Hi, and thanks for dropping by my blog,

Yes, Spring has sprung! Lots of new babies on the way on the Quiet Side of the Great Lake.

It begins with the constant cheeping of new babies in new nests.

These little Noisy Miner babies (below) can cheep between 80 and 100 times per minute according to those who study them. Their cries are very faint at first but increase as they grow. These little guys below are not long out of the nest and their mother spends all day feeding them. We complain when we have to manage children and housework looking for time out to put our feet up. The mother of these little ones virtually never stops from dawn to dark. She flies around grabbing little insects and the like and toting them back to hungry little mouths. I think I’d settle for the housework!

This is a fig bird, who has been checking out the umbrella tree next door. He is a nectar loving bird the same as the Noisy Miners above. He also doesn’t look very old. I know he’s a male as the females of the species are drab in colouring. Us girls all have one thing in common, we have to work hard at looking good! Unless we are genetically blessed of course.

There is three-way competition for nectar on the Quiet Side of the Great Lake (the focus of all my Tales from a Lake stories). The third player in the triangle is the Wattle Bird. Not called a Wattle Bird in regards to the Wattle tree. Rather it has a red wattle on the side of its face. This little one is very cute like all little ones. Children, animals and birds are very sweet when tiny.

Below are fledgling Kookaburras. I love Kookaburras. Particularly their laughing, as it is so uplifting. Although it’s said their call is simply territorial and a warning to other birds, they make you smile and you can’t help but check out the sky when you hear them. We were taught as children that Kookaburras laugh when it’s going to rain. Probably something like, cats wash behind their ears for the same reason!  Who knows? Maybe it’s true!

Lastly, little magpies. Now they are funny little things when they are young. Our magpies know us and trust us – we haven’t had any attack during nesting season. However there was one further around the lake that was a problem.

Keep your eyes peeled, who knows what you will see in Spring, new babies, new blossoms. Stop to smell the roses. When you do, think of the Sunday School hymn:

All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.

The second verse says it all:

Each little flower that opens,
Each little bird that sings,
He made their glowing colours,
He made their tiny wings.

Our God is truly amazing!

So, what’s going on in your garden and around where you live? My Spring begins in September as I live the world of Aus, for you in the northern hemisphere you will be travelling through the falling leaves of Autumn. Wherever you are enjoy!

Marilyn