You rarely see just one Noisy Miner and groups often dominate the birdbath. They are pretty cheeky and never sit still, jealous of other birds wanting a sip or a dip.
Our Blaxland Birds List
Elsewhere about the Noisy Miner:
* Wikipedia
* Calls (Youtube)
The bird which dominates the dish is the Sulphur Crested Cockatoo. Bossy and noisy.
You can’t get away from them, even in the supermarket car park… But we still wouldn’t be without them.
The Blaxland Birds list
Elsewhere about these birds:
* Wikipedia
* ebird
In the early 70’s, when we lived in Naremburn, Joost Brouwer gave us a Galah to look after. Very entertaining, but not a bird we would keep in a cage today… One day he flew away, preferring freedom over the daily newspaper…
The Blaxland Birds list
Learn more about this bird:
* Wikipedia
* ebird
This month, spurred on by distant cousin, @linlovesart, we’ll be doing a social media post every day about birds. First a bit of history with this photo, taken on the Gold Coast a few years back…
Well, that got April Fools out of the way and we can continue with daily posts about Blaxland Birds. No doubt, we’ll get back to Rainbow Lorikeets along the way….
The Blaxland Birds list
More info elsewhere:
* Wikipedia entry
* on ebird
Last but not least in Linda‘s series of Australian bird drawings, an Australian icon. We see them often on our washing line, spying for a worm or other delicacy. The Kookaburra’s call is iconic and hard to miss. They don’t come for a drink, so I haven’t captured one on the camera yet…
* Blaxland Birds list
Elsewhere about this bird:
* Wikipedia
* ebird
Linda has set us a challenge today by posting this beautiful rendering of that tiny bird. Never seen one “in the flesh” but I think I heard one the other day. I thought it was a Bellbird at the time, but checking its call on ebird just now, it probably was one of these cute little creatures.
The Blaxland Birds list
More info elsewhere:
* Wikipedia
* ebird
Another lovely rendition of one of “our” birds by Linda. I keep encouraging her to add audio to her art, to no avail.
We hear them more often then we see them.
The Blaxland Birds List
Elsewhere about this bird:
* Australian Museum
* Calls
Linda has drawn one of our favourites, the Galah. We don’t see many around Blaxland, presumably because of the dominance of Sulphur Crested Cockatoos…
Our dirty little secret is that, we had one at home as a companion when we lived in the City . Mind you, their voice is pretty loud when it competes with the TV … Anyway, we accidentally left the front door open and it deserted us! When we moved to Blaxland, we learnt to enjoy birds in the bush, except for the cockatiel which turned up one day…
* Blaxland Birds List
More about this bird:
* Wikipedia
Ahhh…. the Noisy Miner. An absolutely lovely rendering by Linda! While we love all birds, they’re a bit of a pest, really… Never by themselves, always mucking around. I think they’re probably the reason we don’t see the Indian Minah (earlier Linda subject) around our place.
Our Blaxland Birds List
Elsewhere about the Noisy Miner:
* Wikipedia
* Calls (Youtube)
Linda‘s lovely drawing doesn’t really show the reason why it’s called a Bronzewing… Have a look under its wings on the video below. They are regular visitors to our water bowl as they need lots of drinks, particularly during summer.
The Blaxland Birds List
Elsewhere about this bird:
* Wikipedia Entry.
