Birds and bees

Apparently bees in a swarm don't sting, because they're not defending a hive.

See?

And we'd been blaming possums, but this morning I saw a currawong at the tomatoes, and here is the result:

Podargus

Louka and I were walking through the trees in the park collecting feathers when we saw something sitting on the path in front of us. It was clearly the bird that had dropped most of the feathers: a tawny frogmouth. It watched as we got quite close to it, and I wondered if it was injured. Then when we tried to go around it, it flew to the nearest branch.

Rainbow lorikeets

I bought a cape seed loaf from Bakers Delight the other day. Louka doesn't always finish her toast or sandwiches, but the lorikeets love this bread.

Cuckoo

The other day we were swinging at the park when we heard SQUARK SQUARK loudly above our heads. Looking up we saw a big bird being fed by a currawong, which looked quite small beside it.

Subsequent research on the web revealed it to be a juvenile channel-billed cuckoo.