Flying Visitors

Recently we've had a few new visitors to our garden. It was a first ever sighting go the pair of Gang gangs.

As for the King Parrots, they visited before school one morning and were so friendly that Ella was almost hand feeding them! Definitely made the morning routine a happy one!

Recently I read somewhere that it was National Bird Week and that Birdlife Australia was holding the Aussie Backyard Bird Count.

From 17th - 23rd October, people were encouraged to count the species and number of birds over a 20min period. The survey aims to find out about the common species that live where people live. It also provides a snapshot of Australian birds at the same time each year thus allowing trends to be identified.

Ella was keen to participate however I only found out about it on the 22nd! Despite this she managed 2 x 20min counts - one in the backyard and one while having coffee at Little Oink! Will have to mark it on the calendar for next year.