Post your birdlife shots

Whipbirds have returned here as well, although the noisey miners try their best to chase them away.
A few years ago there were young ones,i honestly dont know how they survive, just a ball of down that lives on the ground.

Currawongs appeared here as well a few months ago, never seen them before, in the 20 yrs we have been here.
Hopefully they eat some of the Noisey Miner chicks.

The Miners are out of control,they try their best chase any other bird away, and sometimes into our windows, which usually kills them instantly.
I have seen groups of up to around 15 in family groups, feeding five chicks in one nest.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by scarry

The Miners are out of control,they try their best chase any other bird away, and sometimes into our windows, which usually kills them instantly.

---

The Indian Miners are in plague proportions here and are a declared pest so you can humanly kill them - my neighbour has a trap to catch them and can catch 30 at a go - he uses the exhaust from his diesel Troopie to kill them but he reckons it takes a lot longer than exhaust gas from a petrol engine - so much for the believe that pollutants from diesels are worse than petrols.

He also catches the neighbours cats that might venture onto his property and then takes them to the pound where the owners have to pay big $$$ to get them back. He is quite open about it and mail drops his intentions before hand so the neighbours know - it is amazing how this mail drop action alone reduces the number of cats wandering around and taking down local birds.

Luckily no Indian miners here,but they have been about out a k away at the local shopping Center for a while.

My brother catches them at his place as well,and drops them off somewhere for disposal.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by 101RRS

he uses the exhaust from his diesel Troopie to kill them but he reckons it takes a lot longer than exhaust gas from a petrol engine - so much for the believe that pollutants from diesels are worse than petrols.

---

Petrols produce more carbon monoxide which in confined spaces ties up the Haemoglobin and prevents it from carrying oxygen causing asphyxiation. Diesels produce more soot which causes cancer. Carbon monoxide is diluted in the atmosphere and is oxidised to CO2 with no problems, soot continues to cause problems. The birds are called an Indian Myna.

We're fortunate to be near a major rainforest reserve so the whip birds and bats have a refuge.

We have many birds here too. The kookaburras are nesting in a termite nest high up in the neighbour's turpentine tree. There is much discussion amoungst the young ones as to territory. The black faced cuckoo shrikes have three chicks also high up. I can see them clearly with field glasses but would need about a 500mm lens to get a picture I think. Noisy miners and Bloody indian mynahs are also nesting as are satin bower birds, eastern whip birds and peewees. It's a busy time.
Don.

This guy dropped in a few days ago. Beautiful birds

Attachment 166196

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by 101RRS

So checking the nest box I find I have got three chicks and a couple of dead eggs.

Attachment 166044

Attachment 166045

---

Yesterday (click on the pic [thumbsupbig])
https://live.staticflickr.com/31337/...196b77b1_b.jpgPXL_20201117_022506182

Not a bird, but will be able to fly. Here's a couple of pics of one of the orphan flying foxes we are currently rearing. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...8b9df31936.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...d2e252d08f.jpg

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Not a bird, but will be able to fly. Here's a couple of pics of one of the orphan flying foxes we are currently rearing. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...8b9df31936.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...d2e252d08f.jpg

---

Brings back fond memories,we had quite a few of them when we were kids,I remember feeding them with a babies bottle.We also had baby insect eating bats at times,but they often didn’t survive.Some did and ended up on a diet of home bred meal worms and other insects.If they didn’t fatten up during summer,they would die during winter.They just won’t eat when it’s cold,go into a sort of hibernation phase.

We also had all sorts of other animals and birds over the years,the one that sticks in my memory the most was a young female Wedgy that arrived one day,named Nick.

She was the household pet for over 20 yrs.She was fitted with jessies we used to call them,leather leg straps,attatched to a 2,5 M dog chain,that went to a wire line.
The dog chain ran along the wire line.
We used to throw a cricket ball for her and she would bring it back.

When we brought friends home from school,they were amazed,playing with such a tame eagle.The bats and other animals amazed them and their parents as well.

We had an Antechinus for a while once,the most aggressive animal I have ever seen.It was tiny,about 4 inches long,yet it would attack and eat a 12 inch stick insect.