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Hi there,
We have been feeding the local birds for some time. Yesterday it was very
windy, and only few rainbow lorikeets and eastern rosellas came to feed
from the seed bell hanging in the wattle tree. Normally lots of pigeons
feed on the ground below, eating the fallen seeds., the re were none at
all. This is unusual, and we blamed the blustery wind. The tree is
clearly visible from our dining room windows, so we keep an eye on the
visitors. Suddenly I spotted an animal sitting under the tree, at first I
thought it was a cat ( our cats are strictly indoors ) but then I could see
it was a fox calmly sitting there. As soon as the back door opened the fox
fled and has not been seen since. All the birds are back this morning.

Marie from OZ

Marie Lawrence wrote:
Hi there,
We have been feeding the local birds for some time. Yesterday it was very
windy, and only few rainbow lorikeets and eastern rosellas came to feed
from the seed bell hanging in the wattle tree. Normally lots of pigeons
feed on the ground below, eating the fallen seeds., the re were none at
all. This is unusual, and we blamed the blustery wind. The tree is
clearly visible from our dining room windows, so we keep an eye on the
visitors. Suddenly I spotted an animal sitting under the tree, at first I
thought it was a cat ( our cats are strictly indoors ) but then I could see
it was a fox calmly sitting there. As soon as the back door opened the fox
fled and has not been seen since. All the birds are back this morning.

Marie from OZ

You can see lorikeets out your window? Lucky, lucky you. They are so
beautiful. Don't what a rosella looks like. Are they colorful too?
We had a lorikeet exhibit at the zoo last year. Only time I have ever
seen one of course, except in books.

Sherry

On 30 Aug 2005 19:21:44 -0700, yodeled:


Marie Lawrence wrote:
Hi there,
We have been feeding the local birds for some time. Yesterday it was very
windy, and only few rainbow lorikeets and eastern rosellas came to feed
from the seed bell hanging in the wattle tree. Normally lots of pigeons
feed on the ground below, eating the fallen seeds., the re were none at
all. This is unusual, and we blamed the blustery wind. The tree is
clearly visible from our dining room windows, so we keep an eye on the
visitors. Suddenly I spotted an animal sitting under the tree, at first I
thought it was a cat ( our cats are strictly indoors ) but then I could see
it was a fox calmly sitting there. As soon as the back door opened the fox
fled and has not been seen since. All the birds are back this morning.

Marie from OZ

You can see lorikeets out your window? Lucky, lucky you. They are so
beautiful. Don't what a rosella looks like. Are they colorful too?
We had a lorikeet exhibit at the zoo last year. Only time I have ever
seen one of course, except in books.

Sherry

Here's a rosella. They have biscuits named after them.
http://www.glowworms.com.au/rosella.jpg

One thing I'll never forget about Oz is the birds. Incredible for
someone like me, born and bred in Brooklyn, surrounded by brown and
grey city birds. Rosellas, lorikeets, cockatoos, budgies, currawongs,
bell birds, bower birds, lyre birds, and tremendous pink gangs of
galahs (my favorite). They make a hell of a lot of noise, too.



Theresa
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh
My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

Kreisleriana wrote:
On 30 Aug 2005 19:21:44 -0700, yodeled:


Marie Lawrence wrote:
Hi there,
We have been feeding the local birds for some time. Yesterday it
was very windy, and only few rainbow lorikeets and eastern
rosellas came to feed from the seed bell hanging in the wattle
tree. Normally lots of pigeons feed on the ground below, eating
the fallen seeds., the re were none at all. This is unusual,
and
we blamed the blustery wind. The tree is clearly visible from our
dining room windows, so we keep an eye on the visitors. Suddenly
I spotted an animal sitting under the tree, at first I thought it
was a cat ( our cats are strictly indoors ) but then I could see
it
was a fox calmly sitting there. As soon as the back door opened
the fox fled and has not been seen since. All the birds are back
this morning.

Marie from OZ

You can see lorikeets out your window? Lucky, lucky you. They are
so
beautiful. Don't what a rosella looks like. Are they colorful too?
We had a lorikeet exhibit at the zoo last year. Only time I have
ever
seen one of course, except in books.

Sherry

Here's a rosella. They have biscuits named after them.
http://www.glowworms.com.au/rosella.jpg

One thing I'll never forget about Oz is the birds. Incredible for
someone like me, born and bred in Brooklyn, surrounded by brown and
grey city birds. Rosellas, lorikeets, cockatoos, budgies,
currawongs,
bell birds, bower birds, lyre birds, and tremendous pink gangs of
galahs (my favorite). They make a hell of a lot of noise, too.

Yes, the birds in Australia are the best. I just love it, it makes me
feel like I'm in some sort of fairy tale :-)
--
Britta
"There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album

I happened to look out the window this afternoon, and spotted the fox
coming for a visit. It did not stay long, and all the birds disappeared.
We seem to have 2 flocks of rainbow lorikeets, about 14 in the first lot,
and about the same in the second. They are quite aggressive and if both
crowds arrive together a great fight breaks out. Much screaming and
feathers flying, also
the eastern rosellas are chased off. There seem to be 2 pairs of these,
they come first thing in the morning and again at dusk. They are smaller
than the ordinary rosellas, about the same size as the lorikeets, but
differ in colour. They have red heads , blue wings and yellow
on their tails
Marie from OZ


"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
...
On 30 Aug 2005 19:21:44 -0700, yodeled:


Marie Lawrence wrote:
Hi there,
We have been feeding the local birds for some time. Yesterday it was
very
windy, and only few rainbow lorikeets and eastern rosellas came to
feed
from the seed bell hanging in the wattle tree. Normally lots of pigeons
feed on the ground below, eating the fallen seeds., the re were none
at
all. This is unusual, and we blamed the blustery wind. The tree is
clearly visible from our dining room windows, so we keep an eye on the
visitors. Suddenly I spotted an animal sitting under the tree, at
first I
thought it was a cat ( our cats are strictly indoors ) but then I could
see
it was a fox calmly sitting there. As soon as the back door opened the
fox
fled and has not been seen since. All the birds are back this morning.

