Since a couple of days we have a baby bird in our garden. He most likely fell out of the nest but is unharmed and the parents keep feeding it. I managed to get a very nice feeding shot with our big-ass Nikon Coolpix 8800 camera (incase you wonder if I upgraded my phone ;-P ).
The little bird hops around the garden all day long and does not run away when approached. He's learning how to fly but his wings are a little bit too little for that yet. But my guess is that he'll manage one of these days.
We were scared at first that Mason would go for it (we don't know him well enough yet to think otherwise) but either he's just not noticing or he has no interest at all. Mason seems to like people more than birds sofar so that's good.
Today Nicole and I visited a little village called Hahndorf. On our way there we spotted this plate "KABOOM".
It's a nice drive down to Hahndorf through the Adelaide hills.
The welcome sign says that there are 1839 living souls in Hahndorf but somehow I have the feeling that figure hasn't changed since I first came here in 2001 which would be odd.
Hahndorf is the oldest German founded town in Australia. All the buildings are build in the (to us) familiar German buildingstyle.
A little path to a field at the back of a house.
These roses smelled wonderfull.
The roses were beneath an old window in a shed.
People in Hahndorf have a sense of humor as well.
Another little house.
A sparrow (musje) sitting in a tree. In The Netherlands we see less and less of these nice little birds (which is a very bad sign!) but here in Australia there are still plenty. Even in our own backyard.
And there were chickens...
And also cats...
And statues of little people... Quite a cute couple don't you think? ;-)
And then we drove home again.
Tunnelshots are always good.I had a fantastic day out! :-)
5 comments:
Ik vond Hanndorf ook zo'n leuk stadje! Het is gek om dat zomaar te zien in Australie, doe echte duitse huizenbouw.
Some absolutely beautiful shots vance. im very fond of the small window shot. the chicken was cool too.
St. francis was big on birds too, no?
The little bird has the same beak and face (but not feathers) as some starlings I saw pecking around with the pigeons outside the library the other day... poor little mites they were totally crowded out (the pigeons were pecking at a crust of bread that had literally gone GREEN it was so furry)... maybe the starlings were LUCKY not to get a peck-in, so to speak...
@ Ilse: Het was ook erg leuk om er weer te zijn. Wel zijn een paar restaurants van eigenaar veranderd en niet altijd ten goede.
@ Sn33z0r: I loved the window shot too. Who's St. Francis?
@ Gleds: I have often wondered about that as well when seeing the things that some birds eat...
St.Francis of Assisi was some guy who loved animals. I think he's their patron saint now.
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