Thursday, July 29, 2004

Wildlife



We only see these cute little guys in the warmer months and they are pretty shy. In winter I spied one hiding out in our stair cupboard with the hot water heater! Apart from them there are cheeky magpies with a loud "chukka-chukka" call. They will tease any cat they can get close to. There are some other small greeny-spotted lizards, pigeons, seagulls overhead (a mysterious fishfin-like slimy object appeared on the outside table one day), cicadas, bumblebees and a few other birds if you look hard - woodpeckers, hoopoes, tits of some kind. I really miss the Australian birds.