" data-original-width="1460" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpXk__gwFMKC2NLM_ZVYtu2hWJUVgai3xC4or9HrHquzRJx_QEaySiZxvEh7CUojGIa-pbH_Wd0-HSpqErlxV8CE2lZBracOJF7kVJ2XgBsp_YsfaXUbavRWzL7IsGhTksnFdrUC7dZLV7l6ZtTXUjn9nrIzWq_AQOPGhaFcpnEu-4TXdu3e8hUCKX3v7r/w400-h266/Porepunkah-1-31.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Hence their name 'Wattlebird' as opposed to be named after the common wattle trees in our area.</span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The wattlebirds used to be the first birds we would hear each morning. Quite early, whilst still dark we would hear the 'Quock, quock' sounds of the early risers which became more harsh grating or barking 'hrarrrkkk-a-krak' as they begin the busy time of feeding. Now it is the vagrant Koel who wakes us ant any time of the day or night with its ubiquitous calling<br /></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">They Wattlebirds beautiful and interesting birds, often maligned for their harsh voices and cheeky aggressiveness, very similar to many of our enthusiastic and cheeky young people with their sometimes harsh voices who can also delight us every day. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /></h4>Paul Duffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041483573899578837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822736664655603903.post-79184030421989575432023-12-28T12:50:00.000+11:002023-12-28T12:50:14.977+11:00EASTERN KOEL<h4 style="text-align: left;"> Eastern Koel <i>Eudynamis orientalis</i></h4><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSWEe-fwXVy3XUUTIUZCQKQETxU-9EY70Z_UNZ7s-1SXEsujVHIiCJFgoiYzu_2Qvlay4nEx_kaBn5kTTGiw-y7AY0ZQwRme65A06qXiRRDc4S-krp6JBMp2v0oe-IIqDPSKUaapi5sd-4DAZj6QJUsYvfBZ0j8HaMY-7sGkiTkYo4V3ijTajEKg5vUDwQ/s1460/Koel%20Kilmore%20December%2027th%20-1-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="973" data-original-width="1460" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSWEe-fwXVy3XUUTIUZCQKQETxU-9EY70Z_UNZ7s-1SXEsujVHIiCJFgoiYzu_2Qvlay4nEx_kaBn5kTTGiw-y7AY0ZQwRme65A06qXiRRDc4S-krp6JBMp2v0oe-IIqDPSKUaapi5sd-4DAZj6QJUsYvfBZ0j8HaMY-7sGkiTkYo4V3ijTajEKg5vUDwQ/w400-h266/Koel%20Kilmore%20December%2027th%20-1-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><i> </i></div><div style="text-align: left;">For several years now, we have been visited in early<i> </i>Summer, by this very noisy black bird. He sits atop tall trees, calling incessantly, hour after hour, midday and midnight. He, and it is a male bird whose call we hear, <i>Cooo-eeeee, Cooo-eeeee, Cooo-eeees , </i>for hour after hour<i>.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75ClP-wUMvfR9ZYBAP4MVHezPBd_cGDsqkjKtFzhfEXPZjWA_E9n19WtJNYkj5AtrKJreIOc9vgPj2vFJ7_Lwj_DzfN2zucY97eoJZk8S2jZzLQsYCZ2KeO_Onqi1yU-ocKdSw-loIbalnGgY4vR305AoOSVfeaNf1zaYzzOxenhWsLN4N0FsYQVDTTCE/s1460/Koel%20Kilmore%20December%2028th%20-1-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1460" data-original-width="1108" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75ClP-wUMvfR9ZYBAP4MVHezPBd_cGDsqkjKtFzhfEXPZjWA_E9n19WtJNYkj5AtrKJreIOc9vgPj2vFJ7_Lwj_DzfN2zucY97eoJZk8S2jZzLQsYCZ2KeO_Onqi1yU-ocKdSw-loIbalnGgY4vR305AoOSVfeaNf1zaYzzOxenhWsLN4N0FsYQVDTTCE/s320/Koel%20Kilmore%20December%2028th%20-1-6.jpg" width="243" /></a></div><br /> </i> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I feel very sorry for those who might live under the tree he has chosen to roost in. The calling goes on and on, 2.00am, 6.00am, 10.00, 6.00pm and 11.pm. Many a person has had their sleep disrupted by their all night calling, If you are unsure of what the call sounds like, then try this link. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">https://xeno-canto.org/295239<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5KZlcbCR0jwy2LDTO0yrTdL4fxid23R96Y-vFVbXcD-qWYAbfn2fzYj0GMpCviH8W8Vx2V9mT6jNXa-I24SnJyliV-64bvu0vFsqFQtb71bXFY-XNy9dwm-8rrF7ws9tOyfkXhRGsN9OsCsOIFz9HmuKWHhaYpgsuoy_mCXOjzXw9nTqr0u9bEMvYZQC/s1460/Koel%20Kilmore%20December%2028th%20-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1460" data-original-width="973" height="611" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji5KZlcbCR0jwy2LDTO0yrTdL4fxid23R96Y-vFVbXcD-qWYAbfn2fzYj0GMpCviH8W8Vx2V9mT6jNXa-I24SnJyliV-64bvu0vFsqFQtb71bXFY-XNy9dwm-8rrF7ws9tOyfkXhRGsN9OsCsOIFz9HmuKWHhaYpgsuoy_mCXOjzXw9nTqr0u9bEMvYZQC/w407-h611/Koel%20Kilmore%20December%2028th%20-1.jpg" width="407" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">It had been only for the last four or five years that this bird has been visiting. Never in over forty years of living in Kilmore, have I heard it. Not until several years ago, and now every year in this early Summer period, he visits. Perching high in trees amongst the foliage, heis often difficult to see. This is a male, a black bird with a red eye, about the size of a small crow. The female is a gentle brown colouring with fine dark barring. Despite the constant calling I have not seen nor heard a response from a female bird.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The bird I have been following over several days is quite easy to
identify. His upper and lower beaks are slightly out of alignment, never quite
meeting together, I do wonder if this affects his ability to feed
himself. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeiZhZsbLC6nQcmdGvjL4MmgdEA4zG6MLs0UgigXQI0Wb-YQqnTAQtpSyHOP04Gq1MhfwTc6JqAepW-QDDiUSoz35pVKxEVDcVXJZW8G186zJSz7-EQhg4t_ufZOyXrE78ozExrvlkZ56hsDTrc37sauJud2HdL8Q7Fgtg0HlKByndVA7qRzCOfhlbuY-6/s1459/Koel%20Kilmore%20December%2028th%20-1-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1459" data-original-width="973" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeiZhZsbLC6nQcmdGvjL4MmgdEA4zG6MLs0UgigXQI0Wb-YQqnTAQtpSyHOP04Gq1MhfwTc6JqAepW-QDDiUSoz35pVKxEVDcVXJZW8G186zJSz7-EQhg4t_ufZOyXrE78ozExrvlkZ56hsDTrc37sauJud2HdL8Q7Fgtg0HlKByndVA7qRzCOfhlbuY-6/w426-h640/Koel%20Kilmore%20December%2028th%20-1-10.jpg" width="426" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The
Koel is a parasitic cuckoo and like all cuckoos will lay its eggs in
the nest of other birds. I pity the small bird who will spend the next
months raising the chick.</div></div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Paul Duffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041483573899578837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822736664655603903.post-9396512690535014092023-12-02T11:44:00.000+11:002023-12-02T11:44:15.648+11:00NEW HOLLAND HONEYEATER<p> </p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>New Holland HoneyeatersPhylidony nigra</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNuS_xaTO33z4Sk1nEZXXXl2US5lT6Jaurh2sMCXH8yvZO7uGs5OrjCXFh4V1eadDngwCQ9CjTt6wJbmrEPuLaD4JwMD9H74SxTNFhaiPlF4Gbvb6smf2Uy1j-mHnLFRU8O_Dp1oTaWyfJMHaP_-LygtF9uhcsN3msMJN9KrMEJDTzEbgRJHBOIRkCBS8/s1400/Canberra%20Botanic%20Gardens%20New%20Holland%20Honeyeater-1-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="1400" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNuS_xaTO33z4Sk1nEZXXXl2US5lT6Jaurh2sMCXH8yvZO7uGs5OrjCXFh4V1eadDngwCQ9CjTt6wJbmrEPuLaD4JwMD9H74SxTNFhaiPlF4Gbvb6smf2Uy1j-mHnLFRU8O_Dp1oTaWyfJMHaP_-LygtF9uhcsN3msMJN9KrMEJDTzEbgRJHBOIRkCBS8/w400-h266/Canberra%20Botanic%20Gardens%20New%20Holland%20Honeyeater-1-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">beautiful little birds are very visible during the Spring as they feed on the native flowers in gardens and roadsides.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMn6UHSLxwR1FxbjZ-EWZ5F_e7OT_DPrd55D4FjYQMatVPxHEpz0bf2_XoWLlU0ajtd9jyC9fweapQIsI7ISO-0axcgeqfMQa2TNqHQzOIOsuX2NhZSsspez83mx1538A6rBZrBloTNhdxTZ8XHgmG-PAhaz9f_SFPrqz3TWG0QkT4j-U8xMKMbWoAN4W/s1400/Canberra%20Botanic%20Gardens%20New%20Holland%20Honeyeater-1-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="1400" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMn6UHSLxwR1FxbjZ-EWZ5F_e7OT_DPrd55D4FjYQMatVPxHEpz0bf2_XoWLlU0ajtd9jyC9fweapQIsI7ISO-0axcgeqfMQa2TNqHQzOIOsuX2NhZSsspez83mx1538A6rBZrBloTNhdxTZ8XHgmG-PAhaz9f_SFPrqz3TWG0QkT4j-U8xMKMbWoAN4W/w441-h293/Canberra%20Botanic%20Gardens%20New%20Holland%20Honeyeater-1-3.jpg" width="441" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">They are a fast and aggressive they fly between trees and shrubs, quick to chase bigger and more powerful birds from what they see as their territory.</span><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">They seem to have become much more common in the Kilmore area over the last few years. I can scarcely remember seeing them much until the last ten years. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Perhaps it is the native plants that people are placing in their gardens that provide a more palatable and attractive food </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY16Xk9tVoBzW_W9LDW70OboCWDRIShytJWfEzVpluDbazmz4dnut5wvEkQbNTQRuC5JB6sUekphZhI6-ppK-4NRCqdeciL4BxicPuhWdue-tf5olLHQlRhxOJZUNKJsMnb5jb3flHbxbnoVdR5J2ubPTzbsy9qOCcoUzRHDhB1KEhV2JEaWPx1Vk4VXFS/s1399/Canberra%20Botanic%20Gardens%20New%20Holland%20Honeyeater-1-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="1399" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY16Xk9tVoBzW_W9LDW70OboCWDRIShytJWfEzVpluDbazmz4dnut5wvEkQbNTQRuC5JB6sUekphZhI6-ppK-4NRCqdeciL4BxicPuhWdue-tf5olLHQlRhxOJZUNKJsMnb5jb3flHbxbnoVdR5J2ubPTzbsy9qOCcoUzRHDhB1KEhV2JEaWPx1Vk4VXFS/w400-h266/Canberra%20Botanic%20Gardens%20New%20Holland%20Honeyeater-1-4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">A much better taste for them than roses and camellias s</span><span style="font-size: medium;">ource. </span><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Despite the name Honeyeater, these birds are also often seen feeding on insects which they take from the air with acrobatic skill.