Posted in General nature., Poetry on Apr 5th, 2011
shorter days and cool morning fog cobwebs decked with shining pearls in the early morning light birds in from the bush grey butcher song currawongs at the bath calling hark hark the lark The old rosella his three note call to ask for seed a daily sound we shouldn’t feed the pundits say but who’d [...]
I am a Straw-necked Ibis, and I’m sure you will agree I am a handsome fellow, there’s none so smart as me. If you’ve cockchafers in your turf, just call me tout de suite, I’ll put my long curved bill to work, for ibis, grubs are meat. I’ll drive it down into the earth and [...]
A blog about the natural world of Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Birds, insects, wildflowers, and anything else that poses for the camera.