the nothing ,anything ,everything thread

[opmania]

This is a thread with no particular

Topic so no one can be off topic 🙂

So if anyone out there has something 

To say about anything you like now

Is your chance

Keep it clean 

And be nice 

See how long that lasts

Can we keep politics and religion out 

Of the conversation 

[ecar3483]

Laney, thanks... Great story. 🙂

I've heard of them nesting on partially built towers, or the ledges on office blocks, but never on a residential tower, and certainly not in a large ceramic pot, ha ha.

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[ecar3483]

The best kept secret...?

Mother magpie turns up late in the day and makes a point of grabbing two pieces of bread...

Off she shoots, out the front, and moments later I heard the characteristic "Waah! Waah!" of a hungry baby magpie...

Okay, it's about that time of year, so it's not wholly unexpected, but they've managed to keep the little one quiet until now...

I went out the front to have a look...

What little one...? ha ha.

All I can see is Mother magpie and a particularly cheeky not-so-little girl magpie with her...

I see... During the day she comes and sings in the garden, and come the end of the day she sits out the front and makes very convincing baby noises... ha ha.

In flew the last cockatoo of the day...

Bird, there's food in the hanging bird feeder, some three feet from you...

There's food on the table, too, all of four feet from you...

No... You Must eat from the container...

Special birds eat from the container and I'm a special bird... ha ha.

The one time I turned my back I felt something grab my jacket and firmly, but gently tug on it...

"Hello, have you forgotten me?", ha ha.

So I had to hold the container up while a special bird took small, delicate bites...

"You don't want to guzzle it... Food is for savouring, enjoying...", ha ha.

You know, sometimes I think I spoil these birds... ha ha.

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[ecar3483]

I saw Mother possum come down the ramp with no one in tow....

Maybe it got just a touch too cramped in the possum house, and little Three really did have to exercise her independence by finding somewhere else to sleep... ha ha.

It looks like it was a false start for the peewits, and the magpies seem quite happy with their yearling daughter getting underfoot...

It could be a quiet Summer...

Although perhaps not for the wattlebird...

I'm pretty sure that wasn't a baby wattlebird, but it did put on a sufficiently convincing act...

Open the beak... Waggle the wings... Make the right gurgling noise... ha ha.

The bigger wattlebird hopped up onto the table, found a suitable piece of bread, returned and pushed it into the waiting beak...

The "baby" bird looked suitably satisfied, for as long as baby birds do (about the length of a heart beat, ha ha), then, of course, demanded more... ha ha.

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[ecar3483]

It's a great photo... ha ha.

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[imastawka]

Speaking of great photos..................

Crow?   Nope.

While at first glance this image, posted on Reddit, looks a lot like a crow - even Google images will tell you that in a reverse image search - it is in fact, upon closer inspection, a black cat.

The kitty has just twisted its head in a way that makes its ear appear like a beak in this photo.

[ecar3483]

That is absolutely brilliant.

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[ecar3483]

The currawongs came in during the Winter, and they've never seen bare feet... My bare feet, anyway....

Some of them have grown in confidence, though their manners are yet to catch up, ha ha.

Today's stern but kindly lecture talk was about toes, and how they are off limits...

I don't care how interesting they seem, you are not to to launch yourselves at my toes with the intention of grabbing them and then running away with them...

It isn't going to work, and if you do, I can guarantee you'll expand your vocabulary... ha ha.

It's early days, yet... ha ha.

And I don't want to resort to this... ha ha...

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[serendipityricho]

Ripper pic back there Stawka.............

[imastawka]

[ecar3483]

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