<b><br /><br /> </b><br /></span></p>Paul Duffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041483573899578837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822736664655603903.post-49683697818118824112023-11-11T11:45:00.009+11:002023-11-11T12:29:29.860+11:00PALLID CUCKOO<h1 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h3 style="text-align: left;">Palli Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus <br /></h3></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-82i07gJa_TQOzMnQf73xk_0zK3Yg-czBDGcDv5hb9BwynR_DN6_HKCNUjzWWV2J3N1tkFjMlTyCRoKrT5KftBREPa25aKUIVjsDCt7FS4CZv03YMOjOzhVJeRXrW3a97XjJpxDj9HBFOgksthGU-0nYqJ2WB44XRSeNSgrSEJ3Ltgc0NegnyzbSvMjVU/s1350/Cuckoo%20LR-4.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1350" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-82i07gJa_TQOzMnQf73xk_0zK3Yg-czBDGcDv5hb9BwynR_DN6_HKCNUjzWWV2J3N1tkFjMlTyCRoKrT5KftBREPa25aKUIVjsDCt7FS4CZv03YMOjOzhVJeRXrW3a97XjJpxDj9HBFOgksthGU-0nYqJ2WB44XRSeNSgrSEJ3Ltgc0NegnyzbSvMjVU/w400-h266/Cuckoo%20LR-4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></h1><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Cuckoos have been very vocal in these</div><div style="text-align: left;">early days of Spring . </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Along the timbered tracks under Mount William, the cuckoos let the world know they are about, with their loud and constant calling.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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He too has the brightly black and white flecked tail and the brilliant yellow eye ring of the female. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC7R-mth1CpKaWFjJk_RA24dMy5pj7iIPCv5lVNumxPKkMazvb0u-wTheLU3GXarEbGt0-yJ1vZ_6wMOPWXnqxUp9xYHX2II09gIo011DBavWIU802UzDBn9HZ5V9DElPXXzXInXXAEZCfLiUpOYzEV5OHu5_DtORhETZJQPlZyCVQzPEZJWoxjdpq0kU4/s900/Cuckoo%20LR-6.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC7R-mth1CpKaWFjJk_RA24dMy5pj7iIPCv5lVNumxPKkMazvb0u-wTheLU3GXarEbGt0-yJ1vZ_6wMOPWXnqxUp9xYHX2II09gIo011DBavWIU802UzDBn9HZ5V9DElPXXzXInXXAEZCfLiUpOYzEV5OHu5_DtORhETZJQPlZyCVQzPEZJWoxjdpq0kU4/w266-h400/Cuckoo%20LR-6.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The birds are quite easy to locate in the breeding times. They will call repeatedly, often perched in the open, on a tree branch, a fence wire, a post or in the case of the Fan Tailed Cuckoo in the last entry, on a clothes line wire.<br /></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"> </h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"></h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"></h1><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMMRlZQ5tnYXFQMm4MeHgGJ5ycwOsCbItGI4QNxp0jHe2UeeOUxRBb_UUwINRb_SJZwlj8e9yb8lICblIm5HjG-lStDH1BgaE4eAvd30CPedSlqaGzHEeOxbsk5Ji5i19PvVe_52BPXlKCrofk2JN3w2U64QTMfUFaffR13hssZuwgtCj9414F9WIyMqHx/s1350/Cuckoo%20LR.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1350" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMMRlZQ5tnYXFQMm4MeHgGJ5ycwOsCbItGI4QNxp0jHe2UeeOUxRBb_UUwINRb_SJZwlj8e9yb8lICblIm5HjG-lStDH1BgaE4eAvd30CPedSlqaGzHEeOxbsk5Ji5i19PvVe_52BPXlKCrofk2JN3w2U64QTMfUFaffR13hssZuwgtCj9414F9WIyMqHx/w400-h266/Cuckoo%20LR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> Like all cuckoos, the females will lay their eggs into the nests of other birds, after first ejecting the eggs or the young of the now to be host-parents. Often the host parents are smaller species than the cuckoos, robins, swallows and various honeyeaters. I have seen a poor Fairy Wren struggling to feed a young cuckoo, already twice the size of the step parent. </div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><br /> </h1><h1 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h1>Paul Duffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041483573899578837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822736664655603903.post-9815411061025086432023-09-20T14:31:00.004+10:002023-09-20T14:31:44.903+10:00<h1 style="text-align: left;">Fan-tailed Cuckoo</h1><h4 style="text-align: left;">Fan-tailed Cuckoo <i>Cacomantis flabelliformis</i></h4><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGoN_Y17Uf_Of6R9MbY_0e9X4NMfZZf03G9D0Uxo5MLBFJMUQ9na8a-qWE6Hzu-oEyKArBwyK-jwzKK5oBN90qjMjtiRRXzFnksM5juk7O17eiXsUHj_p5_76txR39WKGJZtoaRUY4CLhSwzQRFyXYZIQI7SUvwlO1vtQjsPZrmpR3wbbRb9KTbrZIRD3V/s2226/Fan-tailed%20cuckoo%20(20).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1484" data-original-width="2226" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGoN_Y17Uf_Of6R9MbY_0e9X4NMfZZf03G9D0Uxo5MLBFJMUQ9na8a-qWE6Hzu-oEyKArBwyK-jwzKK5oBN90qjMjtiRRXzFnksM5juk7O17eiXsUHj_p5_76txR39WKGJZtoaRUY4CLhSwzQRFyXYZIQI7SUvwlO1vtQjsPZrmpR3wbbRb9KTbrZIRD3V/w400-h266/Fan-tailed%20cuckoo%20(20).jpg" width="400" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">A bright and sunny morning at Willowmavin. I was walking through thick young trees which have grown up after the fierce fires of 2014. The wattles are beginning to die off and eucalypt saplings are now beginning to look like mature trees. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurkPBOqJSb8GhK-sdHA0susyiRbWIogOHLTL-AmQFLnTqFVIgNFobAYAch5G0qV2mNyyhAY6NxCbMToY7gZ6M-i93nPqLNiHnR3vbI3Kt637mAIDEGrI5ZXf9jRu-zqXcQu_F-ZJSSHAuMC-S27a9YXSlRFhGCLIuXWWrPjCq2zBus0aQ2jfSXUK7bAU6/s2226/Fan-tailed%20cuckoo%20(19).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1484" data-original-width="2226" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurkPBOqJSb8GhK-sdHA0susyiRbWIogOHLTL-AmQFLnTqFVIgNFobAYAch5G0qV2mNyyhAY6NxCbMToY7gZ6M-i93nPqLNiHnR3vbI3Kt637mAIDEGrI5ZXf9jRu-zqXcQu_F-ZJSSHAuMC-S27a9YXSlRFhGCLIuXWWrPjCq2zBus0aQ2jfSXUK7bAU6/w400-h266/Fan-tailed%20cuckoo%20(19).jpg" width="400" /></a> <br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">The cuckoo's very loud call, immediately tells the world he or she is about. The descending whistle is quite easy to identify and with a bit of quite creeping around, they can be soon found, perching on branches, fence posts or in this case, an old clothes line, where they watch and wait to feed upon insects moving about on the ground beneath them. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7aZ88p_1rXFqtthecD34AJ8Z9PQiGxEuJ_t4bmF3HarqixOsFeRb43Arn_avpJXpwAxLg4xH-8tsa3uHiJLVWmItiTc4qlkon7LDQwdYBAGhshSYaDiGYgoHtjyr9bzkukHBSsAGTDq9kXcFuCRmKROsOgYys2tTCmtex8T_5g2QKfgFTJXNgNv_avrm-/s1831/Fan-tailed%20cuckoo%20(7).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="1831" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7aZ88p_1rXFqtthecD34AJ8Z9PQiGxEuJ_t4bmF3HarqixOsFeRb43Arn_avpJXpwAxLg4xH-8tsa3uHiJLVWmItiTc4qlkon7LDQwdYBAGhshSYaDiGYgoHtjyr9bzkukHBSsAGTDq9kXcFuCRmKROsOgYys2tTCmtex8T_5g2QKfgFTJXNgNv_avrm-/w400-h266/Fan-tailed%20cuckoo%20(7).jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /> Of course cuckoos are well known for their habit laying their eggs in the nests of other birds, usually much smaller birds. They will push the eggs of the resident birds from the nest and then lay their own egg to replace those they have ousted. Generally cuckoos lay a single egg in a nest, but can lay multiple eggs across multiple nests.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii0s1Ubet0GfHWpdj0hdSieARWD1V6VAdqeI2MIeNwgy-Jo-TtnrViW354qDaVj0Uks7qnmvFl8BZDCNCJkJYDOVdqiE7qnWSTxWYHxY9cGyVU7jKiA1XDel1t2dM_BYvxYXT6CY2kMMl92ZJlYR1UbedQKfJXRad75tA22qqFoAqr7CGaGRJ-mSsNPkOs/s1731/Fan-tailed%20cuckoo%20(4).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1731" data-original-width="1154" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii0s1Ubet0GfHWpdj0hdSieARWD1V6VAdqeI2MIeNwgy-Jo-TtnrViW354qDaVj0Uks7qnmvFl8BZDCNCJkJYDOVdqiE7qnWSTxWYHxY9cGyVU7jKiA1XDel1t2dM_BYvxYXT6CY2kMMl92ZJlYR1UbedQKfJXRad75tA22qqFoAqr7CGaGRJ-mSsNPkOs/w426-h640/Fan-tailed%20cuckoo%20(4).jpg" width="426" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">It is a sad sight to see small birds, working frantically to provide food for their much larger foster brood. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Brood parasites is the expression used to describe their behavior. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Paul Duffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041483573899578837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822736664655603903.post-71844496607077362722023-09-15T20:06:00.001+10:002023-09-15T20:06:36.295+10:00NEW HOLLAND HONEYEATER<h2 style="text-align: left;"> New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaechollandiae</h2><div style="text-align: left;">Whilst
waiting for the train at Kilmore East railway station, there are many
birds to be seen, flitting in and out of the numerous native plants
between the station platform and the car-park.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU_g7Z3tbO2iuU2Ojmfvh8GENh2C-ckugscrPD8_lnU4Z5sdJ1zDfqrse8c_nFprICsYyEirOzYGLI6W_Zeb34pPk3Xdq4nS7qTY4xdBX3mjH39cuydsRx3qEuS0eQ3DxKNxqqj77hBsE6Xc9q44wA450aXI8pDdYvVBH-cxZHF3d8YRF8P79ZpcgDUHNB/s1892/Kilmore%20Station%20Sept%202023-12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1261" data-original-width="1892" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU_g7Z3tbO2iuU2Ojmfvh8GENh2C-ckugscrPD8_lnU4Z5sdJ1zDfqrse8c_nFprICsYyEirOzYGLI6W_Zeb34pPk3Xdq4nS7qTY4xdBX3mjH39cuydsRx3qEuS0eQ3DxKNxqqj77hBsE6Xc9q44wA450aXI8pDdYvVBH-cxZHF3d8YRF8P79ZpcgDUHNB/w400-h266/Kilmore%20Station%20Sept%202023-12.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixfzRG2Y6WD89stic1XvrYbZ7Y5VUXgsULtc2iubB4z8_rp5Mqb2juigLOku_vCZtpipanb6c1hvfcXx4DzPBSSLJaSIlNGY-871HuYRSzuUVd62xbwkkf5Tqfvc6pCFK2X_ZH3OhKDqTrwuFI0iDR_f_7Q2N6IjcGogwl-ji2m3xFyVcQaKplfiM4CmFZ/s1168/Kilmore%20Station%20Sept%202023-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="779" data-original-width="1168" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixfzRG2Y6WD89stic1XvrYbZ7Y5VUXgsULtc2iubB4z8_rp5Mqb2juigLOku_vCZtpipanb6c1hvfcXx4DzPBSSLJaSIlNGY-871HuYRSzuUVd62xbwkkf5Tqfvc6pCFK2X_ZH3OhKDqTrwuFI0iDR_f_7Q2N6IjcGogwl-ji2m3xFyVcQaKplfiM4CmFZ/w400-h266/Kilmore%20Station%20Sept%202023-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h2><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5WVuDV8z1gk62aGIFX-4I4F-GSwXEPfpFIin1dDuHvHW6YD9UMxbgqdwB62cmnQ9fih6pb4DOdKUM1ApEoAMMGAoTsnD0wvRe67TeDXWa114C0R80g1jWNmuLTC7X1cgJA891GckVS0Vp_YBRHuPRWmSmz5jWiexPlBC64wEuiyny9p9UBb9iCjSrS-g9/s1892/Kilmore%20Station%20Sept%202023-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1261" data-original-width="1892" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5WVuDV8z1gk62aGIFX-4I4F-GSwXEPfpFIin1dDuHvHW6YD9UMxbgqdwB62cmnQ9fih6pb4DOdKUM1ApEoAMMGAoTsnD0wvRe67TeDXWa114C0R80g1jWNmuLTC7X1cgJA891GckVS0Vp_YBRHuPRWmSmz5jWiexPlBC64wEuiyny9p9UBb9iCjSrS-g9/w400-h266/Kilmore%20Station%20Sept%202023-9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">There are numerous sparrows. They seem to centred around the old railway buildings where they have nests in the roof spaces. Magpies, rosellas, pardalotes, cockatoos, blackbirds, wattle-birds, currawongs, and wrens. The birds which attracts me most are the New Holland Honeyeaters.