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Deborah I finally figured out that the bird I saw on my roof was an Australian Brush Turkey: http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Alectura-lathami
Although they are native in the area I've just never seen one around here, maybe weather sent it into our area. My wife's grandmother used to raise turkeys in the Caribbean so she said it should have a fleshy neck but ours don't apparently.
The most amazing local birds we have are Lyre Birds which make dancing mounds all thru the bush to show off to their girlfriends, and can imitate sounds like a hammer on a tin roof or a clarinet. The Bower Birds steal all the blue things in the yard, and the tiny honey-eaters make nests lined with soft felt. Magpies knock on the door when they're thirsty. I only can't stand the demonic Masked Lapwings.
OZ sure is interesting. Thankfully, our lizards aren't as large. There was a video about two fellas chasing a goanna. Funny that two primates can't catch a reptile. But they got a good workout, well, at least one of the guys.
All that gambling you see in old films about Australia, betting on cockroaches racing and stuff, went out when computer games (and slot machines) came in I'm afraid. That was up to the WW2 generation.
We had a compost dump in the bush infested with goannas: more likely to run towards you than away (they think you're a tree which they run up for safety). Except when some aborigines visited, then the goannas totally disappeared until the aborigines were gone. I reckon they sensed their predators and made scarce.
Taylor Swift and Obama should team up. That blue keeps getting paler.
ReplyDeleteDeborah I finally figured out that the bird I saw on my roof was an Australian Brush Turkey:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Alectura-lathami
Although they are native in the area I've just never seen one around here, maybe weather sent it into our area. My wife's grandmother used to raise turkeys in the Caribbean so she said it should have a fleshy neck but ours don't apparently.
The most amazing local birds we have are Lyre Birds which make dancing mounds all thru the bush to show off to their girlfriends, and can imitate sounds like a hammer on a tin roof or a clarinet. The Bower Birds steal all the blue things in the yard, and the tiny honey-eaters make nests lined with soft felt. Magpies knock on the door when they're thirsty. I only can't stand the demonic Masked Lapwings.
OZ sure is interesting. Thankfully, our lizards aren't as large. There was a video about two fellas chasing a goanna. Funny that two primates can't catch a reptile. But they got a good workout, well, at least one of the guys.
DeleteSnail races? You mean Turbo was real?
ReplyDeleteAll that gambling you see in old films about Australia, betting on cockroaches racing and stuff, went out when computer games (and slot machines) came in I'm afraid. That was up to the WW2 generation.
ReplyDeleteWe had a compost dump in the bush infested with goannas: more likely to run towards you than away (they think you're a tree which they run up for safety). Except when some aborigines visited, then the goannas totally disappeared until the aborigines were gone. I reckon they sensed their predators and made scarce.