A cabal of kingfisher kookaburras are long term residents at the Run. After the routine terror of maniacal laughter at dawn, they crouch motionless on…
Avian misadventures
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Month: December 2021
Famine
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The carrots have been finished. Grains, vegetable scraps, stale bread and peelings are not sufficient sustenance for hungry marsupial bellies, it would seem. The conifers…
Invasion
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Pedro and the 67 amigos arrived on a determined colonisation campaign a few months ago. He deployed squads to each crevice of the house, roof,…
From the forest
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There is a carrot on the decking. It has been there since last night, testament to Cousin George’s caution overruling his appetite. He watched it…