The bowerbird is a regular visitor to our garden, and pretty bossy as you can see in the video below. It’s number 4 in Lin’s series of drawings. Meanwhile, its Birdlife entry is here and this month’s defence of the birdbath is below:
Here is a bird which we haven’t yet captured at our water bowl, the Indian or Common Mynah. A wonderful rendition by Lin… Check linlovesart on Instagram.
Day 2 of Lin’s February project brings us an old favourite, the King Parrot. Check linlovesart on Instagram.
* More about the King Parrot
* Our earlier sighting of an immature bird.
A distant (other side of the world) but precious (2nd) cousin has taken up the challenge of sketching an Australian bird every day this February. Check linlovesart on Instagram.
Often heard around our place, but not often sighted is the Lyrebird. When you hear them, it’s like a catalogue of all the local bird song, intermingled with other environment noise. Lawn mowers, chain saws and, when we still had landlines, ringing telephones… Wikipedia Example
Learn more about the Suberb Lyrebird [Wikipedia]
I was surprised that our “bird camera” caught a Brush Turkey (Alectura lathami) early one morning last week! (The above video has three still captures before a short video)
While our European friends might love their foxes, they are not popular down here in Australia… This wikipedia article provides an overview. Unfortunately, there is little we can do at this point.
We don’t remember seeing the Cuckoo-Dove before… But here it is, getting a refresher!
Here is a bird which we hear often and see rarely, the Eastern Whipbird. It has a really distinct, wait for it…, whip sound. The eBird website includes excellent sound recordings of it.
And we added it to our list here!
We hadn’t noticed the hole in a fork of the tree behind our house until a Rainbow Lorikeet was paying it a lot of attention. A longer look confirmed that a couple were nesting in the tree.
I needed an excuse for a new camera (another story) and a little patience was easily rewarded with the video below. We’re now waiting for the offspring, which surely are on the way.
