tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post4920166899411247532..comments2023-10-29T21:28:41.709+10:30Comments on Pavlov's Cat: Nature notesKerryn Goldsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-33934386612850172042007-04-10T13:43:00.000+09:302007-04-10T13:43:00.000+09:30Just fill a plastic tray with water and leave it u...Just fill a plastic tray with water and leave it up off the ground somewhere -- ours is in the corner where two different height fences meet.<BR/><BR/>The birds will find it, and so will the possums (I originally put one up after the ring-tailed possum started coming onto the deck to drink from the flowerpots, looking nervous as hell).Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09053707150866449830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-65158973151071080042007-04-10T12:47:00.000+09:302007-04-10T12:47:00.000+09:30D.T.'s.D.T.'s.R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-79609581444874767972007-04-10T10:53:00.000+09:302007-04-10T10:53:00.000+09:30Congratulations on your owl encounter.I have had 3...Congratulations on your owl encounter.<BR/>I have had 3, and they were all thrilling.<BR/>The most ridiculous was a barking owl sound asleep in a bare winter tree, right on the main truck route through the city part of Ballarat, at 2:30 in the afternoon.BwcaBrowniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11500142856655553009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-20655360690060047022007-04-09T22:09:00.000+09:302007-04-09T22:09:00.000+09:30WOL, oh yes--http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedFor...WOL, oh yes--<BR/><BR/>http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Dell/4500/quo_wol.htm<BR/><BR/><BR/>Cast Iron BalconyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-73851288993936564372007-04-09T10:01:00.000+09:302007-04-09T10:01:00.000+09:30Wow, that is amazing. I get lots of birds where I ...Wow, that is amazing. I get lots of birds where I live, but not much in the way of wols (had to leave that tyop)though when I was a child we hit one in the car driving somewhere late at night, and there was a great palaver getting it into a box so we could take it to the wildlife carers. It was amazing.Mummy/Crithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08353892248492164501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-49216134482922522912007-04-08T21:25:00.000+09:302007-04-08T21:25:00.000+09:30Pippa, that sounds right. Apparently last time the...Pippa, that sounds right. Apparently last time there was a drought, the wedge-tailed eagle population took a pounding because they were all into roadkill (a dearth of small prey elsewhere, I guess, and also heading closer to the cities in search of water), and kept getting run over in the middle of their lunch because they didn't understand cars and couldn't fly away in time. Obviously I'm going to have to work out a way to put water for birds in the back yard.<BR/><BR/>Kookas in Unley -- that's amazing!Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-23566621101286715282007-04-08T21:14:00.000+09:302007-04-08T21:14:00.000+09:30there seem to be so many kookaburras flying around...there seem to be so many kookaburras flying around unley these days. i saw one on the garage guttering as i rode off to the farmers' market. that's the closest i've been to one since moving down from the hills years ago.<BR/><BR/>and then this afternoon we saw a sulphur crested cockatoo flying overhead. <BR/><BR/>there's a theory that the bigger carnivorous birds are moving into the suburbs because of the drought. <BR/><BR/>oh, but an owl. that is amazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-79291124102936623362007-04-08T15:54:00.000+09:302007-04-08T15:54:00.000+09:30Oh, what a wonderful thing.(Word verification is Z...Oh, what a wonderful thing.<BR/><BR/>(Word verification is Zurtoo, which sounds like a good name for an owl.)<BR/><BR/><BR/>Cast Iron balconyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-62228590812959693602007-04-08T12:42:00.000+09:302007-04-08T12:42:00.000+09:30How marvellous. The birds around here are much mo...How marvellous. The birds around here are much more populous since the council got serious about streetscaping with native trees about 10 years ago, but we've not had an owl yet.tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17989643095255493683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-89208805435892635612007-04-08T11:02:00.000+09:302007-04-08T11:02:00.000+09:30They've started turning up in Fitzroy in the last ...They've started turning up in Fitzroy in the last year. A couple of times, when I've been walking back from the bookshop where I work at around midnight I've seen one sitting on the powerlines in our street. They feel magical.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-23983390129145483572007-04-08T10:37:00.000+09:302007-04-08T10:37:00.000+09:30Wow, wow, wow. Jill at Ruby St had a boobook owl ...Wow, wow, wow. Jill at Ruby St had a boobook owl in her yard earlier this year... http://rubystreet.blogspot.com/2007/02/boobook.htmlMeredith Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00977264379899180896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-27320648637943368102007-04-08T09:03:00.000+09:302007-04-08T09:03:00.000+09:30How fantastic.How fantastic.Mindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10634135486127575735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17433936.post-63601436725083450702007-04-08T08:33:00.000+09:302007-04-08T08:33:00.000+09:30Years ago when we lived in Canberra we had a Ford ...Years ago when we lived in Canberra we had a Ford Falcon station wagon with a bench front seat. It had been left outside at night with the driver's window open (life seemed safer then), and coming outside in the morning I saw an owl sitting on the back of the front seat. I have never forgotten it, and haven't seen an owl since.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105565907940193262noreply@blogger.com