The birds felt the heat today..!

Oh...those sort of birds LOL

hey Uncle, Missed you rpost the other day but hope all is going good!!! We are buying a camper trailer...picking it up on Sunday from Camden. Hi to jodie for me and keep those birds wateredin that heat!!LOL!!!

Laura

Australian Mynah?

Yes I noticed quite a few in my bird bath here in Melbourne - I top it up each day for both the "birds and the bees" :) Seem to get quite a few of both of them. Must be a hard time for them in the current conditions :( Haven't seen the owls for a year or two though :(

Mike Harding

Uncle

I fill up the dog's water bowl each morning. Recently I've come home and found it empty........bit of head scratching!

Last weekend found the cause. Bloody Asian Minors having a bird bath.

Now we won't go into my feelings about this Introduced species other than to say a .243 would be an over kill.

There's a green way next to my house which is a haven for birds, including Cockatoos.

Haven't seen them there for two year, and now the Gums are looking a bit sick.

Let's hope for some good winter and spring rains.

Regards

Kim

The bird in the picture above is a Aussie native "Noisy Minah" ..not an Asian Minor (the nasty illegal immigrants) ..just in case you were confused.
Don't want you getting stuck into these little beauties with an air rifle by mistake.
I saw a Kookaburra catch and kill a Noisy Minah last week. We don't like Koooka's

PS: Nice pic Uncle.

That looks like one of my noisy miners. Have lots of the noisies here in SE Qld. They come in during the evening and have a drink and swim in me bird bath - I always keep it well filled as they are splashy little beggars and not afraid to take on the bigger birds like butcherbirds maggies and cuckoos.
Lovely photo.
cheers
T.R.

I always look forward to the weather forcast in the mornings.

Its usually something like

Adelaide, hotest month on record if they reach 35 Today.....
Melbourne, Heatwave! and 27 degrees
Alice Springs fine and 45!!!!!!!

I cant remember last time it got down to 35

Mind you...35 down there seems hotter tham 35 up here.

LOL

Cheers

Hello Uncle,

Are you still going to be around over Easter? We might be able to come down for a drive on Good Friday and catch up with you two... if that's ok.

Viv

I am a retired Coal Miner. where does that put me in the food chain?

It's been over 40C in Melbourne today and I currently have an Eastern Spinebill languishing in my birdbath - he's been there for about 15 minutes and the poor chap looks about done in. Unfortunately I was just about to refill the bath with cool water when he appeared so he's trying to offload heat into 30C+ water.

Be good if people would put some water out for the birds.

Mike Harding