Do you remember my post about Mr Thrush and his endless singing back in July this year?
It would appear that his dedication and choice of aria was well rewarded. He found a mate and together they have raised this little one I spied in the Bottle Brush tree. I have seen two thrushes in the garden regularly in the past weeks and they have often been carrying beaks full of worms and now I know why.
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Lovely!! That is sweet.
I had heard little “tsking” sounds from the bush and here it is looking very warily at me. There was another in the back garden so perhaps they are siblings? I hope they survive. They are very vulnerable being so close to the ground.
What a thrill to have these baby thrushes hatching in your garden.
It is a thrill Juliet. I haven’t spotted the nest but was drawn to this bush by the wee birds “tsking” call to its parents. It won’t be long until the blackbirds have fledglings now.
I have found a few empty snail shells around, so I know the thrushes are out and about in our garden too.
They are wonderful birds to have in the garden. After all the rain we have had there is a bounty of worms on offer for the birds. Fewer snails is a real bonus!
How wonderful to catch a photo of the little one. It makes me laugh, though, that the ‘little’ ones always looks rather big.
He/she was a plump, well fed wee ‘un. The parents look much leaner! I did not like to part the branches and scare him any further so simply hoped for the best. I can’t find the nest anywhere but we have large trees across the road and I had seen the parents fly that way with their beaks laden with worms.
I start to get worried when the little ones come down to the ground and traipse after the parents. They always look so vulnerable and clumsy.
Thankfully Jazz is still on house arrest to ensure his sore back heals up. He would have been a real threat to this wee ‘un.
He has a sore back? Did I miss something? There was a lovely article in the Press today about the South Island Kokako, based on this blog http://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/blog/bunker-notes/2013/10/04/kokako-mayo-blog-to-be-completed/ What fascinates me ,more than anything, is that, as late as 1977, a commercial company was willing to commission beautiful artwork. These days, commercial places give us the thrill of tiny little mini-sized grocery toys………..
Yes Jazz has had a sore back. I haven’t posted about it so you did not miss anything:-) I remember those cards in the packets of Jelly. I think there was a booklet to stick them in if my memory serves me correctly. Either I had a stash or my Mum collected them for my youngest brother.
As for the brittle plastic grocery toys and associated paraphenalia – good grief.
One of the sweetest moments of my life was hearing a Kokako sing across a gully when I visited Kapiti Island…..Divine!
As children we collected cards from Shell; they were drawings of shells and we had a book to stick them in. Didn’t ever get the complete set; sniff. I am going to the DOC site now to see if I can listen to a kokako; sample a little of the ‘Divine’. My asparagus was divine, btw.
I remember various books that cards got stuck into over the years, either by me, my brothers or my children and we usually had a blank or two!
If the DOC site lacks the “Divine” then try NZ Birds Online website.
My sense of taste is just beginning to return….yippee so asparagus will be served tomorrow. I thought of you enjoying yours.
I found the kokako call; almost eerie to hear it through the laptop sound system. I think it would be more satisfactory to hear it in the wild.
It has an eerie quality to it at times but fluting is a word I would use. As you say in the natural environment utterly breath-taking.
Fluting; that’s a good word for it. 😀
One of the best parts of spring is to watch the baby birds 🙂
You are right and there is so much bird activity at the moment to enjoy. You will be watching birds fly south and others look for new food sources.