The sun is out and my hood is calling. I don’t have to go far to see birds. They are on my deck everyday as my valley turns a beautiful purple. On this walk I see (and hear) magpies, crows, cockatoos, miner birds, willy wag tails, blue eyed honey eaters, doves, butcher birds, welcome swallows, ducks, Indian mynahs, kookaburras, ibises, rainbow lorikeets and this pretty black and white one which is a magpie lark.

The sulphur crested cockatoo had a ball taking this pod apart and here it is.

None of them exceptional but each one precious in their own way and their singing, cawing, crowing and caterwauling are part of my waking hours and evening bedtimes. At the moment the bush stone curlews have a wake up call at about midnight which sounds as if they are being ritually slaughtered. Carlo Ferraro has a brilliant you tube video with their calls which I am sharing with you here.

I got home and this popped up in my emails – so I will be taking part in the Aussie Bird Count -How easy is that !

It’s just a great way of making sure we register them in our everyday so they are part in ever larger numbers of future lives.