Mistle Thrush Family

I was supposed to be doing a bird watch last weekend but I spotted this nest of mistle thrush chicks in the magnolia tree just off the deck and spent more time watching the chicks being fed than I did counting other birds.

Last Supper

Here's our crazy chicken - and the other hens and roosters - enjoying a dust bath the day before he got the chop. He made a much better coq au vin than he did a pet.

Rabbit v Peacock

Rabbits in the grass...

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Sheep with kingfisher

Thermals

Wasp on a nest on flax

I've been away from home for most of the last week or so and thought I'd pick up where I left off. When I returned to look at the wasp's nest a few days after I took the last photo, I found a wasp in residence, laying some eggs in the nest.

Wasp's nest on flax

Raising the beds

6 foot posts, 60 cm deep - the conventional specs for fencing in NZ and part of the design for our raised beds. Too much like hard work with a spade and so we eventually hired a hydraulic post-hole borer. He was in charge of digging, I scooped out the rubble. Now we just have to screw it all together.

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I found these flowers on the edge of the site of the raised beds. It's almost a shame that they're going to be covered up soon.

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Peonies

Visitation 3

Visitation 2

Visitation 1

Hello? Anybody in?

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