Look Wut I Got! (Scroller and Photo)

[monstersinthedungeon]

This is Screech.

For the last couple of months we've had a very diligent Tawny Frogmouth pair sitting on their nest close to the house.  We've watched with anticipation and were finally rewarded by seeing a little bundle of fluff popping his head out of the nest.

Then last weekend - DRAMA - I walked outside to see a massive monitor making his way towards the Tawny tree.  Screamed at hubby to come and help, we tried to avert disaster, but the monitor was way too fast for us and scaled the tree.  

Mumma Tawny was very panicked, as the monitor came closer to the nest she flew off into a nearby tree.  She gave me a look of absolute desperation HELP ME! (yes, she did!) but the nest/monitor were way too high for us to do anything.  Hubby tried to throw things at the monitor, but I stopped him as the monitor's life is no less precious than the chicks - I didn't want to see the monitor get toppled out of the tree and hurt or killed.  Plus hubby damn near hit my car with a rock. ;\

I put some eggs around the base of the tree so the monitor could see them, in a vain attempt to lure him away from the chick.  We had to go out briefly, so wished the Tawnys good luck.  Alas, when we came back, the nest was empty :_|

Went about our afternoon chores when suddenly I spotted baby Tawny!  Sitting on the ground next to the tractor.  We dropped everything, made him a makeshift nest and put it up in the tree, then caught him and put him in the nest.  We saw Mumma and Pappa Tawny watching nearby.

Cut down a long story, Bubba kept jumping out of his nest over the next three days and Mumma and Pappa abandoned him, so the decision was made to bring him inside to keep him safe from both the monitors and our dogs. (our four young ones would kill him). 

He will be released as soon as he can fly properly and learn to catch his own bugs (I am catching them for him at the moment).  He's all puffed up and hating me in the photo, that's a good thing, we don't want him imprinting on us. He's feeding really well though (I hate you, I hate you, yum, yum, more please, I still hate you). 

[tasfleur]

What a lovely post #389 you have made Monsters .. you really do shine with kindness and humanity xxx

[monstersinthedungeon]

Hiya Tas :-x

Thank you for Ulysses' lovely piccy!

Funny you mention Squiddy looks like Einstein, I've actually been really impressed with how smart he is. Either that or the rest of our dogs are a bit simple :^O

We might have to change his name; both hubby and I have been accidentally calling him Spud on a few occasions, in hindsight Squid is a bit close to Spud. Arrghh, it took us so long to name him too. Said to hubby maybe we should just call him Dunno. Dunno what his name is.

[tasfleur]

"Dunno" .....  :^O, now that's an original name for such a fantastic dog, why not ...  😛

[tasfleur]

[tasfleur]

[channys_mum]

Well there is a first for all things. I don't pop in here very often anymore, and certainly have not sat and read a long thread right through until now. What a lovely thread.

I have the mandatory 2 cats 1 dog, and also 2 hens and 2 guinea fowl.

My dear Honey dog is now 15 almost deaf and only has about 50% sight, however she is happy and otherwise healthy, She has a heart condition, which she is on meds for. So I guess not totally healthy.

Before I became 'City folk', I had quite the managerie.

I assume you are not far from me because there are not too many cold spots in Queensland.

I am in Warwick.

Keep being just the way you are. The world needs as many kind hearts as it can get.

Good luck with your 'special' kids.

[monstersinthedungeon]

Hi Channy's Mum,

so glad you enjoyed Screech's thread, but I see it kept you up very late!

Honey sounds like a lovely old girl and obviously much loved. My first dog had a heart condition, which she was on meds for, but lived until she was 14, which was a good age for her. Unfortunately heart conditions can be quite common in some breeds.

Dogs do very well without their sight; much better than most people (who lose their sight later in life). I once had a chat with a fellow whose dog had completely lost its vision; the dog still played fetch every day, he had just found a ball that made noise, and she followed that.

You're not too far from me, Warwick's only about an hour or so away from us, we're about 20 minutes out of Toowoomba. I hate the cold, so suffer winter terribly, but apart from that we really enjoy living here. At least winter is only a few months long and the rest of the year is usually lovely.

Why did you move to the city? Not sure if I could ever live in Suburbia again. We have the best of both worlds here, we're rural, but still only a 20 minute drive into town.

[tasfleur]

Good morning Channy's Mum, Monsters and Screech fans ...  :-x

Honey sounds like a lovely dog, and so loved so she'll always be happy no matter what xx

"The world needs as many kind hearts as it can get" ... I so agree with you CMum.

I look at this thread at least twice a day when I'm working on the computer and it would be the most uplifting and wonderful place to post I've ever seen, thank you Monsters ....  :-x

[channys_mum]

Hi tas, hi 'screeches mum' 🙂

[tasfleur]

Hello Channys, so good to see you again xx