The Wattlebird is of our favourites and regular visitor when the gum trees are flowering, It is named after the wattle (earlobe) not the wattle (popular flowering tree). Linda has again done a lovely job with this drawing.
It has a very distinctive call:
The Blaxland Birds Listing
Elsewhere about this bird:
* Wikipedia Entry
* Red Wattlebird Call
They are a pretty common sight around our place. I still need to add a “water bowl” video , but a still photo is here. Mind you, Linda, when you mention Rosella around here, some people still associate it with tomato sauce…
The Blaxland Birds List
Elsewhere about this bird:
* Wikipedia
* Rosella (the brand)
The little Willie Wagtail was too big for one page in Linda’s sketch book. Or did she want to wag its tail?
We haven’t yet managed to capture on on our camera…
The Blaxland Birds List
Elsewhere about the Willie Wagtail:
* Wikipedia
This beautiful sketch by Linda can’t do justice to its real talent, the superb mimicry of the songs of its competitors. Turn the sound up and have a listen:
And yes, we’ve got them on video scratching around our “bird bath” . For far away readers, “wij hebben geen tuin” [ we don’t have a garden], but a national park :-). Anyway, video from behind our house:
Our Blaxland Birds List
Elsewhere about the Lyrebird:
* Wikipedia
* Calls (Youtube)
A lovely rendering of the Red-browed Finch by Linda. One of those little birds that never stops and always looks busy. Too busy to have a drink at our water bowl and pose for the camera…
* Blaxland Birds list
Elsewhere about this bird:
Birds in Backyards entry
We used to see these a lot when we lived in Kingswood (a while back, …cough). Linda, once you listen to their call you’ll never call them Magpie-larks again….
* Blaxland Birds List
Elsewhere about this bird:
* Wikipedia
It was so easy for Linda to fall in love with the colours, but what is really striking about these birds is their sheer arrogance. They know they’re beautiful and think they know it all… [this is the couple which breeds in our tree every year]
More Rainbow Lorikeet entries:
* Close…
* Nesting
Other birds
* Blaxland Birds list
More info elsewhere:
* Wikipedia entry
* on ebird
No love at first sight for the Noisy Friarbird, but Linda did a good job capturing a specimen on her Instagram account . Who needs ugly ducklings when you have Noisy Friarbirds?
Check out its call below…
The Blaxland Birds list
More info elsewhere:
* Wikipedia entry
* on ebird
* Its call (Youtube)
We’ve not yet spotted the Crested Pigeon on our “BirdBath” camera, although they do live around our place. Linda‘s bird is keen to impress.
More Crested Pigeon Entries:
* Having a drink
Other bir
The Blaxland Birds list
More info elsewhere:
* Wikipedia entry
A familiar sight around our house, although suffering a bit from the seeming epidemic of Sulphur Crested Cockatoos. Linda has the bird “giving us the eye” like they do!.
The Blaxland Birds list
More info elsewhere:
* Wikipedia entry
* on ebird
