Results tagged “Birds” from Kazza the Blank One

Just a few photos that were floating around waiting to be blogged..

DC is on a bit of a get-fit-before-his-next-big-bike-ride, so we decided to walk up Black Mountain today.

I've posted pics of red rumped parrots before, but got some super cool pics of some yesterday.  Aren't they little sweeties?

Yesterday was woken up fairly early by completely useless alerts.  Then patching alerts a while later meant I didn't get a sleep in.  Had a nice quiet morning.  Built some Lego.  In the afternoon did some food shopping.  Stu cooked a nice bean dish for dinner.  

So yesterday Potty smsed us to see if we wanted to go for a drive.  Since we weren't doing anything we thought why not.  So got picked up after lunch.

This morning we headed out to Cafe Injoy for breakfast.  Lots of sparrows there to keep us company.

Went out for breakfast this morning to Black Pepper, then feed the birdies by the lake and then did some shopping at the markets.

Willy Wagtail

Purple Swamphen

When we were in the taxi to AGIMO yesterday we noticed how lovely the autumn colours were at the moment on the trees around the lake.  So after brunch at Gus', we met up with the Windys down at the lake.  I took over three hundred photos.  Oops.

Yesterday was a blissfully quiet day.  I don't think we even left the house.  Did some computer work in the morning, and some jigsaw, and cleaned the pool (while the sweetie had a migraine :( ).  Finished the evening off with a little beer, some tv and jigsaw.

Yesterday morning (well actually Friday night), the sweetie decided we should go out for breakfast.  So after making sure servers were working after patching reboots we went to Black Pepper in Belconnen.  Wasn't too bad.  I had eggs benedict with some really yummy bacon, although I don't think I'd have it with the farmhouse muffin again.

Had a nice quiet house day today.  Late this arvo we headed out to Yass, despite the second migraine for the sweetie in two days :(

OK that's not really the sound they make.. it's a lot more squawky.. but the little chicklets they're trying to fend people off from are pretty cute :)

So Saturday we decided to go to Sydney Wildlife World.  It was actually pretty decent.  Lots of Australian wildlife, and some interesting keeper talks.  I took several hundred photos.  Oops.  :)

Saw quite a few birds, and plenty of very green scenery, but the best part was almost treading on a bearded dragon.  Not the treading on bit.  But seeing one.  Cause it was just very cool :)

First up, a pic of the cherry blossoms that are starting to open (took this yesterday) Today was quite a spectacular spring day. Got picked up by Scott and Kerry and headed out to Yass for lunch. The country side is very green at the moment. One of Annie's chooks

They have heaps of gorgeous daffodils Cherry blossoms are making me feel like I'm back in Japan (except there were bees today) Lunch was some wonderful roast beef that Annie cooked, and a spectacular ice cream cake that Ruth made Then we went down to Yass park with all the kids Got home very late, and had to cram a whole stack of work into a very short time before it got too dark. Cooked mushroom pizzas for dinner (that's a base of a few big portabella mushrooms, stuffed with veggies and cheese) and played some Olympics and got another crown. Still hate hate hate fencing. And called the parents for father's day. Is it bed time now? :)

Ok so this first photo was actually taken in winter... Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games!!

Aren't these guys sweet?

Pretty sure this is a White Plumed Honeyeater - cute huh?

First up, we have a four-legged spider.  !!
Well that's what it looked like walking across the floor.  Like something had gotten a few of its legs (and its head!)

Had a slow morning.  It was cold and grey and didn't feel like doing much. 

After lunch worked on a new lego mosaic design.

Later on we went for a drive, and went down to the lake to go tweeter watching and coot and swan feeding.  The black swans are a lot less agro without cygnets to care for.  There was a pair that we fed and one of them even let us touch it without freaking out or trying to bite us.  It was more interested in getting food than running away! :)

This morning we meandered down to the lake to see Stu's favourite family of swans.  We took along some old bread, which they rather enjoyed.  Entirely too cute...!

One of them got a bit agro at a crow..

The grown ups were happy to eat out of Stu's hand

Next we went for a bit of a wander around the lake.

Fed some seagulls..

And kept walking around to find the cormorant we passed on the way in.

Stu wanted to be its friend..

Stretch...

Up close..

Coming back, Black Mountain tower had emerged from the clouds and the weeping willows are budding..

For lunch we went to Satis *again* (third time in three weeks?) .. but this time met up with Sean and Mel. Stu had scrambled tofu and Mel had banana bread...

And then finally headed home. And it snowed!!! Well it was probably more sleet than snow, but it was still pretty cool...

There was even a little bit on the ground when we got home..

Looking forward to a potato bake for dinner tonight..

Didn't really get a whole lot done, but still was a nice day.

This morning our fireplace caught another sparrow (three died in there while we were on our honeymoon :( ).  Spent ages chasing it round the living room.  In fact I even had it pinned by the tail feathers at one point, only to have all the tail feathers come adrift and it get away :(

But I did manage to catch it eventually, and off it flew into the trees.

Then we went over to Damien's for lunch and games.

Started the afternoon off with Guillotine, which was quite fun, and Stu won. Then a game of Carcassonne which Stu also won, but it was very close. And finally Killer Bunnies, which wasn't a whole lot better than last time, although much less complamicated without all the extra expansion sets. It really is a rather pointless game. Damien won that one in the end.

Finally home for home-made pizzas and some Star Trek.

Think the sparrow might be dead somewhere.  It didn't come out for food yesterday.  So it might have gotten trapped somewhere.  Great.  If we don't find it it'll prolly stink the house out somewhat :/

.. and the frigging little sparrow has taken to hiding behind things, rather than trying to fly out the windows.  Which makes it nearly impossible to catch.  Wasted twenty minutes of my life this morning chasing the little bugger.

There's a bird in the house.

This one.


I have no idea where it is.  I tried to let it out this morning but after I'd opened the door I turned around and haven't seen it since.  I know it's here because it's pooped all over the tv.  And it ate the seed I left out for it on the kitchen bench.  But I still can't find it.  Hoping it'll wake up in the morning and be more active so I can find it.

Actually this was the second bird in the house today!  The other one I did manage to catch, peer at for a while, the let go outside.  But the second one had a lot more energy and wasn't wanting to be caught...

So that takes us up to four birds that our fireplace has caught..

After I got home tonight, I heard a rustling in the other room, and Stu said he thought a bird might be in the fireplace.  This is not the first time we've caught a bird in there - last time a sparrow got trapped.  So we looked inside but couldn't see anything.  Eventually we saw it and realised it wasn't a sparrow but a starling.  Eventually it (she?) got out, and made a break for the outside...


Stu caught her and had her pose for photographs..


And then we let her go

This little sparrow came up to us yesterday hoping for a handout..


Stu got this at Cancon.  A word of warning though - these are incredibly "cheap" t-shirts (in quality if not in price - $25!), and this one split open (not even on a seam) after its first wear.


Some of my Australia Day weekend was spent built making models.

Hence the need for a trip to Fyshwick yesterday to get some paint.