Do you have a birdbath in your yard?

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

If yes,  have you joined the Bathing Bird survey?

All you have to do is record 20 minutes worth of bird watching a few times a week. Good excuse to sit by the window with a cuppa and a timtam

It does haven't to be a flash birdbah, even just a dish of water counts.

You can join here  http://root.ala.org.au/bdrs-core/npansw/home.htm  .

Perhaps we could have a special birdbath photo thread for the event.

[serendipityricho]

Geez Joe-your back yard ..must be full of ...stuff....got room for a bird bath ,lol............Richo.

[joz*garage]

depending on the council's zoning updates, at the moment i'd have room to build 8 units in the back yard, richo 😄

behind the garage is an organized mess [never throw anything out]

a house demolisher dumped off a truck load of timber, that was a nice catch

[serendipityricho]

Joe--you are the original ..bower bird...lol..

Shoud be ..hard rubbish time on nature strips again-keep your eyes peeled.

--to the OP -pimpy--you will get the thread back soon...............Richo.

[joz*garage]

yes, im not so happy with this sofa bed i settled for, not as comfy as i thought

but, i source most of my stuff from gumtree

recently picked up 5 free bikes

a care taker at a security apartment complex warned residence not to lock their bikes in the car park, otherwise they'll get confiscated

i was the first caller, quite a nice high tech diamondback mountain bike amongst them ..that i'll keep for myself

he said he'll give us a hoy when he's got another load 😄 

[serendipityricho]

Joe--love your work.

Im fading away-3 hour difference in time zones-and a swap meet at 6am

tomorrow for me ...an hours drive...........catch up..............................Richo.

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

I'm not in the least bit worried by the thread hijack Richo, it keeps it on the front page and hopefully more people will join the Survey.

JOz, was that monster wasp a hornet maybe? they are harmless Ilethink. We get paper wasps, nasty little suckers but any sort of insect spray bowls them over. Spray of a noght of course, when they are all home to roost and can't see you coming in the dark. Hubby likes to set fire to the aerosol as he sprays, kinda like a flame thrower.

The hornets drive us nuts too. They build their mud nests in the most inconvenient of places. We have earplugs stuck in the exhaust of the whipper snippers and to stop them.

[joz*garage]

im too lazy richo, quokka free ads used to be the in thing untill gumtree came along, i just look up the web whenever, but it does pay to ring early

no idea pimpy, i assumed it was a queen wasp wonderin' whats happening to her soldiers

on the other hand it might have been a hornet looking to feed on the dying wasps?! 

yeah best to catch them when theyre busy on the nest [these nests are spongy] one little zap of fly spray will get 10 + in one shot

even had one under the trailer that i use, woe, it was the seconf bite i recieved, buggas think its their turf

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

[lloydslights]

Just bumping the thread.  In case you've missed it.  The "count" starts tomorrow.

DEB

[j*oono]

I was going to register but I'm just not getting any birdlife in the garden at the moment.  Not since the great early morning galah and parrot turf wars.

I suppose they also want to know when your birds just disappear but I can't sit and watch nothing for 20 minutes.

There was a lady talking about the birdbath survey on tv yesterday morning.