Birds Birds Birds

I've been a little bird-snap-happy lately but I've seen so many just around the house that it only seems right to take their photo.  This was a mumma bird in her nest in a colourful tree in my mums front yard.

 

This little blue bird was singing such a pretty song as he bounced through my back hedge one day while I was hanging out washing.  So... as you do, I ran inside, grabbed my camera and chased him around trying to get a good shot before he took off.

 

 

I love the peek-a-boo shot!

 

 

I've also taken to feeding some baby magpies a little dried cracker when they squeak and squawk outside my front door.  My baby as I call him has been coming over for visits almost daily for the past 6 weeks or so and I've been taking some shots of him which he doesn't seem to mind.  These were the first I took of him and him with his mum.

 

 

These next ones were taken about 11 days later.  Such a funny little thing........

 

 

And finally, we now have 2 babies that come and go and this was the two of them together.

 

 

Living in a unit this is the closest thing I can have as a pet.  At least for now they are friendly, I just hope they remember me when it comes to swooping season next year!! 

 

WEEK 42 - Fun Foto Firday

These are the younger magpies that like to hang around our clothes line waiting for the guy upstairs to throw down his scrap bread crusts.  It can get annoying on washing day just because I can get the occasional dropping on my clothes or towels.  Magpies don't generally like me either and they tend to want to 'go' me whenever they can or swoop and dive.  I've been told that magpies are excellent at remembering faces so if you are nasty or aggressive towards them ie. "shooo you bugger.... get outta here" waving arms and yelling, they will always remember and will 'go' for you again and again.  On that note, I don't look them in the eyes so I seem submissive and they will know that I mean nothing to them. 

Big toughy I am!