With all the rain and storms this month the birds around home have been laying low, but with a few breaks in the weather they come out for a preen and a feed and even a bath!
A couple of months ago we had up to five of these large birds roaming around the yard!
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| Brush Turkey (the only Christmas turkey at our place this year) |
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| Figbird - female |
The males of this species are starting to lose the bright red colouring of their facial patch.
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| Figbird - male |
The Brown Honeyeaters like to get wet anytime.
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| Brown Honeyeaters |
Even the lorikeets have been a lot less noticeable than usual.
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| Scaly-breasted Lorikeet feeding on Grevillea. |
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| Rainbow Lorikeet. This moth took cover on our back verandah the other day. I was able to identify it through this great website:http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/cato/selen.html |
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| Southern Old Lady Moth ( Daspodia selenophonora) |
