Category Archives: Animals
Beautiful Rocket
On Wednesday I was given a newborn baby raccoon, who had become orphaned. She had been born in an attic & her mum had apparently been trapped & taken away, leaving behind Rocket & possibly some other babies. She was … Continue reading
Currumbin
Today we finally managed to get to Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, we had planned to go last Saturday, but with it pissing down with rain, so logically, it was decided not to go. We went with Heather, & had a lovely … Continue reading
The Very Cranky Bear
Levi has 2 favourite videos at the moment; One is the The Very Cranky Bear, by Nick Bland, which he watches in Auslan & it’s interpreted as well. You can see it for yourself on youtube once you see it, … Continue reading
Discouraging?
This morning we decided to fix the birdseed feeder as the chipmunk was making an absolute pig of himself. We were chatting to Heather on Skype & I noticed him in the feeder at least 3 different times & then … Continue reading
Bird Seed Caper Caught
I’ve been waiting to get a picture of one of the chipmunks in at least one of the bird feeders & today was that day. I happened to look over at the birdfeeder as I went in search of my … Continue reading
Dazed & Confused
We have an issue with birds flying into the windows here at the back of the house, not really sure why, but it keeps happening. I can count on at least 3 birds hitting the windows in a day, but … Continue reading
The birds have left
The day started out pretty normal, except that Geoff wasn’t feeling well, so he decided to have the day off sick. With us still only having one car, I decided to take this opportunity to use the car & do … Continue reading
Bird Seed Caper
Yesterday I decided to refill the large empty bird seed feeder, after it was emptied in a few days last time. I awoke this morning to discover that it was empty again – what the hell? We had a storm … Continue reading
Groundhogs climb trees
You learn a new thing everyday & that was what I managed to learn today. Apparently they will run up trees to survey an area or to escape danger, or in this case a snap happy photographer, who is happily … Continue reading
Baby Wrens
The babies have all hatched that are in the nest on the 3rd garage (the one with the woodstove in it). We only discovered the nest a few days after being here & then a few days later, the eggs … Continue reading