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🐦Bird 🐦Therapy🐦

Unknown userMember09 Oct 2017, 6:20 am AEDT

🐦Bird 🐦Therapy🐦

Just love birds and butterflies and gardens. The birds bring me hope and company when lonely. They are always near. Their morning song brings the greatest joy to my soul. Their flight is wondrous, their calls and tending to their young and work in communion - brings me hope, life purpose and joy.

Oh how o wish I could fly ☺

http://www.graemechapman.com.au/resources/bird-calls.php

https://www.engadget.com/2014/10/06/twigle-birds-a-free-app-for-identifying-birds-by-look-and-sound/

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Unknown userMember20 Nov 2017, 8:51 pm AEDT

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These things happen @Adge, sont beat yourself up for being 10yrs out of prac, but its still sad, maybe put an empty open cage beside the Avery as he might come with seed and water, he might come home to the calls. I saved a young sparrow once, the mother came fed it through the wire a few days till it was syrong enough to fly again, so cute.

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Unknown userMember21 Nov 2017, 6:46 pm AEDT

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hi @Former-Member

I'm one of the new moderators and i just discovered this thread - your photos are the loveliest! My best friend and i call each other the bird and the possum - so you might say i have a real connection with birds. I saw yesterday that the Guardian is running it's annual Australia's Favourite Bird comp:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/20/what-is-australias-favourite-bird-have-your-say-in-the-guardians-2017-poll

I voted for the Kookaburra :).

Thanks again for the beautiful pics and for the bird therapy thread :).

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Shaz51Senior Contributor21 Nov 2017, 6:52 pm AEDT

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Hello @Former-Memberand welcome to the forum , it is so nice to see you

and don`t forget to introduce yourself at the "Meet the Moderators " and please write when it is your birthday

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Unknown userMember21 Nov 2017, 6:56 pm AEDT

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hey @Shaz51

thanks for the warm welcome and the reminder! i will defo do that now

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Unknown userMember21 Nov 2017, 8:05 pm AEDT

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You're welcome @Former-Member, glad you're joining in. And thanks for the link.
🐦💜🐦💜🐦💜🐦💜🐦.

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MaggieSenior Contributor22 Nov 2017, 8:45 am AEDT

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@Former-Member@Former-Member@Shaz51@Adge@BambiFawn I haven't been in this flat this time of year, so spotting the local birds is very interesting. So far I've seen Magpies, white cockatoos, black birds, plovers ( they run down the middle of the road every morning) galahs, no small birds so far. I've planted a gravillia and bottlebrush, so once they are big enough, I might see a few new comers. Hope so.

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Unknown userMember22 Nov 2017, 8:57 am AEDT

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That's lovely @Maggie, planting bird attracting trees bushes in your garden. I couldn't say what birds I like best but I love the little wings a lot. Liked the Blue Wren since a child 🐦

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Unknown userMember26 Nov 2017, 5:52 pm AEDT

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@Adge, I counted x9 eggs in the finch nest. Coildnt believe it! They don't seem to sit on them much, keep them warm but come I'm and out. Should I throw them away?

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AdgeSenior Contributor26 Nov 2017, 6:16 pm AEDT

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9 eggs, that's great @Former-Member Yes that is a lot.

Yes you're right that if they've been left to go cold (at any point), they won't hatch.

It's up to you. I would maybe wait & see, in case some of them may still hatch.

Adge

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AdgeSenior Contributor26 Nov 2017, 9:01 pm AEDT

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I bought 2 Goldfinches today on impulse, which is rare for me.

They're somewhat hard to get, but cheap (same cost as canaries). I haven't had any since the last 2 died a year or 2 ago.

On a note of interest (or trivia), Goldfinches live wild across most of the southern coast of Australia.

Because someone released (introduced) them decades ago.

They're from Europe, & are not native to Australia (but are now wide-spread).

Adge

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