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZFyZNWhnYI-2vM8CMuyvgcS6VGG0EmXaYllSyw7qTWhBq9FeOytep_zZob6GEvQsmnuWsUCegFiBonMUgLa1Tx9-lcAWaBHz2hSJVMcOayb5n4ZTkpS2lFMgRzL6np_S_doPxd94mV2yVUBGKvusYP1JmhTKcPsTdMwWc5nNHrxMU7xqpvG817Yt99w5f/s2133/Kilmore%20Station%20Sept%202023-16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="2133" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZFyZNWhnYI-2vM8CMuyvgcS6VGG0EmXaYllSyw7qTWhBq9FeOytep_zZob6GEvQsmnuWsUCegFiBonMUgLa1Tx9-lcAWaBHz2hSJVMcOayb5n4ZTkpS2lFMgRzL6np_S_doPxd94mV2yVUBGKvusYP1JmhTKcPsTdMwWc5nNHrxMU7xqpvG817Yt99w5f/w400-h266/Kilmore%20Station%20Sept%202023-16.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;">They are a common bird in the Kilmore area. However they seem to maintain a small area of occupation. Kilmore is still a reasonably small town but there are places where these honeyeaters are rarely seen. Where I live I never see them. If I cross to some of the newer estates, just a kilometre away, where native gardens are more the fashion, New Holland Eaters are common. Perhaps there are too many roses, camellias, daffodils and other old world plants. Not too attractive to the honeyeaters.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjctu5MPQ4Ij5RCOw90bVHUQGBIJgVCqXDOSp1zsQYVDDcEovRbLSxObErIiLwOP_PPAUgwPq36OES5vhT5KWouMGUA6L8SUNzzQHP4yexmxmCWs7wtzyZFPp8v8z3mljWnDnZBgllIOkLHqLfxhTWqfruwUrq9hKx9ZkMDln0eRmwvNUHWzyrAHtDAWZ62/s1378/Kilmore%20Station%20Sept%202023-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1378" data-original-width="919" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjctu5MPQ4Ij5RCOw90bVHUQGBIJgVCqXDOSp1zsQYVDDcEovRbLSxObErIiLwOP_PPAUgwPq36OES5vhT5KWouMGUA6L8SUNzzQHP4yexmxmCWs7wtzyZFPp8v8z3mljWnDnZBgllIOkLHqLfxhTWqfruwUrq9hKx9ZkMDln0eRmwvNUHWzyrAHtDAWZ62/w213-h320/Kilmore%20Station%20Sept%202023-8.jpg" width="213" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">We old garden dwellers of Kilmore need to put in more and more native plants to feed these beautiful and lively visitors. Beautiful and lively they may be, but they can be very aggressive towards other birds. They can be often seen chasing the wrens and parrots away from their patch. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This morning I could see a number of birds chasing each other between the bushes, as they all seem to do at this time of the year. But amongst them were adult birds with young ones. The young ones have a darker eye than the adults, a pale brown colour, Adults have a startling white eye. A vivid white surrounding a very black pupil. They always seem to be looking at you.<br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h2>Paul Duffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041483573899578837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822736664655603903.post-71618864079538544152023-08-23T09:43:00.001+10:002023-08-23T09:43:30.460+10:00<h1 style="text-align: left;">PARDALOTE STRIATED </h1><h4 style="text-align: left;">Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus</h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">One can always find pardalotes, no matter what the weather be. nor the time of year, at Kilmore East.</span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAVAuC3zN6fQb7itfV0nGOy6V59rqm9rj7qBtpUavWJZ7BXtxbvw3RpUEOWBTstlitiLEXWloweMIXvCzcbif9MaPDQwqYM4EvkUoSQKS-8_HiayEKMTzkCoBMDW_FOXciLRzA_quSaY3kxF552kahNQUn5TooBc3dYiKEay0VWG0dP7PxMG9aaVDMt4V9/s4452/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2968" data-original-width="4452" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAVAuC3zN6fQb7itfV0nGOy6V59rqm9rj7qBtpUavWJZ7BXtxbvw3RpUEOWBTstlitiLEXWloweMIXvCzcbif9MaPDQwqYM4EvkUoSQKS-8_HiayEKMTzkCoBMDW_FOXciLRzA_quSaY3kxF552kahNQUn5TooBc3dYiKEay0VWG0dP7PxMG9aaVDMt4V9/w400-h266/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-weight: normal;">There is a colony which lives in, under and around a road bridge between Dry Creek Road and the Wandong-Broadford Road. Under this bridge are mud fairy martin nests and this is where the pardalotes lay their eggs and bring up their young.</span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRYOvDb3aNZkXJL0aIa919beuwMIP0l9dSJa9mwx5IH3bF0k9hYe3pNtuGi7GIyNJp-aJFWhhF5P3pZDmJJD9Ud52Uy77-NxzHws2XQdlnnW6k1BGh9wZfmGXj-5xWAGtSaCI1YelfUir-RL6Sw3xbcpofITNaIn5yfAxghx9AB_pGjGDIFU-KfrkgcWvd/s4600/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3067" data-original-width="4600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRYOvDb3aNZkXJL0aIa919beuwMIP0l9dSJa9mwx5IH3bF0k9hYe3pNtuGi7GIyNJp-aJFWhhF5P3pZDmJJD9Ud52Uy77-NxzHws2XQdlnnW6k1BGh9wZfmGXj-5xWAGtSaCI1YelfUir-RL6Sw3xbcpofITNaIn5yfAxghx9AB_pGjGDIFU-KfrkgcWvd/w400-h266/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-weight: normal;">At this time they re nesting. Both male and female appear to be feeding the young. One or other will approach the nest, landing on a tree branch five to ten metres out from the nest and chirp. Perhaps this is to make sure everything is clear, perhaps it is an attempt to make the nest site a little obscure for any watcher, or perhaps it is just a way of letting the mate know they are on the way.</span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-DDvkQEIZp1ZC84icOKVecdstj0-uguPThqa1GlX1-JfcdPnH2Fy86ziVfjaHUiTvg7Trea-vDwGPHOFLmIQIGHToTVZydQFfHQjR45ecAUp597PEgD_MRVRH3ChutrGuwdrmzaUSSsAhy0I3Y7KDUm0kDKtnvC4vbtp_fy-GBcY2yn1qErYMu7iAFqwJ/s2986/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1991" data-original-width="2986" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-DDvkQEIZp1ZC84icOKVecdstj0-uguPThqa1GlX1-JfcdPnH2Fy86ziVfjaHUiTvg7Trea-vDwGPHOFLmIQIGHToTVZydQFfHQjR45ecAUp597PEgD_MRVRH3ChutrGuwdrmzaUSSsAhy0I3Y7KDUm0kDKtnvC4vbtp_fy-GBcY2yn1qErYMu7iAFqwJ/w400-h266/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Whilst pardalotes are known for living in holes in the banks of creeks, I have only ever seen these in and around the martin nests. No martins in these nests, although they are about the area. Have the pardalotes dislocated the martins? I have no idea where the martins nest now. </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkeG4SlyhdXwXRILZuiPACNFE1zC3qgqLbMf2rrKQT1nJwaztTPGzleIUwuHkUJgSV0yu1rqFRhpKWc3pAHfI5TNTWldJBo9a4-V5ZDXvyz3xeYHcnwdOjQDDb_8N9t8HDr1R3ByfY9M4AHhGsFbi8jlTidUGFYMssXsfZu2v8n4slC_UbkUh9s2n_5ps/s3877/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-16-SharpenAI-Focus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2585" data-original-width="3877" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkeG4SlyhdXwXRILZuiPACNFE1zC3qgqLbMf2rrKQT1nJwaztTPGzleIUwuHkUJgSV0yu1rqFRhpKWc3pAHfI5TNTWldJBo9a4-V5ZDXvyz3xeYHcnwdOjQDDb_8N9t8HDr1R3ByfY9M4AHhGsFbi8jlTidUGFYMssXsfZu2v8n4slC_UbkUh9s2n_5ps/w400-h266/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-16-SharpenAI-Focus.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-weight: normal;">At other times of the year the birds appear to be living in the scrubby growth along the creek. As soon as one approaches the site, the birds can be heard chirruping to each other. They are not timid at all about having someone with a camera, standing within a short distance, watching what they are dong. They are often sitting their pairs, often in groups of ten or a dozen. </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><br /></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKHJlEO2suXV19jXSULp0L23sjz3hhiSCbPgn7GDjigUELf4C6SCDOJbMRUckYhvqVA8xhtElOoVnzTE9scgHRpL_DUyT0khkT_jCkEkQjIzQPRkFKAEDoYU69MT4_gdsu_K-6LHrygQVaSLtI5eZ1kASJtWLOk9xI_zQSuk7RD3eESgKCLOpkQuwnhSqF/s3674/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2449" data-original-width="3674" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKHJlEO2suXV19jXSULp0L23sjz3hhiSCbPgn7GDjigUELf4C6SCDOJbMRUckYhvqVA8xhtElOoVnzTE9scgHRpL_DUyT0khkT_jCkEkQjIzQPRkFKAEDoYU69MT4_gdsu_K-6LHrygQVaSLtI5eZ1kASJtWLOk9xI_zQSuk7RD3eESgKCLOpkQuwnhSqF/w400-h266/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-28.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHbfsptWaE_LRvZuacEQ50CEdzfcyDAH8RJOO84BUMq21LFU7PLlWR3ynZLaJGdgWe4L53njjEnJju8GG-cnyWWtRtmvtutucqhzG7buJjeZmcrbPCGvVd0fjdvbvJnu_9cEpXzODx5fYmUA_R0irr-WTTAoJJ0h3jnYzfVQqJqNcRbtD9T8AWAWwW5aed/s3433/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2289" data-original-width="3433" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHbfsptWaE_LRvZuacEQ50CEdzfcyDAH8RJOO84BUMq21LFU7PLlWR3ynZLaJGdgWe4L53njjEnJju8GG-cnyWWtRtmvtutucqhzG7buJjeZmcrbPCGvVd0fjdvbvJnu_9cEpXzODx5fYmUA_R0irr-WTTAoJJ0h3jnYzfVQqJqNcRbtD9T8AWAWwW5aed/w400-h266/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-33.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> </h4><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Paul Duffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041483573899578837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822736664655603903.post-53531859060044688022023-08-18T11:51:00.000+10:002023-08-18T11:51:35.336+10:00<h1 style="text-align: left;">BLUE-FACED HONEYEATER</h1><h4 style="text-align: left;">Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis<br /></h4><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">I had a short while ago, pruned the ragged branches off a pittosporum tree overhanging the roof of my house.