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LOOKING BACK on 7 Days (2)

 i knew it ! ... it comes around so quickly ! It is hard to believe we have been here for 2 years already and now into our third year. I have a small notebook into which i have been jotting down the plants that grow here (if i can identify them), the birds that visit and when as well as the fish, reptiles etc.

The photo i took of the little brown tree frog was when he was stuck to our glass sliding door - so beautiful, really tiny. The (second) slide show below is a collection of the birds i could find online that have visited here with one or two of my own photos included where i could capture them including the little red-breasted robin and a wasp!  I have added a list of the names under the images. where there is a (g) following the name that is my own photo.

                   yellow wattle bird                                   little brown tree frog (g)

                                turbo chooks (Tasmanian Native Hens) in the front yard (g) 


             bottom row :  forest raven.             crimson rosella                              grey fantail

top row:  bassian thrush                           common blackbird.                   ? not sure (a cicada?)

                house Sparrow                        turbo chooks  (g)                                visiting goshawk (g)

                                               male redbreast robin (g)

                              no idea (?) (g)

bottom row:  goshawk (g)                     news holland honeyeater              my outdoor goldfish (g)

top row:      little wattle bird                  goshawk visiting (g)


    bottom row:   spotted pardalote                                          female superb fairy wren

         top row:  grey (?) heron visiting (g)


                                         welcome swallows (bottom).       spotted dove (top)

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