tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post7621677495703296428..comments2023-07-04T22:09:51.208+08:00Comments on Tropic Temper: Distractions, distractions...Glenda Larkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10113271268122909969noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-42173031709421527882009-10-25T07:58:29.295+08:002009-10-25T07:58:29.295+08:00The descriptiveness (is that really a word?) of yo...The descriptiveness (is that really a word?) of your account had me there with you, Glenda. Oh, how I envy you. We struggle to see more than a couple of birds at a time in our little yard. There are no tall trees close enough to attract many birds. We've planted it full of natives, with a couple of small eucalypts and lots of colorful, flowering, nectary things. Slowly we are seeing more birds, but we do miss the birdlife and lush growth of life in the tropics.Debhttp://www.webfaery.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-84731571818989905382009-10-22T10:54:14.181+08:002009-10-22T10:54:14.181+08:00Something similar happened to me about fifteen yea...Something similar happened to me about fifteen years ago. I walked out into the backyard to see around fifty black cockatoos lined up on the fences with few young ones up in the trees being fed. The nearest bird was only about one metre from me. I stood as still as I could while they sat and stared back at me. After the babies were all fed - about ten minutes - they lifted off without warning and flew away. <br />It was an extraordinary experience as they apparently summed me up as no threat and sat there watching and studying me as I was doing the same to them.<br />This flock comes seasonally to feed at a nearby nature reserve and when we first moved into this house thirty years ago, it numbered over a hundred. The last time they flew over I counted twenty two. The decline in numbers is happening with all the flocks near the city and is apparently due largely to its breeding grounds being destroyed so the flock is now mostly older birds. Very sad.Helen V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07989670682260643429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-46994756273545475092009-10-21T21:25:53.377+08:002009-10-21T21:25:53.377+08:00But what a wonderful distraction, how very excitin...But what a wonderful distraction, how very exciting for you. Now get back to work LOL.<br /><br />We had a similar experience with a bird called a cuckoo in the States (not like the English bird at all) which for some unknown reason descended in large flocks in our back yard one year, we don't really know why this happened and it only ever happened once, but there were hundreds of them.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087140585742801854noreply@blogger.com