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The tree has always been a bit of a nuisance, dropping sticky seed pods over the pathways. After pruning it continued to be a bit of an eyesore and a further nuisance,, it bled runnels of sap down the trunk. Awful stuff it gets on one's hands and clothes. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcW729MJNg7GvrRfnbTd2y7T2V6bEA0efz-EBWHF594qgsOuFMnR-DGsqTOCoREfrJyS0XSkQ5RkPpXUo7UXUdLMMKg_dmI2FXrcGj-VFvDCOMY0yq1V2E1sARj5Q1ZsGP7b2mAJAsFZIBJTLIEIx7hq3wAJlTUWql_P3i3_gA2A1mBS5xgsbtdUhE89_W/s4637/Kilmore-20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3091" data-original-width="4637" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcW729MJNg7GvrRfnbTd2y7T2V6bEA0efz-EBWHF594qgsOuFMnR-DGsqTOCoREfrJyS0XSkQ5RkPpXUo7UXUdLMMKg_dmI2FXrcGj-VFvDCOMY0yq1V2E1sARj5Q1ZsGP7b2mAJAsFZIBJTLIEIx7hq3wAJlTUWql_P3i3_gA2A1mBS5xgsbtdUhE89_W/w400-h266/Kilmore-20.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">However, the honeyeaters seem to like it. This pair seem to be a parent bird and a juvenile young. The adult bird has the brilliant blue face, while the younger bird retains the green - yellow facial skin. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I have lived here in Kilmore for many years, but only in the last five to ten years have these Bluefaced honeyeaters become established. Now they are a common sight amongst the flowering flowering eucalypts around the golf course and in the established gardens of the housing areas. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEKbFDYZ7mKWjwFBxfu1d7iUKyhTwUZKU8DksLNlGqyVCmbzC9XOiVr6jD2WBlNNQL4eCx-2Iv_l77IHHzHrJnuDbxIqdiQfKQkwMj07ZelJLuQFAFEqKqbmzKH2bKWSzm0hVeR7tksAuf5GFPMi4FgLp4HCzkP9b7Kb7MBRwLf3e8ZT5uZEMQaZEE_X6a/s3997/Kilmore-14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2665" data-original-width="3997" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEKbFDYZ7mKWjwFBxfu1d7iUKyhTwUZKU8DksLNlGqyVCmbzC9XOiVr6jD2WBlNNQL4eCx-2Iv_l77IHHzHrJnuDbxIqdiQfKQkwMj07ZelJLuQFAFEqKqbmzKH2bKWSzm0hVeR7tksAuf5GFPMi4FgLp4HCzkP9b7Kb7MBRwLf3e8ZT5uZEMQaZEE_X6a/w400-h266/Kilmore-14.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Each day now, there are Bluefaced honeyeaters at the dribbles and puddles of sap. Where a branch has come away, there is a small cup in the trunk. I assume it holds a small pool of hardened sap. Perhaps it also contains insects. I can't get up that far to see. Whatever, the honeyeaters like what is there. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoggs1tl9_uUKyfr3jMB_o1REor6tJxHEfO0-xO1XYK0_Ub5FoYYY6ruPW-a_0XnorHI885a-sCiQD9rseh8kqGt11eM_JrJoaQK5sxl8Ri_93ZxrDL6T6yKs7qJSLluY7HMIHBitzOcV4ScEoKIBTdeh0uXXTohimyMqbyL9jKAmzW1rRwiMhgyzUEvY_/s3997/Kilmore-13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2665" data-original-width="3997" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoggs1tl9_uUKyfr3jMB_o1REor6tJxHEfO0-xO1XYK0_Ub5FoYYY6ruPW-a_0XnorHI885a-sCiQD9rseh8kqGt11eM_JrJoaQK5sxl8Ri_93ZxrDL6T6yKs7qJSLluY7HMIHBitzOcV4ScEoKIBTdeh0uXXTohimyMqbyL9jKAmzW1rRwiMhgyzUEvY_/w400-h266/Kilmore-13.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">They seem unperturbed when I am about. Under the tree I have my wood splitting block. The honeyeaters continue to feed as I split logs, not two metres under where they are feeding. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj07fOEhYOpOlUEgaNVihtk76VLR_bvslHmvALWtgbXZPs93XGvSajWT_CHYpMuQsUP_XnFLAd0rFW5YCafL1Xr3InnSEfaK4fIbfwI_W5Mo5nrOT4jRnRKlTEEBWywYzTWJoojEEqyC7kORujYjjQtzRqLca3xMbs-QMr1urRYT7AOLL2o4iraXgEYX9A4/s3385/Kilmore-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2257" data-original-width="3385" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj07fOEhYOpOlUEgaNVihtk76VLR_bvslHmvALWtgbXZPs93XGvSajWT_CHYpMuQsUP_XnFLAd0rFW5YCafL1Xr3InnSEfaK4fIbfwI_W5Mo5nrOT4jRnRKlTEEBWywYzTWJoojEEqyC7kORujYjjQtzRqLca3xMbs-QMr1urRYT7AOLL2o4iraXgEYX9A4/w400-h266/Kilmore-11.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJ3aabJT49sw5YTkwOIPCM1MY5HGKWRoAUMYRAHezwfbJftva2oHkBwFEGW1xq-NBOmufOi-fWVebhzXPYxpj3qRDS7oY45sx_Ux_z-IHjMzE-1hBp7ZMoXpNqDpXvIzfK_l18K7FxCgDZOJFTNaLvi5EjJH0vOpWJNoI0iIMk1zkaGcDD2s2TaXiOxSi/s4776/Kilmore-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3184" data-original-width="4776" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMJ3aabJT49sw5YTkwOIPCM1MY5HGKWRoAUMYRAHezwfbJftva2oHkBwFEGW1xq-NBOmufOi-fWVebhzXPYxpj3qRDS7oY45sx_Ux_z-IHjMzE-1hBp7ZMoXpNqDpXvIzfK_l18K7FxCgDZOJFTNaLvi5EjJH0vOpWJNoI0iIMk1zkaGcDD2s2TaXiOxSi/w400-h266/Kilmore-10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> It is lovely to have such trusting, colorful and noisy neighbours whilst I work, <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Paul Duffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041483573899578837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822736664655603903.post-51933284115347300972023-08-14T21:40:00.000+10:002023-08-14T21:40:40.898+10:00<h1 style="text-align: left;">LITTLE BROWN BIRDS</h1><h2 style="text-align: left;">Buff rumpedThornbills Acanthiza reguloides</h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"> </h2><h2 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0YQyk9EiL56cart3t--QhUv5w6UvVpw6ppoLmL3CWhMUyichxq7CRSvQHlmwNMvxszNIhf8o99lUoVqw_0EIFchMtBUxay8d42XdoHZxmg7EtwccEkM3afh9NZ3SND5Ftu6hLb7sOmg0j3DN9a30zNXjDkXG4GAGQo1jGFxxU3MUz286T8UUVsR1hqMLc/s3578/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2385" data-original-width="3578" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0YQyk9EiL56cart3t--QhUv5w6UvVpw6ppoLmL3CWhMUyichxq7CRSvQHlmwNMvxszNIhf8o99lUoVqw_0EIFchMtBUxay8d42XdoHZxmg7EtwccEkM3afh9NZ3SND5Ftu6hLb7sOmg0j3DN9a30zNXjDkXG4GAGQo1jGFxxU3MUz286T8UUVsR1hqMLc/w400-h266/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></h2><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Sometimes the little birds of our areas are overlooked in favour of their bigger, showier cousins.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I like little brown birds and there are many of them on the Monument Hill.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">These are thornbills, Brownrumped Thornbills. They are amongst the smallest of our species, tiny cheeky balls of fluff.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk79q3W5AOk3FuG82q1yIFmaiN7csCPeWH3WYppuzc98j6piuiMbfzsM7bh0FwxWtNHO1AXqK5ibYWNeQ_s1Yj-bVtkqPthqBdKUunp7vcMM5Q35Drp2EN1BFZfd36ZQ0YREN0mngYPs6ZV8_qQQVSyZ9HW5abigtF0IpAKJjssLwvESyS-jj2-CHvDAXN/s3383/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2255" data-original-width="3383" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk79q3W5AOk3FuG82q1yIFmaiN7csCPeWH3WYppuzc98j6piuiMbfzsM7bh0FwxWtNHO1AXqK5ibYWNeQ_s1Yj-bVtkqPthqBdKUunp7vcMM5Q35Drp2EN1BFZfd36ZQ0YREN0mngYPs6ZV8_qQQVSyZ9HW5abigtF0IpAKJjssLwvESyS-jj2-CHvDAXN/w400-h266/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">They are easily found on the lower slopes of the hill, in and about the cassinia scrub. After several wet years there is a lot of cassinia so there is plenty for the small birds to forage amongst.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">These are very curious birds. A person has only to suck air in through one's lips for a moment or two, and the families of thornbills will come looking to see what is going on.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVq1mECrYa75jGX62DRND0aNJSKLzu_loAbjcfovNQJbp56LujPINQLoVIXzMdKFe8nebTWs-uIjowtEuf7oE58IJIezSXuwBvSBue4zWI0LBIDuzHefMz4gw5bM3EZNhvj2h89P4EczkMi7c1tHPgXxKXThFBJ_TKElN-AoVWo89P1XNRKmuCxJODOyyE/s3272/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2181" data-original-width="3272" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVq1mECrYa75jGX62DRND0aNJSKLzu_loAbjcfovNQJbp56LujPINQLoVIXzMdKFe8nebTWs-uIjowtEuf7oE58IJIezSXuwBvSBue4zWI0LBIDuzHefMz4gw5bM3EZNhvj2h89P4EczkMi7c1tHPgXxKXThFBJ_TKElN-AoVWo89P1XNRKmuCxJODOyyE/w400-h266/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>They can be found, hunting amongst the foliage of small trees and shrubs for small insects making much noise as they go, Up and down from scub to the ground, under logs and amongst the grasses and moss, all the while calling to each other..<p></p><p><br /></p><p>Lovely things, little brown birds.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqwu6sfaSw1DTXiqRWNjiGRMQ6rBRx035DPE5Ytp62cFmy-edmaj-vgMRgXZxCFzGvgv5k03xgSorwUgmRajOZMXiLgdkAdI6BaH5MUzjBqZANmeU9k64VcggFWdJiXS81LzIm2h3cghGxyHWInPsdtTx39SMb_5hRLtP1QanrCkMDeUGSJCbHj_pRrI1/s4477/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2985" data-original-width="4477" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqwu6sfaSw1DTXiqRWNjiGRMQ6rBRx035DPE5Ytp62cFmy-edmaj-vgMRgXZxCFzGvgv5k03xgSorwUgmRajOZMXiLgdkAdI6BaH5MUzjBqZANmeU9k64VcggFWdJiXS81LzIm2h3cghGxyHWInPsdtTx39SMb_5hRLtP1QanrCkMDeUGSJCbHj_pRrI1/w400-h266/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-11.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /></h2>Paul Duffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041483573899578837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822736664655603903.post-7811122612638522642023-08-10T08:51:00.000+10:002023-08-10T08:51:43.148+10:00<p> </p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><b>WINTER IN KILMORE</b></h2><p><b><br /> DARTER Anhinga melanogaster</b><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoMhkqyX-99rOUNizdHNF8f61UbOnxtx2aYjwzJg4SPMUd7o5Pe9vGJMTPHIGCUnLFKIUstFJWa4Ul_wyfPgxHtv_sqMl-qd7oghD6mfKx2EmLk3s6w1Q4cMMbDsFSXRMWH6gH3jat6VNr05D6nfnBfp9SPDVNYSsIv_OwkP2Q0_GEo5DTXcAuu7McoL1U/s4034/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2689" data-original-width="4034" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoMhkqyX-99rOUNizdHNF8f61UbOnxtx2aYjwzJg4SPMUd7o5Pe9vGJMTPHIGCUnLFKIUstFJWa4Ul_wyfPgxHtv_sqMl-qd7oghD6mfKx2EmLk3s6w1Q4cMMbDsFSXRMWH6gH3jat6VNr05D6nfnBfp9SPDVNYSsIv_OwkP2Q0_GEo5DTXcAuu7McoL1U/w400-h266/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-32.