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This flock has been causing chaos for years.

They like Boronia Train Station and have had an ongoing war with the magpies.

Each morning they fly from their nightime roost on Mt Dandenong to Boronia Station.

Stopping on the way to amuse themselves with whatever destruction they can find.

They stop off when our large Liquid Amber trees have their seed pods and strip them bare.

They were talking about culling them but there was a bit of an uproar.

I have a lot of murderous fantasies about white cockatoos. They don't seem to like my high-powered water pistol that sounds like a machine gun

I think we should get back to talking about sweet little harmless birds - I can feel my blood pressure rising.

Had no idea cockatoos were such a problem Diane. Unlike my Robin, who isn't really a problem at all, other than I need to keep buying him food.

Yesterday, he saw me cleaning out the henhouse and although there was food a plenty on the feeders, he came and sat on a tree, just above my head and started singing to me. I don't know if you know what an English Robin sounds like but they are one of our prettiest songsters. As usual I was carrying a pack of his food with me and I asked him if he wanted some food. He acted as if he wasn't talking to me and looked away but as soon as I put some food into my hand, he was down like a shot. He never lands immediately on my hand, he always hovers first, like in my photo, as if he is scanning my face, then lands on my fingertips, grabs a piece of suet and goes with its to the nearest object, where he lands and then wipes his beak. Sometimes, he comes back another couple of times before flying off to continue with his life.

I wonder if his Wife knows about his "Other Bird"?

anyway ............bout the Robins

got some of that suet stuff
got a little bird feeder to put on the tree

are Vultures native to the midlands!

Northern Lass wrote:anyway ............bout the Robins

got some of that suet stuff
got a little bird feeder to put on the tree

are Vultures native to the midlands!

Have you seen some ?

no just been daft

but the Robin did land on the fence!
I had my hand outstretched but it didn't land on it
had food in it too

Northern Lass wrote:no just been daft

but the Robin did land on the fence!
I had my hand outstretched but it didn't land on it
had food in it too

It probaly doesn't know you well enough!

You have to talk gently to it and make eye contact and keep very still.

Doesn't do anything for the Robin but it as sure as hell mystifies your neighbours, who will then start talking about you.

Lulu wrote:You have to talk gently to it and make eye contact and keep very still.

Doesn't do anything for the Robin but it as sure as hell mystifies your neighbours, who will then start talking about you.

I think they already do

I love watching the birds in our garden, not as exotic as some of the photos, they are amazing!
We have a few Robins, I thought they were territorial and didnt like other Robins in, but ours seem fine.
Loads of blue tits and great tits but none nested in the boxes in the garden this year.
Theres a family of Woodpeckers that are in all the time and seem less shy than they were.
Theres a Pigeon Hawk (I think it is?) lives near seen it a few times in the garden and seen what its left from a bird
I dont like the big crows or starlings that visit.
Love watching the tree creepers and oh cant think of the name. Tiny little things, I keep thinking they are mice?

We just buy fat balls from Wilkinsons and are hung up, thats if the squirels leave them alone!
Jo

I have inherited the most powerful pair of binoculars imaginable!! Really close up views!!
Now i can watch the birds flying around my garden and record their bird songs.

grangers14 wrote:
We just buy fat balls from Wilkinsons and are hung up, thats if the squirels leave them alone!
Jo

We also buy those from Wilkinson Grangers and bought a new tub full yesterday , I love to watch them in the bird bath also splashing all the water .

The birds in our garden are not exotic like some of those lovely photo's .

Annie

Rob wrote:I have inherited the most powerful pair of binoculars imaginable!! Really close up views!!
Now i can watch the birds flying around my garden and record their bird songs.

yeah rite.....you told me you went out to buy a really really powerful pair
so you could stare at the birds...................and not the feathered variety

Oh Rob there I was thinking you were watching our feathered friends.

Annie