The northern birdbath was popular yesterday afternoon - New Holland Honeyeaters are reliable visitors and the delightful Striated Thornbills are a close second. This Red Wattlebird has moved into LW territory in front of the verandah and is typically strident. It's hard to resist returning its loud 'oi!' as I walk by. So far there's been little in the way of altercations with LW - but there's not much in flower yet... Its bathing style is perch, jump in, then immediately take-off vertically. Repeat about 15 times and dry. The Willie-Wagtail didn't venture in far this time and barely kept still long enough for a photo. Meanwhile Mr Currawong kept an eye on me from a distance - very nervous when on the ground - I suppose it takes them a while to take off as they need a run-up. They may be regulars, but provide real joy and a sense of emerging from summer relatively unscathed.
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