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></div><p> </p><p> </p><p>When first seen<b>, </b>this bird was moving through the water. All that could be seen was the long, snake-like head, the body almost totally submerged. A very strange, smaller version of the Loch Ness Monster moving across the water.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQhEd0FHhjwA2vThyLoUj5j7mT-V7FexHYzV3k_s7N4HQhy4R5nRej1Gquvvf5YaZK8xLidB4_tQmyP-CB61ou5zxV2bSgBDQO6RhzHMJz9r76mNj195zmd3Lja8LWRWFGWdb6sDO-7LMwAkkQQvWB2_oKoVc3TlNCxYqk5j057Ln4MPLc3e-zmR8ElW_I/s2158/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1439" data-original-width="2158" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQhEd0FHhjwA2vThyLoUj5j7mT-V7FexHYzV3k_s7N4HQhy4R5nRej1Gquvvf5YaZK8xLidB4_tQmyP-CB61ou5zxV2bSgBDQO6RhzHMJz9r76mNj195zmd3Lja8LWRWFGWdb6sDO-7LMwAkkQQvWB2_oKoVc3TlNCxYqk5j057Ln4MPLc3e-zmR8ElW_I/w400-h266/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-28.jpg" width="400" /></a> </p><p> I have seen the darters in other places but not often on the Kilmore reservoir. Here we see plenty of cormorants, black and pied, but rarely the darter <br /></p><p>This day the lone birdwas sunning itself, drying its wings, on the branches of a tree which had fallen into the water. </p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbeowjYeylq6fuqm_DxpPBptmR1zeYggEKhkiOzkMSGSpBuBBNRNc5LFqSm_-UzKK5G4z7sQ3Ynzy-uXTsdLbUf7a6mi6EJoyH1VgE97JGbJ9t1lRmf54nK05wPEFjT9LNr8jgaJTi2ZTH_tM0T28a0dZWyCJVxtLE78qgv44YYRoj6oGinJi184OCU5Wv/s4625/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3083" data-original-width="4625" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbeowjYeylq6fuqm_DxpPBptmR1zeYggEKhkiOzkMSGSpBuBBNRNc5LFqSm_-UzKK5G4z7sQ3Ynzy-uXTsdLbUf7a6mi6EJoyH1VgE97JGbJ9t1lRmf54nK05wPEFjT9LNr8jgaJTi2ZTH_tM0T28a0dZWyCJVxtLE78qgv44YYRoj6oGinJi184OCU5Wv/w400-h266/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-24.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn" lang="en"><span class="hgKElc">Darters feed mainly on fish, but will also eat frogs, small snakes and other water dwelling creatures. The long narrow beak is used to spear prey whist the darter is swimming under the surface of the water. </span></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQhEd0FHhjwA2vThyLoUj5j7mT-V7FexHYzV3k_s7N4HQhy4R5nRej1Gquvvf5YaZK8xLidB4_tQmyP-CB61ou5zxV2bSgBDQO6RhzHMJz9r76mNj195zmd3Lja8LWRWFGWdb6sDO-7LMwAkkQQvWB2_oKoVc3TlNCxYqk5j057Ln4MPLc3e-zmR8ElW_I/s2158/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></b></div><b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitBqO_0k_JTvqovfVZlizjyduXJN8VpaWAX2gV_mLMu8maIZf09pgUhGtA3w1rCxaMi_puwoUIqYHJBbakXnSINgYuIVf_bUxO8EBB8Ma9eVzHFun5cVZS0bcU825ffzPfia5uxBWFSXnqPWBhhDxFrfWiDlA1bFZosbpVe-Ce3lL8Zdc20tf3r7d8bIfE/s3165/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3165" data-original-width="2110" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitBqO_0k_JTvqovfVZlizjyduXJN8VpaWAX2gV_mLMu8maIZf09pgUhGtA3w1rCxaMi_puwoUIqYHJBbakXnSINgYuIVf_bUxO8EBB8Ma9eVzHFun5cVZS0bcU825ffzPfia5uxBWFSXnqPWBhhDxFrfWiDlA1bFZosbpVe-Ce3lL8Zdc20tf3r7d8bIfE/w266-h400/Kilmore%20Reservoir%20&%20Monument-18.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /></b><p></p><p></p><p><b> </b><br /></p>Paul Duffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041483573899578837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822736664655603903.post-46369803273236218792021-11-25T20:09:00.001+11:002021-11-25T20:09:44.801+11:00Brolga<h4 style="text-align: left;"> BROLGAS</h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"> </h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> We have a pair of Brolgas nesting on a dam in the Willowmavin area, to the west of Kilmore. </span><br /></h4><div style="text-align: left;">This pair returns each year. A lady I spoke to on the road told me this
pair had nested and raised a chick last year on a dam on her property,
about a kilometre away.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9c5OzkULI4xmSLOLVL2bUrjfZ8_pTVp0aldj0Q2MHjmclWsHCeV9TdNUnnoaZUsKaMx659mjulZfYXOyy4_CuV1xEWuOiECH_9BqjRNqT5TJxp6FzkSeUpbbU-q3zkrwAl8SW7_H8b1WI/s1979/Brolga+Nov+23+Sharrpened-smn-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="1979" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9c5OzkULI4xmSLOLVL2bUrjfZ8_pTVp0aldj0Q2MHjmclWsHCeV9TdNUnnoaZUsKaMx659mjulZfYXOyy4_CuV1xEWuOiECH_9BqjRNqT5TJxp6FzkSeUpbbU-q3zkrwAl8SW7_H8b1WI/w400-h266/Brolga+Nov+23+Sharrpened-smn-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> I saw them at another site, two years ago in a paddock with a dried up
dam, again about a kilometre from this nesting site. No chick that year.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqDcPGOpGvjzgRg-iynvaN6vDsfVqHk5VACq4pmItsTJPqU3ApOdyqta18-7EHnbBpVu2UG3ZvXqCrUwxMdXer6p5lcJVTYzpEoyV6RunMuy3am3ebTly8NAy6IEAMHOthNU-MUT3b8Nk/s1220/Forbes+-Moranding+Rd+Dam+1+to+West-17+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="813" data-original-width="1220" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqDcPGOpGvjzgRg-iynvaN6vDsfVqHk5VACq4pmItsTJPqU3ApOdyqta18-7EHnbBpVu2UG3ZvXqCrUwxMdXer6p5lcJVTYzpEoyV6RunMuy3am3ebTly8NAy6IEAMHOthNU-MUT3b8Nk/w400-h266/Forbes+-Moranding+Rd+Dam+1+to+West-17+%25282%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> From a distance of about two hundred metres away, a single large egg can
be seen perched on a nest on the edge of a dam. It was good planning
by the parent birds to build the nest high. There has been much water
around this year. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-kh8-TE75yyh_3iJqoVV5P3qMdZh5AOh1M9-tu9apAIz37A49W7YuD-FqO5bELHfLJ0ehyMI8zgenR1VT4uaWfWVQoX4bdooJeqUqZMOzxo806rTAWEfkgi5owK6tKZHK0pcGEkIejdd/s847/Forbes+-Moranding+Rd+Dam+1+to+West-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="847" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-kh8-TE75yyh_3iJqoVV5P3qMdZh5AOh1M9-tu9apAIz37A49W7YuD-FqO5bELHfLJ0ehyMI8zgenR1VT4uaWfWVQoX4bdooJeqUqZMOzxo806rTAWEfkgi5owK6tKZHK0pcGEkIejdd/w400-h266/Forbes+-Moranding+Rd+Dam+1+to+West-5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The lady I spoke told me of swan's nest nearby with chicks. That nest
was covered by water and the chicks there did not survive.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrdgQYSoS06SGEFR4rEsq-v1bEm2AAYo1yGKEW69ByOQQyuISY4DihWsxpb_TW7C8gA1T6o3P0hBMYGtYmrKMQep0ETjAkgj0k2qqOI9PLQS76HKUU6gNV7PWhgrNfcAj1uR6K-6lEXOi/s1356/Forbes+-Moranding+Rd+Dam+1+to+West-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="1356" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrdgQYSoS06SGEFR4rEsq-v1bEm2AAYo1yGKEW69ByOQQyuISY4DihWsxpb_TW7C8gA1T6o3P0hBMYGtYmrKMQep0ETjAkgj0k2qqOI9PLQS76HKUU6gNV7PWhgrNfcAj1uR6K-6lEXOi/w400-h266/Forbes+-Moranding+Rd+Dam+1+to+West-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> I first saw this pair on November 5. The egg was in place then. November
25th today; it cannot be much longer to wait Normal time in the egg is
32 days. Very wet, windy and cold today. We hope they are all right. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgWCmphlTo_RFGlRWR-Anz2yx9AdqPdntt154nP2VIuZwZl_zFD2pHIv39HOPIA2GsCObmcFaBBsBVLbdbQxUQLOitKoAdK_Y5ZnsfY4vqTYNxd-TlsDwWKzBtKb5TxRksBp_fgtE4RsE6/s1979/Forbes-Moranding+Rd+Nov+23-5.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="1979" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgWCmphlTo_RFGlRWR-Anz2yx9AdqPdntt154nP2VIuZwZl_zFD2pHIv39HOPIA2GsCObmcFaBBsBVLbdbQxUQLOitKoAdK_Y5ZnsfY4vqTYNxd-TlsDwWKzBtKb5TxRksBp_fgtE4RsE6/w400-h266/Forbes-Moranding+Rd+Nov+23-5.jpg" width="400" /></a> </div> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Paul Duffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041483573899578837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822736664655603903.post-36584586175835486692021-10-25T15:37:00.000+11:002021-10-25T15:37:54.890+11:00White-eared Honeyeater<h4 style="text-align: left;"> WHITE-EARED HONEYEATER Nesoptilotis leucotis</h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">These are a common bird found all over most of Victoria and on the eastern coast of NSW and in South-Eastern Queensland. These were photographed amongst the wattle trees and gorse bushes at Kilmore East last week. <br /></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Djod7pf5kbP7ZAYkZNorYDA3QhC_0yLmPhm7Kc_2-gF75YjOo8PL5FfLZ5PCEqE0kXi1zeZFuJgSwxc9ZuGjGbUDm5a02EO94FpsfM3Br-ScR_EQ5poeh57brD_Kv4ujhp_Xi3R3daGL/s1413/Kilmore+East+October+2021_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="1413" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Djod7pf5kbP7ZAYkZNorYDA3QhC_0yLmPhm7Kc_2-gF75YjOo8PL5FfLZ5PCEqE0kXi1zeZFuJgSwxc9ZuGjGbUDm5a02EO94FpsfM3Br-ScR_EQ5poeh57brD_Kv4ujhp_Xi3R3daGL/w400-h266/Kilmore+East+October+2021_.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">They are an attractive medium sized bird with a rich olive coloured back and breast with contrasting black bib and white eye patch.</span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-KwqxZnxIM-F76-8wb24nDmDaDkRW2yIavFbuflJHNaqDfEc2JE02WN8RC06QHDCGbZHwbco_u3I5xBQaKxusZfDAjKMV-V44XBu6GWIBZJS-F1svTSx2joBwf3aVIBLtKpsFuO9LSmz/s1252/Kilmore+East+October+2021_-15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="835" data-original-width="1252" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-KwqxZnxIM-F76-8wb24nDmDaDkRW2yIavFbuflJHNaqDfEc2JE02WN8RC06QHDCGbZHwbco_u3I5xBQaKxusZfDAjKMV-V44XBu6GWIBZJS-F1svTSx2joBwf3aVIBLtKpsFuO9LSmz/w400-h266/Kilmore+East+October+2021_-15.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">They
are present in most treed areas although not seen quite so often in
open farmland, nor in town or urban areas of the countryside. A flash of olive is
