Recently I have started using our spare room as an office. This ovelooks the back yard, an area I would not often see.
Had a few visitors to the apple trees, so here they are
Common Blackbird female and male.
Common Blackbird - female (Turdus merula) by Dale Watson, on Flickr
Common Blackbird - male (Turdus merula) by Dale Watson, on Flickr
Common Starling.
Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) by Dale Watson, on Flickr
Crescent Honeyeater (female) - had a male appear at work, but not yet from home.
New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae) (3) by Dale Watson, on Flickr
Male at from work.
Crescent Honeyeater (Phylidonis pyrrhopterus) by Dale Watson, on Flickr
Back at home,
Yellow Wattlebird - love the size of the wattles.
Yellow WattlebirdAnthochaera paradoxa by Dale Watson, on Flickr
Yellow WattlebirdAnthochaera paradoxa by Dale Watson, on Flickr
Yellow Wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa) by Dale Watson, on Flickr
Yellow Wattlebird (Anthochaera paradoxa) (1) by Dale Watson, on Flickr
New Holland Honeyeaters - had several of these at once.
New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae) (5) by Dale Watson, on Flickr
New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae) (3) by Dale Watson, on Flickr
New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae) (2) by Dale Watson, on Flickr
New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae) (4) by Dale Watson, on Flickr
And lastly not feathered and not a friend, but still cute.
Rabbit by Dale Watson, on Flickr
Just beautiful, Dale... I want that outlook too.
Great. Your backyard is rich and full of beautiful birds. How can you attract them like that? I would love to see Common Starlings in my garden, but I don't know how to attract them. Do you have any secret to attracting this bird?
Common Starlings are an introduced species which compete strongly with native species. I would not deliberately attract them, they will
take over. These birds came for apples left to ripen on the tree.
Dale Huonville, Tasmania
Common Starlings are an introduced species which compete strongly with native species. I would not deliberately attract them, they will
take over. These birds came for apples left to ripen on the tree.
Dale Huonville, Tasmania
Hi birdingdepot. By planting local species of trees, shrubs & ground covers I've not only hugely reduced the number of Common Starlings in my area but I've also attracted an excellent range of native birds such as the melodious Grey Shrikethrush. I'm unaware of where your live but if you were to establish the original vegetation of your area I'm confident you would get similar results - unless you live where Common Starlings are naturally present rather than introduced such as England.