Thread: Post your birdlife shots

Moreton Isand

This shot has lost a bit of clarity somewhere on its travels.

Ngorongoro Crater,East Africa.

This guy was a long way off.

tbc

Snake Eagle,the locals call them,Serengeti,Tanzania

by

30429828_2188695978024505_1527764819_n.jpg

Hornbill,Kenya

,

I put a little house for my local Rosellas to stop them chewing on the wood under my eaves - didn't work but they like the house. Not sure if they are actually nesting in the box but they visit it a lot and go inside.

IMG_20200907_132400.jpg
Garry

So the Crimson Rosellas have now moved into their house.

Mum spends most of the time inside while hubby roosts in a tree about 10' away.

I can look inside the box through a lid on the top but will let nature talk its course for a while.

However, these little suckers have decided to swarm nearby - they do not like mower noise.

PXL_20201014_054027874.jpg

I lived in my house for 20 years and like clockwork the bees swarm around my house on the first day of the October long weekend. When I first moved in they hung around for a week moving in an out of the wall space and dying en mass in my bathroom. Now they only blitz me for one day. They do not build a hive in the house but an expert said that most likely they have in the past and can still smell the old hive so come for a visit each time they emerge from their winter slumber.

They have never swarmed like they have above and where they are there is no where to build a hive - other than calling a bee person to take them away any suggestions on encouraging them the move on. They seem happy to stay where they are for the moment.

They do not like the mower - but what about putting the garden sprinkler on them on fine spray - not the hose as I know what will happen - me getting stung.

Garry

Water won't help , they will huddle together to protect the queen. They will stay as long as it take the worker bees to find a suitable home. Most bee keepers will be happy to come and collect them.