A Bit of Birdie Fun....

[Kobione]

We have a bird bath and water dish outside our computer room window, where we can watch the birds bathing and drinking. Just now we have a very comical baby magpie around. Yesterday was his/her very first really hot day, so what do you do but:

Sit in the bird water and look silly! Then you just wait until Mum or Dad come along with some food to stuff down your throat, and you don't even get out for that!:

So, fed and cooled you just sit there and enjoy it!;

The youngster stayed there and entertained us for quite a while

In case anybody is wondering, the rocks are in the water because we also have tiny birds like Pardelotes and Thornbills that come in to drinkg and bathe regularly and it's safer for them.

[Kobione]

What I mentioned re the rocks happened shortly after posting this thread so I've added a couple on here. A little gang of Brown-headed Honeyeaters arrived, and our resident Willie Wagtail:

One of the Honeyeaters a bit closer up.

[FUJI]

KOBIONE, you have excelled yourself here.......all of these are a wonderful record of your local bird life.......your narrative style of writing helps to bring them to life for your readers.

I reckon you could build some kind of hide close to your water fountain.....and invest in a lens to take you even closer.......Why. because what may be every day and mundane to you is totally fascinating to us.....and would be to many others I guess?

Keep 'em coming .....please!

FUJI

[annie]

i love magpies....they are funny birds, i have never seen a bird lay on it's back in a bird bath! the last pic of the honey eater is my fav from this set.. but i do love them all.

[Kobione]

Things should get better from this window. We want to set the camera on a tripod and have a remote to take the shots, so we are not so obvious from the outside. Because of the warm waether the water is very much in demand! Annie after this episode the silly baby spent half an hour playing with dried leaves and sticks!

[NannyFerret]

Aaw! Brilliant!

[Heather]

kobione these are great, i love the baby magpie, cant blame him for staying in the water on a hot day...sounds perfect.

the little honeyeaters look like they are great little characters , the last close up of one is a particularly nice shot for me :)