It provides shade for the chooks in a hot summer and a nesting spot for a Dusky Woodswallow.
Amazingly the bird has nested in the peeling and deeply fissured bark, not like other birds nest, in the fork of a tree, in a hollow, in a nest hanging from vegetation...
I think you'll agree that building this nest was an achievement as was spotting it! Amazing twitching Lad and amazing photography!
Wow! What an interesting blue beak. It will be fun for you to watch the nest through the season.
ReplyDeletePretty isn't it! I cant wait till the babies hatch!
DeleteBeautiful photos - classic Aussie colours and tones
ReplyDeleteI love how rough our bush is!
DeleteShe's beautiful isn't she? It does look like its a nice secure place for a nest too.
ReplyDeleteIt's a pretty beak isn't it? Today I very big goanna was headed for the tree she was in. I thought a tragedy imminent so I distracted the goanna and headed it in a different direction. Phew! Close one!
DeleteI don't have any dusky wood swallows. Can you spare me one, please? Once they're hatched, of course. She is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteShe is pretty isn't she? I cant wait till I see the newbies hatch.
DeleteNow I can report that two pairs of the White-browed woodswallow have started nesting in trees near the house! It's magic living so close to birds at this time of the year!
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