One advantage of living with a train line behind your house is the wildlife it brings into your backyard. In particular native birds. All the native plantings have made our backyard a nice place to raise their young.
I am especially fond of a couple of Wattlebirds I've nicknamed Fred and Ginger. Recently I noticed their nest in a tree just behind our back fence. Like all new babies Fred and Ginger's offspring are a noisy pair, keeping Mum and Dad working night and day to feed and protect them. It has been an impressive display of parenthood from Fred and Ginger.
This morning to my delight I noticed the two babies had left the nest (over the back fence) and were now in our Gum tree (next to our deck) learning to feed from the flowers while Fred (or Ginger, its hard to tell) kept a watchful eye on them.
While I like to keep our distance when they are around (don't want to spook them) they have become quite fearless around us and you can actually get quite close. I will be sad when they finally leave the coop for good.
We also have a very cheeky Magpie who visits us regularly and is bolder than brass (another story another time perhaps).
Bebe's learning to feed while awkwardly moving about the branches. Mum is only a meter away.
Dad keeps a watchful eye on the wider landscape and will not hesitate to attack an intruder.
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