tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post4929161824568305375..comments2023-11-05T18:46:32.295+11:00Comments on Baino's Banter: Spring Is Here, The Grass is Riz . . .Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-83284175456186065882007-10-24T11:26:00.000+10:002007-10-24T11:26:00.000+10:00Anon: Yep they wake up very early. They're massive...Anon: Yep they wake up very early. They're massive alarm bells tho. I always know if there's a snake or a blue tongue around or a hawk in the treetops. I don't mind them too much.<BR/><BR/>Ah the ducks! What can you do, the littlies can't fly yet. Just up the chlorine. You can put something in your pool that softens the oil on their feathers so they start to sink but I don't want to drown the little feckers. They'll be gone in a week or two.<BR/><BR/>Nonny: welcome back from the big apple. We have magpies but they're big as crows, not you're diminutive European types. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Magpie<BR/><BR/>They're very aggressive in spring.<BR/><BR/>Then there's a Currawong which is like a pied crow . . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currawong<BR/><BR/>Here endeth the ornothology lesson for today. Check Bird Anonymous,Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-41260136089401361642007-10-24T10:47:00.000+10:002007-10-24T10:47:00.000+10:00you have Magpies? I love the little birdies chippe...you have Magpies? I love the little birdies chippers. I love watching them learn to fly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-71635917789416167432007-10-24T09:01:00.000+10:002007-10-24T09:01:00.000+10:00Excellent post Baino and shhhhhhhhh don't tell any...Excellent post Baino and shhhhhhhhh don't tell anyone I've been here (limited internet connection until Monday). Noisy Minor birds are ANNOYING! How do you put up with the SCREAMING - stuffing them with Huntsman Spiders ... very clever :) Love the photograph! I once had a minor bird drop a bag of rat poison onto my head after we mistakenly thought it had a rat's nest above the dryer in the laundry. Had been stalking the spot for weeks and was sure it was rats.<BR/><BR/>Also, I wouldn't put up with ducks within the confines of a pool - EWWWW! Or I'd punish the kids to clean the mess on a daily basis Hahhahaaa.<BR/><BR/>Thought about entering 'Foctober' but its over in a week. Or is it then named Fovember?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14732532158833146797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-36981592788962879912007-10-24T05:31:00.000+10:002007-10-24T05:31:00.000+10:00GM: It's warming up here and there were quite a fe...GM: It's warming up here and there were quite a few Tits of the unfeathered kind at the Indie 500 last weekend! You can protect your hed from swooping magpies by wearing a 1 litre ice cream container!<BR/><BR/>AV: They were sooo cute. Not as cute as Zebra foals tho! We have native doves that do the same thing while making an excited "Wooo" noise, very entertaning (perhaps not for the hen)Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-21184744007276273662007-10-24T02:48:00.000+10:002007-10-24T02:48:00.000+10:00Aw and double aw! That's so sweet! Lovely those ...Aw and double aw! That's so sweet! Lovely those little fledglings in your hanging plant pot.<BR/>The guinea fowl around here are exhibiting the most insane courting behaviour I have ever seen. She runs like hell, he pelts after her, she flies over the wall, he follows, she runs around the pool, he, of course, falls in, flaps out and sopping wet takes up the chase again. Eventually he gets hold of her and pulls great tufts of feathers from her. She takes off again. A new male joins the chase and being a much "fresher" bird, he grounds her and humps himself into a frenzy. The other poor dude is left to preen is sodden feathers. I might add that this goes on for a half an hour!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04871239587214383387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-5615331866336023522007-10-24T02:14:00.000+10:002007-10-24T02:14:00.000+10:00Awwwwww!We have an increase of Magpies and with th...Awwwwww!<BR/><BR/>We have an increase of Magpies and with them a decrease in other species. The Tits are appearing in the last few days, but I miss the Wagtails.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com