often the first sight one sees of them as they move quickly between trees.<br /></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4HUfWBwl7CUJvX-KEBWEPF-yZk3EP0ePJu3qxmtzt7aLvfXiPjdcKONqSg3PpLBKSkquCUYPhP3IVbSdQ1-BXVneijJgyyLSAvEBxROszkzmHvps_lJtyjnKiqpF3MuQwJD8GhHYsPBa/s1682/Kilmore+East+October+2021_-13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1121" data-original-width="1682" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4HUfWBwl7CUJvX-KEBWEPF-yZk3EP0ePJu3qxmtzt7aLvfXiPjdcKONqSg3PpLBKSkquCUYPhP3IVbSdQ1-BXVneijJgyyLSAvEBxROszkzmHvps_lJtyjnKiqpF3MuQwJD8GhHYsPBa/w400-h266/Kilmore+East+October+2021_-13.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">They are of course honeyeaters by name, but feed mainly on insects picked from the bark of trees, as well as fruit and nectar. </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Djod7pf5kbP7ZAYkZNorYDA3QhC_0yLmPhm7Kc_2-gF75YjOo8PL5FfLZ5PCEqE0kXi1zeZFuJgSwxc9ZuGjGbUDm5a02EO94FpsfM3Br-ScR_EQ5poeh57brD_Kv4ujhp_Xi3R3daGL/s1413/Kilmore+East+October+2021_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><br /><br /><br /></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h4>Paul Duffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041483573899578837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822736664655603903.post-10155149879910389122021-10-25T15:01:00.000+11:002021-10-25T15:01:13.072+11:00Platypus<p> </p><p>There have been a number of platypus sightings in the Kilmore Creek in the last weeks. It is pleasing to think the creek, small as it is, is home to these shy monotremes. </p><p>Sadly several of the sightings have been of animals affected by rubbish in the creek. </p><p>I include this piece from the Australian Platypus Conservancy </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPHf_Koj5Yuw9EY3nYsF_RmGK3wGYn2gDLbmRSAkHLcSdzVTW4ENxg76ttAVM72Lhuapc_XEdTTT0wxXC8Vq7m7_ER6ttMzkNLfiicR2xEc1TPLwo2swGaBOkiDxMAzq39uxmRaYI79uS1/s2048/Kilmore+Creek+October+2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPHf_Koj5Yuw9EY3nYsF_RmGK3wGYn2gDLbmRSAkHLcSdzVTW4ENxg76ttAVM72Lhuapc_XEdTTT0wxXC8Vq7m7_ER6ttMzkNLfiicR2xEc1TPLwo2swGaBOkiDxMAzq39uxmRaYI79uS1/w400-h266/Kilmore+Creek+October+2021.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5NeaFFrny6GZlXZNNbEwgTXWJof6FbiRuIfRvEBWBfG-65qx57KKGeqemSzyeA1wlt27si7aohEakErVJlq5jLyFGwDLazatedR3EvpQHUEbduOaL2OpUASDM196UBw-70o8wsWx1XaPK/s1599/Kilmore+Creek+October+2021-15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="1599" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5NeaFFrny6GZlXZNNbEwgTXWJof6FbiRuIfRvEBWBfG-65qx57KKGeqemSzyeA1wlt27si7aohEakErVJlq5jLyFGwDLazatedR3EvpQHUEbduOaL2OpUASDM196UBw-70o8wsWx1XaPK/w400-h226/Kilmore+Creek+October+2021-15.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg93XahauZ3Bf7SC-VWRP4OMyh-4gqPPhnjW_qL09X79f9eC49P5tK2h40_ixIYOQgwwOz6OHSD3hcOHiyiO10Fl92lrM0bYoD5y3sB0Lldm-uGS6-_dE_WVNU51V9IfGagCFVSWo6e1l_9/s1265/Kilmore+Creek+October+2021-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="1265" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg93XahauZ3Bf7SC-VWRP4OMyh-4gqPPhnjW_qL09X79f9eC49P5tK2h40_ixIYOQgwwOz6OHSD3hcOHiyiO10Fl92lrM0bYoD5y3sB0Lldm-uGS6-_dE_WVNU51V9IfGagCFVSWo6e1l_9/w400-h266/Kilmore+Creek+October+2021-4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4i3iPhyCGIhlVVVfXmczJK1VPkqoAhaBUVafMNcfqhO7pLTUXh0zIKB19vRWhpzELCVirLhaK9_T-xfCyn3BiIcwrF4KjRIb13l80uIvjYvI0Jak123zcXyzGgcEA9Izi4U67T77a9PZh/s2020/Kilmore+Creek+October+2021-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="2020" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4i3iPhyCGIhlVVVfXmczJK1VPkqoAhaBUVafMNcfqhO7pLTUXh0zIKB19vRWhpzELCVirLhaK9_T-xfCyn3BiIcwrF4KjRIb13l80uIvjYvI0Jak123zcXyzGgcEA9Izi4U67T77a9PZh/w400-h146/Kilmore+Creek+October+2021-7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrUoCYKooWltxzjiRTrj2yui47jXgbsQwCNmJGrYDbTXkSoMrzC0kyuvfmqDX1KA-VGYJ_0RBHGacr9BCN4oLjmt6xG2McPczY7d1xNGX7v53BdTOjGi51wDqycX15mvEfdO2HqSf6Ic6A/s943/Kilmore+Creek+October+2021-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="943" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrUoCYKooWltxzjiRTrj2yui47jXgbsQwCNmJGrYDbTXkSoMrzC0kyuvfmqDX1KA-VGYJ_0RBHGacr9BCN4oLjmt6xG2McPczY7d1xNGX7v53BdTOjGi51wDqycX15mvEfdO2HqSf6Ic6A/w400-h266/Kilmore+Creek+October+2021-10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 5;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Australian-Platypus-Conservancy-Official-225816770830721/?hc_ref=ARQh4lIzAczhBa9xcXyQE-2264MGs3pR3K9hWQyUbVNxWQGwIZIXgU3uyGKiude5Eng&fref=nf&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBKQ67TQ5aj9UBuhrn1QfUhcfKxf1BuxnzclBkwaRn4CufqtD07Trpp-NKW19janaWk4Gg02v9YexzpTlqxTlhLPb8TMhujtup3v1UXqwnK4tI48AiHYfPe9WTRTIDAX87AhqPS5oebAWEynjOu9yvDKTMjU0gKrVbKK7JVRc73qWYHOHXyRo4vIpj7IC7dVfUx4qOVsuev901JxXk-1FBv1zYOb5Nvb6amPZd8RUQEWpxT4rzXqH8m99InstEG_YLaP2y51QNWTLfE1tXA8gWmONUzKZz861vlPvJIa6wsDcmfoZ6Scg&__tn__=kC-R"><span style="color: blue;">Australian Platypus Conservancy (Official)</span></a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/225816770830721/photos/a.231325063613225/4438927979519558/?type=3&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBKQ67TQ5aj9UBuhrn1QfUhcfKxf1BuxnzclBkwaRn4CufqtD07Trpp-NKW19janaWk4Gg02v9YexzpTlqxTlhLPb8TMhujtup3v1UXqwnK4tI48AiHYfPe9WTRTIDAX87AhqPS5oebAWEynjOu9yvDKTMjU0gKrVbKK7JVRc73qWYHOHXyRo4vIpj7IC7dVfUx4qOVsuev901JxXk-1FBv1zYOb5Nvb6amPZd8RUQEWpxT4rzXqH8m99InstEG_YLaP2y51QNWTLfE1tXA8gWmONUzKZz861vlPvJIa6wsDcmfoZ6Scg&__tn__=-R"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">10
October at 22:21</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> · </span></p><p>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">An Australian Platypus Conservancy attempt to
rescue two platypus entangled in litter in Kilmore Creek on Friday night was
unsuccessful. However, the rescue effort was significant in providing important
good news about how the local platypus population is faring. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br />
One platypus had been spotted in the pools near the Kilmore Leisure Centre with
a plastic ring stuck around its head. Another animal had been observed near
Bourke Street with what appeared to be a length of thin string or line with a
tag of some sort caught around its body (see photo, courtesy of Kerry De
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<![endif]--></p>Paul Duffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041483573899578837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822736664655603903.post-14667566612450967512021-10-18T18:21:00.001+11:002021-10-18T18:21:31.392+11:00White-browed Scrubwren<h4 style="text-align: left;">WHITE-BROWED SCRUBWREN</h4><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif5epEsOkNW0k5L6X0xu-6xUgerNoptj0s4oHjl_sDNSfjqOJuaFl-edgz8-wl7bclpf-pqXaFDryCNbnk9kIKFyyDV7zAo5GTOqXnd8H2exuSg9xUnGy39ilCnqtEyLpqRPvXJAhPN8eQ/s690/Kilmore+East+October+2021%25284%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="460" data-original-width="690" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif5epEsOkNW0k5L6X0xu-6xUgerNoptj0s4oHjl_sDNSfjqOJuaFl-edgz8-wl7bclpf-pqXaFDryCNbnk9kIKFyyDV7zAo5GTOqXnd8H2exuSg9xUnGy39ilCnqtEyLpqRPvXJAhPN8eQ/w400-h266/Kilmore+East+October+2021%25284%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> </div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I have lived in Kilmore for over forty years but only in the last three to four, have I noticed these cheeky looking wrens. They are seen in dark tangled bushes, in amongst fallen logs, often around water. They move very quickly, over, under, around the dark places and deep inside the thorny blackberry and gorse scrub. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilgk4nqhAO27g7PsCsD2dtS5jx6-jpSMc9FeyK2n1WtcJLwxZOSAvRZ_-t9sUZDBZ5qh9guve4aSD7ixsg6jYAJ4sbqrvVDYtfYkjAWr0Lr_6stqVBuHEUBQVSGnd8vQV3buoqmAu3tWI0/s1339/Kilmore+East+October+2021-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="1339" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilgk4nqhAO27g7PsCsD2dtS5jx6-jpSMc9FeyK2n1WtcJLwxZOSAvRZ_-t9sUZDBZ5qh9guve4aSD7ixsg6jYAJ4sbqrvVDYtfYkjAWr0Lr_6stqVBuHEUBQVSGnd8vQV3buoqmAu3tWI0/w400-h266/Kilmore+East+October+2021-9.jpg" width="400" /></a> </div> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The band of black around the eye gives them a villainous look, just like the Beagle Boys. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5O5oCBwgtNb219GgRWDrohdJwKqQEpno-KPvg0NKzH3oohQhtMSwiSnXwyV8nP5DxfWN9WujlfMSeY6fDlrWocVW_yV-M4A1KnnqOHKuPV2XACU7PrGKnDBvT_nVLj2H-PtMiFFUdwfF/s1053/Kilmore+East+October+2021-7+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="1053" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5O5oCBwgtNb219GgRWDrohdJwKqQEpno-KPvg0NKzH3oohQhtMSwiSnXwyV8nP5DxfWN9WujlfMSeY6fDlrWocVW_yV-M4A1KnnqOHKuPV2XACU7PrGKnDBvT_nVLj2H-PtMiFFUdwfF/w400-h266/Kilmore+East+October+2021-7+%25282%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">There are a lot of these little birds around, over a large area. It is hard to tell whether they are more plentiful now or whether it just takes some time to recognize they are about.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivP9tKHHBshsv8ymulmmN0yu6ywJVeJ-OUL4Ucburgby4HCGCUC-AScFBSxPA2baWRBhC2FMVCTPGHmfGhYXpiucbrQvsCKvHJeTy-WAvKZnCJltaoxTKApi8_r9vigoFR1H-mnzvqNNds/s1339/Kilmore+East+October+2021-4+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="1339" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivP9tKHHBshsv8ymulmmN0yu6ywJVeJ-OUL4Ucburgby4HCGCUC-AScFBSxPA2baWRBhC2FMVCTPGHmfGhYXpiucbrQvsCKvHJeTy-WAvKZnCJltaoxTKApi8_r9vigoFR1H-mnzvqNNds/w400-h266/Kilmore+East+October+2021-4+%25282%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">The give away for me is the high pitched 'chie-weeep' which is heard before the birds are sighted.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqml9ows44N5RrGdnSreHhCEXeKAbF3JWFzKmx65lX9cP0AmOXSn-bIxBXxL9alsV7VdpNvbZHY8_PRXxV6xOVHFX9gPUon_WrllgDl3FEkU26TOiYKyRFBm8cQ5MvtXu8Zfk3bJ2cDK4/s2048/Kilmore+East++%25281+of+1%2529-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqml9ows44N5RrGdnSreHhCEXeKAbF3JWFzKmx65lX9cP0AmOXSn-bIxBXxL9alsV7VdpNvbZHY8_PRXxV6xOVHFX9gPUon_WrllgDl3FEkU26TOiYKyRFBm8cQ5MvtXu8Zfk3bJ2cDK4/w400-h266/Kilmore+East++%25281+of+1%2529-7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Paul Duffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041483573899578837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822736664655603903.post-10487264460577985582021-10-12T21:16:00.004+11:002021-10-13T10:55:30.634+11:00Black Swans<p><br /> BLACK SWANS</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqrh9vd3wxqXvfjvHoj2S8IW5u_1Tasj9nZSY7yLe4HRv8eS-ClvTa78DujUyBdKuHtn-sT6jlIvmTYeV-_B27fD6Y8YA1B82-YqH8OGaMQWoUWGYhwZ6k8hXWRX37PoaRkghbTGr1s3uY/s2048/Hospital+Res.