Before they developed Neil Hawkins park in Joondalup that was really good to go there - although the swans are REALLY stroppy. They think that any bag equals food so they attack you. It's quite scary!!
I love living in these old areas - I couldn't handle it up where my parents are (Mindarie). Sea of rooves isn't my idea of picturesque. I love my trees. Here at about sunrise every morning it's really loud. We have a date palm so that doesn't help matters.
I hate those little buggers, I wish we could just cull them.
That's another thing, if you're at all interested in birdwatching I'm the person to have as a guide, especially around Herdsman which I seem to have claimed as my turf.
"if you're at all interested in birdwatching I'm the person to have as a guide, especially around Herdsman which I seem to have claimed as my turf." Heeeheh I got that distinct impression :) It's mainly a scrap between the wattle birds & the 28's (no idea on their 'real' name) for the dates although there's a lot of bugs in the backyard & that brings out a lot of birds at feeding times. I've never been bird watching as such - I just watch what's going on around me :)
28s are technically "Port Lincoln Ringnecks" but there are 4 subspecies of them and the W.A. ones will always be 28s to me. They're so much nicer than rainbow lorikeets.
Plus they swoop. Actually - all birds like to swoop me for some reason. The lady out at FRF said that it's probably my earrings that they're going after. It was so scary on my first day - going into a cage with 20 hungry magpies & my history of swoopage. I ignore it now, usually I can hear it coming although being swooped by an owl is surreal. They're so stealthy!
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Date: 2004-06-20 02:28 pm (UTC)It's quite scary!!
I love living in these old areas - I couldn't handle it up where my parents are (Mindarie). Sea of rooves isn't my idea of picturesque. I love my trees. Here at about sunrise every morning it's really loud. We have a date palm so that doesn't help matters.
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Date: 2004-06-20 02:34 pm (UTC)I hate those little buggers, I wish we could just cull them.
That's another thing, if you're at all interested in birdwatching I'm the person to have as a guide, especially around Herdsman which I seem to have claimed as my turf.
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Date: 2004-06-20 02:39 pm (UTC)Heeeheh I got that distinct impression :)
It's mainly a scrap between the wattle birds & the 28's (no idea on their 'real' name) for the dates although there's a lot of bugs in the backyard & that brings out a lot of birds at feeding times.
I've never been bird watching as such - I just watch what's going on around me :)
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Date: 2004-06-20 02:44 pm (UTC)And I agree, Wattlebirds make a bloody racket.
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Date: 2004-06-20 02:50 pm (UTC)Actually - all birds like to swoop me for some reason. The lady out at FRF said that it's probably my earrings that they're going after.
It was so scary on my first day - going into a cage with 20 hungry magpies & my history of swoopage. I ignore it now, usually I can hear it coming although being swooped by an owl is surreal. They're so stealthy!