Magpie having a nap in the sun.First time I have seen this. He slept for almost 20 minutes. I broke the video up into two parts. This is the second section. Noisy Miner comes along to check out the sleeping Magpie. Noisy Miner chick being fed by a parent. Magpie wakes up, has a... See More » (1)
Magpie having a nap. Part the secondThis is the first part of a twenty-minute nap by the male Magpie. He was simply plum tuckered out, what with feeding the chicks, warding off the crows, keeping track of his ladies. One of his ladies had a quick bath. (1)
Resident male Magpie taking a bathHe wants to look good for his two ladies. Two nests, two belles, 3 chicks. Expecting the chicks will be bought to us when they leave the nest. (1)
First chick of the new season has emergedHere is a 10-minute video of a brand new downy Australian Noisy Miner chick. (1)
Australian Noisy Miner chick waiting for parents to return with supper.My previous video extended to 20 minutes and the parents never returned in all that time. I edited it back to 10 minutes. This is much shorter and the parents returned with morsels for their young one. (1)
My sojourn to Sherbrooke Forest saw me come across a male Australian King ParrotThe adult male King Parrot is the only Australian Parrot with a completely red head, neck, breast and lower belly. It grows to 42 cm, 16" and has a green back, wings and tail. They in the forested regions of the eastern Australia, including... See More » (+4)
I visited Sherbrooke Forest todayWithin 30 minutes I espied a Superb Lyrebird. My first such encounter. The Superb Lyrebird inhabits dense, moist rainforests in southeast Australia and Tasmania. I came across this one in the Sherbrook Forest in the Dandenong National Park, 40 km... See More » (1)
It won't be long now, Magpie chicks will be bornNests have been built, eggs have been laid. Chicks will emerge, then when they are fledglings, mum and dad will bring them to visit us. One male is looking after two females. Last year's nest. This season's nests. (+3)