+October+2021_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqrh9vd3wxqXvfjvHoj2S8IW5u_1Tasj9nZSY7yLe4HRv8eS-ClvTa78DujUyBdKuHtn-sT6jlIvmTYeV-_B27fD6Y8YA1B82-YqH8OGaMQWoUWGYhwZ6k8hXWRX37PoaRkghbTGr1s3uY/w460-h306/Hospital+Res.+October+2021_.jpg" width="460" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>It is many months since I last recorded bird sightings. The weather has been wet and cold and there has been little bird life to see. I could walk most days and not take a single photograph. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The last weeks have changed. The bush has come alive once again.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-j5AmGCIG4XdfOf5bopYLl_PDORb4h78dxVmWq8yZitB5c5mZ4JJohbjXBUZzA3Q6JfEPSOkL-UiNvzTNyDj-1qkSEongWQDk4dzNKbhaN7cL0obEw2uU3_wthBvDuK5FoU8aojJqcl2u/s2048/Hospital+Res.+October+2021_-4.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-j5AmGCIG4XdfOf5bopYLl_PDORb4h78dxVmWq8yZitB5c5mZ4JJohbjXBUZzA3Q6JfEPSOkL-UiNvzTNyDj-1qkSEongWQDk4dzNKbhaN7cL0obEw2uU3_wthBvDuK5FoU8aojJqcl2u/w420-h280/Hospital+Res.+October+2021_-4.jpg" width="420" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>And the swans are back. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Well we think the male swan is back. Has he a new new partner? A number of keen watchers think it is a new female. She seems smaller and finer than the female of 2020. She also has a distinctive skin tag on her beak. Unless the mother of 2020 has had an accident and lost some weight, this is a different partner.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-oxUJRPQ5VIMWYBCm_uI6pxKln0-_GsB9idWHL-ppE9w39RoRLiTrS6IhuuTp7NaHB8Shp8ddyer24pC6iODQuYBTAqR3cenoX5VAMyHw52ZFMJ0HBXRdWdPz2CFDhF4wpqGolY23PM3H/s2048/Hospital+Res.+October+2021_-2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-oxUJRPQ5VIMWYBCm_uI6pxKln0-_GsB9idWHL-ppE9w39RoRLiTrS6IhuuTp7NaHB8Shp8ddyer24pC6iODQuYBTAqR3cenoX5VAMyHw52ZFMJ0HBXRdWdPz2CFDhF4wpqGolY23PM3H/w423-h282/Hospital+Res.+October+2021_-2.jpg" width="423" /></a></div> <p></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p> <br /></p><p>There are four grey signets, happily following the adults around the lake and around the grassy, still damp, fairways of the golf course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLTkmhUcEbxmjvLh3HdulJKaOQqJ1w9QFNMM7IaKmREKR4Mlu6lY0YRg4In-b3Cdv-vFVA3mhXOOyk7WBn7UwczK00-PeWIkmjHNAZZ9k7UpzHNPcT_MQB5pmdMO4c487Phe1h4N9t6TQS/s1240/Hospital+Res.+October+2021_-6.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="827" data-original-width="1240" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLTkmhUcEbxmjvLh3HdulJKaOQqJ1w9QFNMM7IaKmREKR4Mlu6lY0YRg4In-b3Cdv-vFVA3mhXOOyk7WBn7UwczK00-PeWIkmjHNAZZ9k7UpzHNPcT_MQB5pmdMO4c487Phe1h4N9t6TQS/w522-h346/Hospital+Res.+October+2021_-6.jpg" width="522" /></a></div> <p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;">So good to see two years in a row. </p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p>Paul Duffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041483573899578837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822736664655603903.post-5665361747043072582021-06-16T10:28:00.000+10:002021-06-16T10:28:05.018+10:00Eastern Yellow Robin <h3 style="text-align: left;"> EASTERN YELLOW ROBIN <i>Eopsaltria australis</i></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OPRCYBqfOlg95mjZhiZvxbtJhZoOWun3D9tbFoRVUpsR1eyHZx2ZZX3_lR5z7LjpbiFYLBgrpI2_Q0uMR6iIny75X0EdBV8P6bgbnWn3o0SDZxmu79C1OhLoijEfeT-3rAzvuWg6adPd/s1901/June+3+2021-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1267" data-original-width="1901" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9OPRCYBqfOlg95mjZhiZvxbtJhZoOWun3D9tbFoRVUpsR1eyHZx2ZZX3_lR5z7LjpbiFYLBgrpI2_Q0uMR6iIny75X0EdBV8P6bgbnWn3o0SDZxmu79C1OhLoijEfeT-3rAzvuWg6adPd/w413-h275/June+3+2021-4.jpg" width="413" /></a></div></i><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I haven't seen the Yellow Robins in the area for quite a while.</span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsLOconvi4tZSXKiXS3IjfASJH1mEaa-dOR6aubClbPAaMFkorcHUfp97r8uMDPCaVWvOfbP6_-eX0t4BURKoSzWLV0-C5s84Wo0au1VLuHWbIEQas-L8XQ65htG3q0LGEqOuKm-iWNVWG/s1901/June+3+2021-4.tif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1267" data-original-width="1901" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsLOconvi4tZSXKiXS3IjfASJH1mEaa-dOR6aubClbPAaMFkorcHUfp97r8uMDPCaVWvOfbP6_-eX0t4BURKoSzWLV0-C5s84Wo0au1VLuHWbIEQas-L8XQ65htG3q0LGEqOuKm-iWNVWG/w421-h280/June+3+2021-4.tif" width="421" /></a></div><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">This one was with a group of Thornbills and a single mistletoebird, amongst the low growing cassinia bushes around the base of Monument hill.</span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><br /><i></i><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJe6OiCZm96O7qtV18K0J4_11rDbjQIR-6pc-0KiC6_ROihZol1Q5FUWrPvRNsTSQcCs6ksDA_cVnOyTZOH9QKkYsEDZaW89HbsIJ-nl8htl9lZ2WqDGVVczXsYlY2ONDyucWTB2NyPJA/s2000/June+3+2021-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJe6OiCZm96O7qtV18K0J4_11rDbjQIR-6pc-0KiC6_ROihZol1Q5FUWrPvRNsTSQcCs6ksDA_cVnOyTZOH9QKkYsEDZaW89HbsIJ-nl8htl9lZ2WqDGVVczXsYlY2ONDyucWTB2NyPJA/w419-h279/June+3+2021-6.jpg" width="419" /></a></div><br /> </i><br /></h3>Paul Duffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041483573899578837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822736664655603903.post-38001009353356298452021-06-14T14:10:00.004+10:002021-06-14T14:10:58.368+10:00Mistletoebird<p> <b>MISTLETOEBIRD <i>Dicaeum hirundinaceum </i><br /></b></p><p><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHxbmdUgJWbKbSVopjS-AnviMk3rEI46hAtjaf0khuVUpQB6DTF2ezFT9oE1nidvmaABgGlxnGYFI1NkzgtUzR-C-R2b4Kalxavigi1SsAc4jDfZ2t_UgRnEseRn2evrZRJRqKO9DUZ9qj/s1145/Mistletoebird-2+%25287%2529.tif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="763" data-original-width="1145" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHxbmdUgJWbKbSVopjS-AnviMk3rEI46hAtjaf0khuVUpQB6DTF2ezFT9oE1nidvmaABgGlxnGYFI1NkzgtUzR-C-R2b4Kalxavigi1SsAc4jDfZ2t_UgRnEseRn2evrZRJRqKO9DUZ9qj/w458-h305/Mistletoebird-2+%25287%2529.tif" width="458" /></a></b> </p><p>I do not think I have seen Mistletoebirds in the Monument area before this month. </p><p>If I have seen them, I perhaps mistook them for Scarlet Robins. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUipfmeO3g8dH24w_QGZrQYE3LiC_IHLo-Giw8h3LLkleM1NpiuIjFA6hBJVrxkAhslp0csUyTuJjzghdQPZbP7bb59BG3zkVPh4MszU_aC6XKBM9DyCrSvuRrQRhvTBpicUM2PoavYra/s1244/Mistletoebird-2+%25284%2529.tif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="829" data-original-width="1244" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUipfmeO3g8dH24w_QGZrQYE3LiC_IHLo-Giw8h3LLkleM1NpiuIjFA6hBJVrxkAhslp0csUyTuJjzghdQPZbP7bb59BG3zkVPh4MszU_aC6XKBM9DyCrSvuRrQRhvTBpicUM2PoavYra/w463-h308/Mistletoebird-2+%25284%2529.tif" width="463" /></a> </p><p> </p><p>I watched this male bird, or was it several birds, a number times over three days. It was in the same area of cassinia scrub each time, seemingly feeding with a group of Brown Thornbills. My books however tell me, that the Mistletoebird feeds almost exclusively on ........ yes, the fruits of mistletoe. In fact the digestive tract has adapted to suit this diet.<br /></p><p>The brilliance of the red chest stands out from quite a distance. It is a much deeper and more vibrant red than that of the robins. The heavy black stripe running between the red chest and the white abdomen, certainly sets the Mistletoebird apart from the red chested robins.</p><p>The female does not have the same colouring as the male. Her chest and abdomen is a pale creamy grey, with a red patch under her tail. <br /></p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZTlNlbBLn-fI1Q-G2xs5zMiloS4khuCp2cEMA6306h6qzaES9AE_1zMrulMAkP-BLU_lmASoxiFTNMkrKrpkYkpZQGKQ0IftRphaguQcEeqXr1dlN7nI04uEgTWWU7vrDbPeMoSJ3B8EK/s1190/June+3+2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="793" data-original-width="1190" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZTlNlbBLn-fI1Q-G2xs5zMiloS4khuCp2cEMA6306h6qzaES9AE_1zMrulMAkP-BLU_lmASoxiFTNMkrKrpkYkpZQGKQ0IftRphaguQcEeqXr1dlN7nI04uEgTWWU7vrDbPeMoSJ3B8EK/w465-h308/June+3+2021.jpg" width="465" /></a></div><br /><br /> <b><br /></b><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b><br /><br /><br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Paul Duffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041483573899578837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822736664655603903.post-9196869536924203502021-05-06T21:29:00.005+10:002021-05-06T21:34:22.132+10:00Australasian Darter<h3 style="text-align: left;"> AUSTRALASIAN DARTER<i> Anhinga novachollandiae</i></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDntWMFvJlPSXgWVMjOAER60b4tnVc4sYsAQS-Phsp0nPDdV_g6qPyVDxVr6066zFOdeBEW_n5sEocP978Z493Z7N7YWQ7ViS1wVMwDnKI4zQIJ7dWxmdz7yy-3alpjYBcWhMw2Yeycrb/s1495/Australian+Darter+Golf+Links+May+21+%25281+of+1%2529-7.tif" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1495" data-original-width="997" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDntWMFvJlPSXgWVMjOAER60b4tnVc4sYsAQS-Phsp0nPDdV_g6qPyVDxVr6066zFOdeBEW_n5sEocP978Z493Z7N7YWQ7ViS1wVMwDnKI4zQIJ7dWxmdz7yy-3alpjYBcWhMw2Yeycrb/w308-h464/Australian+Darter+Golf+Links+May+21+%25281+of+1%2529-7.tif" width="308" /></a></h3></div></i></h3><div style="text-align: left;">I watched this male Australasian Darter sitting on a branch over the Kilmore Hospital reservoir, with a number of other birds, Little Black and Little Pied cormorants. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">They were all sitting in the sun, drying their wings and enjoying a good look around.