Marie from OZ

You can see lorikeets out your window? Lucky, lucky you. They are so
beautiful. Don't what a rosella looks like. Are they colorful too?
We had a lorikeet exhibit at the zoo last year. Only time I have ever
seen one of course, except in books.

Sherry

Here's a rosella. They have biscuits named after them.
http://www.glowworms.com.au/rosella.jpg

One thing I'll never forget about Oz is the birds. Incredible for
someone like me, born and bred in Brooklyn, surrounded by brown and
grey city birds. Rosellas, lorikeets, cockatoos, budgies, currawongs,
bell birds, bower birds, lyre birds, and tremendous pink gangs of
galahs (my favorite). They make a hell of a lot of noise, too.



Theresa
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh
My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

Marie Lawrence wrote:
I happened to look out the window this afternoon, and spotted the fox
coming for a visit.

Your foxes are probably as different from the ones in the U.S. as are your
birds, but over here some foxes (I think I want to say the red ones) can
actually climb trees like a cat. It's a bizarre thing to see but might be
why your fox is sitting under the tree.

Jill
"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
...
On 30 Aug 2005 19:21:44 -0700, yodeled:


Marie Lawrence wrote:
Hi there,
We have been feeding the local birds for some time. Yesterday it
was very
windy, and only few rainbow lorikeets and eastern rosellas came
to feed
from the seed bell hanging in the wattle tree. Normally lots of
pigeons feed on the ground below, eating the fallen seeds., the
re were none at
all. This is unusual, and we blamed the blustery wind. The tree
is clearly visible from our dining room windows, so we keep an
eye on the visitors. Suddenly I spotted an animal sitting under
the tree, at first I
thought it was a cat ( our cats are strictly indoors ) but then I
could see
it was a fox calmly sitting there. As soon as the back door
opened the fox
fled and has not been seen since. All the birds are back this
morning.

Marie from OZ

You can see lorikeets out your window? Lucky, lucky you. They are so
beautiful. Don't what a rosella looks like. Are they colorful too?
We had a lorikeet exhibit at the zoo last year. Only time I have
ever seen one of course, except in books.

Sherry

Here's a rosella. They have biscuits named after them.
http://www.glowworms.com.au/rosella.jpg

One thing I'll never forget about Oz is the birds. Incredible for
someone like me, born and bred in Brooklyn, surrounded by brown and
grey city birds. Rosellas, lorikeets, cockatoos, budgies,
currawongs, bell birds, bower birds, lyre birds, and tremendous pink
gangs of
galahs (my favorite). They make a hell of a lot of noise, too.



Theresa
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh
My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

Foxes are an introduced species in Australia and are, I believe, the
European Red Fox. They can climb trees, but I doubt they'd have much
luck with eucalypts since they tend to grow straight up for a long way
before the first branches. Certainly, foxes used to climb our walnut
and pear trees where I grew up in rural Victoria (Australia) (yes,
they appeared to like the fruit and weren't too fussy if it was ripe
or not).

Tish - watching king parrots, sulfur-crested cockatoos, brown pigeons
and firetail finches at our bird feeder and feeling lucky.

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 01:52:42 -0500, "jmcquown"
wrote:

Marie Lawrence wrote:
I happened to look out the window this afternoon, and spotted the fox
coming for a visit.

Your foxes are probably as different from the ones in the U.S. as are your
birds, but over here some foxes (I think I want to say the red ones) can
actually climb trees like a cat. It's a bizarre thing to see but might be
why your fox is sitting under the tree.

Jill

Tish Silberbauer wrote:
Tish - watching king parrots, sulfur-crested cockatoos, brown pigeons
and firetail finches at our bird feeder and feeling lucky.

Wow! The prettiest birds we get are gold finches and blue jays.

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"Tish Silberbauer" wrote in message
...
Foxes are an introduced species in Australia and are, I believe, the
European Red Fox. They can climb trees, but I doubt they'd have much
luck with eucalypts since they tend to grow straight up for a long way
before the first branches. Certainly, foxes used to climb our walnut
and pear trees where I grew up in rural Victoria (Australia) (yes,
they appeared to like the fruit and weren't too fussy if it was ripe
or not).


So the story of the fox and the grapes makes more sense than I thought!

Wish I could see your fox.

Jo

Marie Lawrence wrote:
Hi there,
We have been feeding the local birds for some time. Yesterday it was
very
windy, and only few rainbow lorikeets and eastern rosellas came to
feed
from the seed bell hanging in the wattle tree. Normally lots of pigeons
feed on the ground below, eating the fallen seeds., the re were none
at
all. This is unusual, and we blamed the blustery wind. The tree is
clearly visible from our dining room windows, so we keep an eye on the
visitors. Suddenly I spotted an animal sitting under the tree, at
first I
thought it was a cat ( our cats are strictly indoors ) but then I could
see
it was a fox calmly sitting there. As soon as the back door opened the
fox
fled and has not been seen since. All the birds are back this morning.

Marie from OZ

Welcome Marie,

You have beautiful birds! We have three cats so discourage birds as we
don't wish the birds to be dinner de jour.

My husband, David, myself, our three cats; Mr. Pumpkin, Aggie Marble, Victor
Velcro, live in Central Florida, about 22 miles East of Walt Disney World in
the US.

Love to hear more about your furry and feathered family.

Charleen