Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

[K Spot]

Shorts!

It's not quite shorts weather for me

 

[satay]

Shorts!    It's not quite shorts weather for me

It was nice out in the sun back to trackies now though

 

[Anniebee]

His 'Earth ' series is amazing. This one is my favorite, wood ducks leaping from their nest.

Have always enjoyed Sir David Attenboroughs' extraordinary programmes on wild life. .... Thank heaven I don't have to watch wood ducks leaping from anywhere ... they hide and hatch in all kinds of weird places, ( in our back garden in previous years ) next thing ya know - they are marching in line to the nearest creek ... across the back garden - down the street .... no leaping !! I have shepherded a couple of broods, to the best of my ability ( stopping traffic !! ) ....

A few broods just stay with a couple of neighbours - who have a pool !! .... they attach themselves to the family. Hasn't happened here though ( Miss Ruby dog and chooks would be a deterrent methinks ) ....

An amazing video - I posted it to my timeline on Facebook .... thank your for the link, Fancy.

Cheers.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Have always enjoyed Sir David Attenboroughs' extraordinary programmes on wild life.   .... Thank heaven I don't have to watch wood ducks leaping from anywhere ... they hide and hatch in all kinds of weird places, ( in our back garden in previous years ) next thing ya know - they are marching in line to the nearest creek ... across the back garden - down the street .... no leaping !!  I have shepherded a couple of broods, to the best of my ability ( stopping traffic !! ) ....  

A few broods just stay with a couple of neighbours - who have a pool !! .... they attach themselves to the family.   Hasn't happened here though ( Miss Ruby dog and chooks would be a deterrent methinks ) .... 

An amazing video - I posted it to my timeline on Facebook .... thank your for the link, Fancy.  

Cheers.  

Your welcome Annie, did you watch the barnacle geese one ?

 

[Outpost JWB]

My DD was watching the gosling one with me. She was almost crying. It is amazing that it can live through such trauma. Poor dear. We had never heard of such a thing. The adult geese are beautiful also.

 

[Anniebee]

Sunshine yay!!! Been out playing in the vege garden for the first time in forever! Transplanted a few seedling had come up by themselves, no idea what they are as they looked a bit like bok choy or Chinese cabbage but I've never had that in that bed. Oh well, might have to have mystery vege night when they get bigger

Now if I could just get an egg out of my darn chooks. Still haven't had a single one since the hawk and while one might be molting the rest are just being slackers! Honestly starting to thing I bought faulty chooks lol

Hang in there appps ..... my chickens just ' suddenly ' started 26th July. .... ( last eggs early April !! ) .... two laid on the first day ( one Araucana, she lives alone with a stuffed toy dog for company, along with her wild bird friends ) and have had 5 more since ( from 3 chickens ) .... over 4 days. ....I am a very happy vegemite ...

Only purchased 1.5 dozen eggs over winter - the girls' eggs lasted quite a while. Now we have to use up all the bought eggs, and hopefully go on with the girls producing. Mandy Welsummer and Molly RIR - not sure who is producing there - all eggs are pretty much the same colour, it's Mandy who does all the loud announcing but the eggs are not anywhere near terra cotta in colour. ???? .... Until I get two eggs in the same nest, I will not be able to compare ( if then ) .... Mindy Araucana is very busy - has produced daily since starting up again.

Good luck with the vegie garden ...

Cheers.

 

[Anniebee]

Your welcome Annie, did you watch the barnacle geese one ?

I certainly did thanks Fancy .... that was the one I posted to my FB timeline. ... with a warning not to become too alarmed at it. Amazing that such a sweet little fluffy thing, is capable of such a feat. ...

Anniebee.

 

[Fancychooklady]

My DD was watching the gosling one with me.  She was almost crying.  It is amazing that it can live through such trauma.  Poor dear.  We had never heard of such a thing.  The adult geese are beautiful also.

Mother Nature holds so many secrets. Sir David Attenborough has a unique way of unlocking some of those secrets for us. His new series is starting her in Australia and I , for one will be watching.
We have seen wood ducks leaping from the nest here on our property and had I not seen the footage , I may have intervened thinking they would harm themselves.

 

[Anniebee]

Mother Nature holds so many secrets. Sir David Attenborough has a unique way of unlocking some of those secrets for us. His new series is starting her in Australia and I , for one will be watching.
We have seen wood ducks leaping from the nest here on our property and had I not seen the footage , I may have intervened thinking they would harm themselves.

The wood ducks we've had, have been at ground level - due to nice little hidey places in a large wood pile we have. ( we have a huge open fireplace which we delight in, for winter ) ... so they have never nested 'up high' in our back garden.

Have not seen them since having chickens though - understandable I guess - the wood ducks would know the danger to their darling little offspring, if one wandered into the path of a chicken. If chickens ( my two big girls in particular ) can raise their hackles and rush at a cockatoo, heaven only knows what they might do to a little duckling !! ( they hide though, when a whole flock of cockies descend !! LOL ) ... However, I wouldn't trust them any more than I would a wild bull in a paddock. !!

Agree with your comments about Sir David A .... so great an experience, to watch his shows.

Was glad that today they were not out of their coops in the early-ish a.m. as there seems to have been a punch-up of some sort - an adult rosella vs ? whatever in the back garden. Would not have been a cat, as there was no body to be seen - only a lot of feathers, ( tail and down ), maybe a late retiring owl ? .... it has me really puzzled. ... May have just been a fight between two rosellas' which would be a first in my experience !! ... Doubt that it would have been a raptor ... although ??? My girls, having finished their moulting, and laying again, MUST have their wing feathers cropped again, as I figure they'd have been over their fences and into the fray - had they been out this morning. ....

Ah - the fun of raising chickens !!

( and previous wood ducks !! ).

 

[appps]

The wood ducks we've had, have been at ground level - due to nice little hidey places in a large wood pile we have.  ( we have a huge open fireplace which we delight in, for winter ) ... so they have never nested 'up high' in our back garden.    

Have not seen them since having chickens though - understandable I guess - the wood ducks would know the danger to their darling little offspring, if one wandered into the path of a chicken.  If chickens ( my two big girls in particular ) can raise their hackles and rush at a cockatoo, heaven only knows what they might do to a little duckling !!  ( they hide though, when a whole flock of cockies descend !! LOL ) ... However, I wouldn't trust them any more than I would a wild bull in a paddock. !!  

Agree with your comments about Sir David A ....  so great an experience,  to watch his shows.   

Was glad that today they were not out of their coops in the early-ish a.m. as there seems to have been a punch-up of some sort - an adult rosella vs ? whatever in the back garden.   Would not have been a cat, as there was no body to be seen - only a lot of feathers, ( tail and down ), maybe a late retiring owl ? .... it has me really puzzled. ... May have just been a fight between two rosellas' which would be a first in my experience !!  ... Doubt that it would have been a raptor ... although ???   My girls, having finished their moulting, and laying again, MUST have their wing feathers cropped again, as I figure they'd have been over their fences and into the fray - had they been out this morning.   ....  

Ah - the fun of raising chickens !! :/   ( and previous wood ducks !! ).  

Don't discount the raptors, the goshawk was plucking our chicken when disturbed. Could have been doing that then flew off with the carcass since a rosella is small enough, leaving you just the feather mess.