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Darter then began to prance and dance about. I imagined he was showing the smaller birds who was the boss. They turned their heads and watched, without too much interest, what he was doing.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Nor did he appear to be too interested in them. His performance seemed to be directed towards a tree a little way over the water.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There she was. A female Darter. She watched him with just a little more interest than the cormorants.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">What a show-off! <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFk2zMshvHfCjuVasF2BFIVLzf7j4o_66-t6VPQsBKQn3PjoeCzV4AAeqrLbK5k9RaWWhjBVesa91uiAu1wAYGmJTb5efHPk1FuT09IwAN1_RtYhgEhlqJtOM4CUi81oulMG-lJg0jN67Z/s1936/Australian+Darter+Golf+Links+May+21+%25281+of+1%2529-11.tif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1291" data-original-width="1936" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFk2zMshvHfCjuVasF2BFIVLzf7j4o_66-t6VPQsBKQn3PjoeCzV4AAeqrLbK5k9RaWWhjBVesa91uiAu1wAYGmJTb5efHPk1FuT09IwAN1_RtYhgEhlqJtOM4CUi81oulMG-lJg0jN67Z/w498-h332/Australian+Darter+Golf+Links+May+21+%25281+of+1%2529-11.tif" width="498" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Some were feeding young birds, not too long out of the nest.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">These Dusky Woodswallows are not to be confused with those others, the Welcome, and White-backed Swallows and the Martins we often see in and out of old sheds, under verandahs and bridges. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Whilst both are of the order <i>Passeriformes, </i>they are each of a different <i>Family</i>. Woodswallows, Artamus, Swallows Hirundinidae. So, not related. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd-M-Z8GfgjkOBO-MHQnr5iy8AeJ-R-Ia4f0OHNnNMYw5uqSRA9JspjdZC68FXkHtNZyAqxhixw9fJ3fz5RXJCQIs-w2zJdeh3ZO3wpYlA_QA-LDOysMZvgYP_T0verzzq44ORg8QJ3uI-/s1105/Trust+For+Nature+Willowmavin+Jan+9+2021+%25281+of+1%2529-13.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1105" data-original-width="737" height="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd-M-Z8GfgjkOBO-MHQnr5iy8AeJ-R-Ia4f0OHNnNMYw5uqSRA9JspjdZC68FXkHtNZyAqxhixw9fJ3fz5RXJCQIs-w2zJdeh3ZO3wpYlA_QA-LDOysMZvgYP_T0verzzq44ORg8QJ3uI-/w365-h548/Trust+For+Nature+Willowmavin+Jan+9+2021+%25281+of+1%2529-13.jpg" width="365" /></a></div>The Woodswallows are very social animals and can often be seen sitting together along a branch, up to a dozen birds squeezed up together tightly. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Unlike the swallows and fairy martin family who build nests from mud, the Woodswallow builds a rough looking nest from twigs and small branches <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><i></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It is seldom grazed so at the moment it is heavily grassed with kangaroo grass, wallaby grass and other pasture grasses.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">This young bird was busy hunting and feeding, returning to the same branch to consume what had been caught. 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1174" data-original-width="1761" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilOcstjKwpn3p70eaeYcRdqd5N9jYqUIbJuvWN183xNuJ5aRTFA4aB9pmw4cIAknZBABFIKSeGH9Vkx-htapPs-LdZnX4HGY1XdmEX4MLa9PeuiDzL-TP83JGfa7vHzp2C31rpAYHMXg1o/w480-h320/Monument+March+2020+%25281+of+1%2529-3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p>A number of we locals, have been watching a pair of swans on the Hospital Reservoir for several months. Like a group of older aunts we have been waiting and watching for signs of new arrivals.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Ck_z9H7AeRfClWsvJLRGNsXMagDbnj882CZu02nNdY_xb31hL7TtMG8Dh2RkEBerbZ0RzP08-cRpIgJhtfn6_igjnQktn9uO8Hbi8njYipxkmFJ3vROwcXJhJvruloWc7Cj5tZXbQpzF/s1556/Golf+course+October+2020+%25281+of+1%2529-9.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1037" data-original-width="1556" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Ck_z9H7AeRfClWsvJLRGNsXMagDbnj882CZu02nNdY_xb31hL7TtMG8Dh2RkEBerbZ0RzP08-cRpIgJhtfn6_igjnQktn9uO8Hbi8njYipxkmFJ3vROwcXJhJvruloWc7Cj5tZXbQpzF/w404-h269/Golf+course+October+2020+%25281+of+1%2529-9.jpg" width="404" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Well here they are at last. </p><p> </p><p>The cygnets have been out and about for about three weeks now. They and the adults are very at ease with the world, not concerned by the presence of golfers, course workers and walkers and dogs.</p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0pEgtmvMrvzQCMTB599IzXioZAYvJ2HrYl36Mn0t22dsChtSMG2bkI6oiASPHY52zv0Vz28uO1nvbzI5AuiCkE5WfwTiYVSc4SsKlbqpzzNU2PARB7qB6hou41r5GDivnArQ8lmpUBn_J/s2048/Golf+course+October+2020+%25281+of+1%2529-3.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0pEgtmvMrvzQCMTB599IzXioZAYvJ2HrYl36Mn0t22dsChtSMG2bkI6oiASPHY52zv0Vz28uO1nvbzI5AuiCkE5WfwTiYVSc4SsKlbqpzzNU2PARB7qB6hou41r5GDivnArQ8lmpUBn_J/w404-h269/Golf+course+October+2020+%25281+of+1%2529-3.jpg" width="404" /></a></div> <p></p><p></p><p>This morning as I passed the group at a distance, I noticed a woman throwing cut up lettuce to them. She must have been around at other times, the swans and young moved eagerly toward the her and the picnic she offered.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQBKUNCBcekMwL7fG3ujsA3Y6LHRKj9PPsbug9iL0FkpTb0_sbivzszEXR9v_-dq68bvXF10hsizR72muoazVg8Z8tLO23tfI90FzvBHWCfWC4DqT6m8dZPBOMayV3Xef6WnsUuQW_aD0J/s2048/Golf+course+October+2020+%25281+of+1%2529-10.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQBKUNCBcekMwL7fG3ujsA3Y6LHRKj9PPsbug9iL0FkpTb0_sbivzszEXR9v_-dq68bvXF10hsizR72muoazVg8Z8tLO23tfI90FzvBHWCfWC4DqT6m8dZPBOMayV3Xef6WnsUuQW_aD0J/w405-h270/Golf+course+October+2020+%25281+of+1%2529-10.jpg" width="405" /></a></div> <p></p><p> </p><p>I spoke to the lady later and she told me there had been three young birds. One had looked 'sickly' from the start. She said it spent a lot of time on the back of one of the adults as they floated across the water. She hasn't seen this chick for a while and presumes it has died or been taken by a fox.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Yp-SSMwIIvwjI4YEKSnHhHQ2yNDTqBnOGRoivjt1yhYdr1GEZEU0L1AIN-O-zcyfBx7_O2RQYXuLgSQU78ShBcJzi8bMXh0qSeXO7DYN9RIzj8p-uXj83ALniHNKf5OeWkIosEe8Dt9Q/s1868/Golf+course+October+2020+%25281+of+1%2529-2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1245" data-original-width="1868" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Yp-SSMwIIvwjI4YEKSnHhHQ2yNDTqBnOGRoivjt1yhYdr1GEZEU0L1AIN-O-zcyfBx7_O2RQYXuLgSQU78ShBcJzi8bMXh0qSeXO7DYN9RIzj8p-uXj83ALniHNKf5OeWkIosEe8Dt9Q/w406-h271/Golf+course+October+2020+%25281+of+1%2529-2.jpg" width="406" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Paul Duffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041483573899578837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822736664655603903.post-47076805946284863302020-10-02T20:07:00.005+10:002020-10-03T09:22:35.616+10:00Sparrow House<h4 style="text-align: left;">HOUSE SPARROW <i>Passer domesticus</i></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjisqP3uzbiiyPuKOfJtSk2XlonMsvQN7XlSIJsSi2WR2XbMSYsZuxMGnf_OmDZYhGAfCgceM9yZbIppkq7bo8v9AgFUs3Y-jvBszeXRRUg2BvVnK6nfzeGm581jrR7kzgxAsZ7janVSsGL/s1638/0O3A9778+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="1225" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjisqP3uzbiiyPuKOfJtSk2XlonMsvQN7XlSIJsSi2WR2XbMSYsZuxMGnf_OmDZYhGAfCgceM9yZbIppkq7bo8v9AgFUs3Y-jvBszeXRRUg2BvVnK6nfzeGm581jrR7kzgxAsZ7janVSsGL/w478-h640/0O3A9778+%25282%2529.jpg" width="478" /></a></div></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Such common little birds<i>. </i>We see them so often it is easy to not to pay them any attention.</span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidDVrtAMZ3t-dCXAAmeToMOztBsDytoJ3mo0f9U6k88cHidw02GlclwHC4w_gqXwWm0v7bpQg4PheJtm8OjfDxqPFw5YHwiYVwk-wf7sVS2k63Sra1pAQIA8JxYoInNnwMzdb-8n8rqnTs/s1400/House+Sparrow+Fitzroy+Street+%25281+of+1%2529-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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Unfortunately they displace our native birds from nest sites. As well, they use our houses, sheds and farm building for their nests often leaving a mess of twigs and leaves which harbour mice and insects </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Many of us have been woken by the incessant scratching and chirrupping of sparrows nesting under the roofs above our bedrooms. </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Whilst knowing that they are ubiquitous pests, they are bright and cheerful little birds, well worth watching and contemplating. Common maybe, but they are certainly a big part of our avian birdscape. </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">As I see them fluttering around the old railway station building at Kilmore East, I am always reminded of the verse from Matthew's Gospel Bible, </span><span class="red">'Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care'. </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span class="red"> </span></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnkIsFG-yWSiEiQIYQXO7EP4bmfxQP3hMydFELNV_Uq1YtAY9I_uzm7rRyUjsLeEjXiAbPObbRM-2zTeXK7qBbwNxJaDFyiiVkloLYwFnUX8nhyphenhyphenSMFW5fN3D-Ca0OhpR68YFAGFB7AsC_d/s2048/Nanny%2527s+Bridge+Aug+2019+%25281+of+1%2529-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1268" data-original-width="2048" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnkIsFG-yWSiEiQIYQXO7EP4bmfxQP3hMydFELNV_Uq1YtAY9I_uzm7rRyUjsLeEjXiAbPObbRM-2zTeXK7qBbwNxJaDFyiiVkloLYwFnUX8nhyphenhyphenSMFW5fN3D-Ca0OhpR68YFAGFB7AsC_d/w504-h313/Nanny%2527s+Bridge+Aug+2019+%25281+of+1%2529-2.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span class="red"> </span> </h4>Paul Duffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03041483573899578837noreply@blogger.com0