My Mum passed a love of gardening on to me and with it came a fascination with the small birds who love to hop about in the bottle brush hedges and sip at the emu bush blossoms.
My Little People meet a young honeyeater
This dear little New Holland Honeyeater was a casualty of our big spring cleaning effort this week, twice crashing into our sparkling windows. Lifted up ever so gently beyond Patch’s reach, the youngster recovered in a couple of minutes, only to fly along the verandah a few metres before crashing all over again! He or she took another breather under the watchful gaze of two Little People for a few moments before zipping off into the shrubs.
Whoever said housework never killed anybody clearly was misinformed. Next time the cleaning urge comes, I’ll try harder to resist.
The Milk Maid Marian 
Why not help migratory birds by hanging translucent curtains in your windows? Or stick on a few silhouettes (available online and elsewhere) to let birds know the windows are there? Millions of birds die crashing into windows each year – a number which could be greatly reduced with a few bird-friendly precautions.
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Thanks for the suggestions, Barbra and Jack!
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Thank you for a fantastic excuse for not washing my seeming millions of none too clean windows! As a dedicated birder I must do my part for the cause. And I hate to wash windows. lol
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My pleasure! Cleaning windows is not high on my list of priorities, either, but there comes a point…
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