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Thursday, March 15, 2012

Summer is over and it is getting dark in the mornings when we wake up (0530. I may have mentioned that we had 3 duck families on the dam recently, a record. One family has grown up and the other moved on or been eaten by foxes or the big wedge-tail that was hanging around for a while, while the big family of eleven is still there. Today I was whippersnipping around the dam and startled a mum and 13 (!) little chicks. That is definitely the biggest flock to date, as 8 is about average. They should be in residence until the young ones 'leave the nest' and will add to the list that includes 4 yellow-headed parrots, the 3 amigos (the maggies that eat the dog food) the 10 native minors and the two black-faced cuckoo shrikes, plus Tim the Eastern long-neck turtle and a number of hares (no rabbits round here) that are all living on site. Of course, there are plenty of ducks and small geese, small 'roos, spoon-billed ibis etc that drop in as they pass through. Oh, and the horses....Finally got around to wiring up the electric fence. Works great !
Ask me how I know......
I now have a small helmet-cam, which I have tried out on the 'plane. Check out the vid..
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