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]

[tasfleur]

'Fishbait'?  Which one is 'Fishbait'? .. :^O

I can't laugh though, a very long time ago, I looked after a black cat called "Chainsaw" .. he was shocking, and really did purr so loud that they called him that. 

[j*oono]

Nice Tas 😄

I think Arnie is a good name too.  I think it would suit him.  And Arnold when he is being naughty.

[tasfleur]

Excellent name Joono, he does look like an 'Arnold', I agree, he has that 'old fashioned' look about him too.

[tasfleur]

Time for me to rush off, so goodnight for now Joono and all, thanks for a great chat tonight .. :-x

[monstersinthedungeon]

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for the doggy name suggestions. He would be a great Bruce, but I can't call him that as that is my FIL's name :8}. I also thought of George, but that's another family member's name, so that's out too. I do agree, though he looks like an old-fashioned "human" name. Unfortunately not too fussed on Arnold or Steve though...

Joono your Baloo is absolutely gorgeous (and love his name)!  My grandmother had a black lab "Mr Beau Jangles" of course he was Beau for short. He had the most incredible nature and I just adored him. Baloo looks as though he is a lovely soul too. Love the name Fishbait - is there a story behind that name?

The pig in the picture is a ceramic one! Let me tell you there is NO WAY a piggie would stand still like that whilst there was FOOOOODDDDD around 😄 If our piggies were out with that turkey, the turkey would be bowled in their haste to get to the food.

Our bush turkeys leave the garden alone - wouldn't matter anyway, between the dogs and the chooks it's pretty much custard anyway.  I had planted beautiful gardens under a lot of the trees when we first got here.  A few weeks ago I pulled all but two out as the dogs had annihilated them and it was too depressing to see the sad little plants and bare patches of dirt.  Now I have just the two gardens and the dogs know to keep off them or mummy gets very cross!

Screech is good, still favouring his foot a little bit, but not as much, so will leave it a few more days before I think about dragging him off to the vet, which would be very traumatic for him.

This morning we had our usual cuddle and when I tried to put him up on the trellis he climbed up on my shoulder - he wanted me to be his "tree" for the day.  I asked hubby to come and get him and put him up on the trellis, when he asked Screech to step up onto his hand, Screech told him off :^O I ended up having to climb up the ladder with him on my shoulder and edging him onto the trellis. Silly bird!

[j*oono]

That's so funny Monsters.  I could have one of those pigs and look after it very well 😄

What about the name Harry.  I do love that name though and I think it is quite popular in modern times too.

As for Fishy, It was when we were showing her to my husband.  My young son wanted a little kitten and she was the daughter of one of my sister's cats.

I was showing him to her and saying how cute she was and he just looked at her and said "fishbait".  That was that lol.

[flashie*]

Your new puppy looks like a "Baxter" to me.

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

I like Baxter

[ambercat16]

The first name that popped into my mind was Chip 😄