tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post447356174903882909..comments2023-10-19T18:44:22.548-07:00Comments on Helsie's Happenings: FEEDING THE BIRDSHelsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-54900313552368737392013-09-13T22:14:26.399-07:002013-09-13T22:14:26.399-07:00You're right you know. I keep calling him to c...You're right you know. I keep calling him to come and watch them in the birdbath. Love to see them splashing around.Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-81126773515188723852013-09-12T06:03:05.482-07:002013-09-12T06:03:05.482-07:00What lovely colourful birds. You watch, you will b...What lovely colourful birds. You watch, you will be hooked now and will be poised at the window with the camera all the time now. Tony will be wanting his tea and you will be saying 'Oh, just wait until I get just one more shot !' Do let us know what other birds come to call.Foodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508096925997293886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-64354042035320763382013-09-11T07:34:34.945-07:002013-09-11T07:34:34.945-07:00Noice :)Noice :)Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592150238891296272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-86830442767146190872013-09-10T15:23:22.896-07:002013-09-10T15:23:22.896-07:00Yes Shay the new zoom is great as long as I hold t...Yes Shay the new zoom is great as long as I hold the camera steady which I'm not very good at. Have to lean on something !Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-77179069588678603232013-09-10T15:21:27.572-07:002013-09-10T15:21:27.572-07:00The noise early in the morning is the only negativ...The noise early in the morning is the only negative aspect Marg!Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-20507236214361880572013-09-10T15:20:29.025-07:002013-09-10T15:20:29.025-07:00Tony is glad you appreciate the simplicity of his ...Tony is glad you appreciate the simplicity of his design YP.Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-58879634803872228512013-09-10T15:19:41.252-07:002013-09-10T15:19:41.252-07:00Glad they've come back now they know it's ...Glad they've come back now they know it's safe. How quickly they pick that up! I'm hoping lots more use the bird bath but it is very exposed now that the plants have all been trimmed so fiercely.Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-89688845443911225262013-09-10T15:16:52.251-07:002013-09-10T15:16:52.251-07:00Looking out towards Ipswich Carol. Very pretty at ...Looking out towards Ipswich Carol. Very pretty at night too.Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-71007455404728275292013-09-10T11:21:23.063-07:002013-09-10T11:21:23.063-07:00What fantastic birds.Although we are very,very sad...What fantastic birds.Although we are very,very sad to lose Ziggy our cat it does mean I can start feeding the birds again.I have already put up feeders and the birds are back.Nothing anywhere near as exotic as yours.We have a bird bath and the birds use it all the time.There can often be three different kinds of bird all splashing about together.Wonderful.Keep the photos coming.busybusybeejayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570020362062932692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-7186716595957276992013-09-10T04:50:33.744-07:002013-09-10T04:50:33.744-07:00I love the design of the new feeding table. Very a...I love the design of the new feeding table. Very artistic. At first sight, less cultured onlookers might imagine that Tony had just bashed a tanalised garden post into the ground and nailed on some plywood. Little would they know that it's actually a skilled example of minimalist design in natural material, intended to seamlessly blend into its environment. Is Tony of Swedish ancestry?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-63185743544154790222013-09-10T00:21:48.630-07:002013-09-10T00:21:48.630-07:00Helsie,the bird feeder looks great and is doing it...Helsie,the bird feeder looks great and is doing its job. Love the little one in the bird bath. And you have spectacular views - where is that looking out to the Gold Coast or Redlands?Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592150238891296272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-27186799884584220122013-09-09T14:51:47.452-07:002013-09-09T14:51:47.452-07:00I love lorikeets although they can be a tad noisy ...I love lorikeets although they can be a tad noisy first thing in the morning. Since I've moved I don't see so many in the garden but there are still thousands only a few hundred metres away, along the river. <br />I think those lorikeets will be very impressed with Tony's carpentry skills.Marghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09659940271976716013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-64520968605922849212013-09-09T13:59:30.731-07:002013-09-09T13:59:30.731-07:00Love your new bird feeder. What a fabulous way to ...Love your new bird feeder. What a fabulous way to attract birds to your garden. <br /><br />Your new zoom certainly does the trick. Your photos are terrific!Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11032969125788408807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-87933587099817123432013-09-09T06:10:45.525-07:002013-09-09T06:10:45.525-07:00No Muffy, our birds don't need to fly away for...No Muffy, our birds don't need to fly away for the Winter because it doesn't get cold enough. Even in the south where it does get colder we still don't get much snow ( really only on the mountain tops if we are really lucky and we don't have any big mountains either ) so there is never a shortage of food for them. Certainly here in Queensland our daytime Winter temperatures rarely fall below 16 degrees Celcius ( which we think is a very cold day !!!)Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-88755152693412758322013-09-09T05:58:11.384-07:002013-09-09T05:58:11.384-07:00Amazingly Jane, their bright colours camouflage th...Amazingly Jane, their bright colours camouflage them well. Do you remember this post http://helsieshappenings.blogspot.com.au/2009/12/first-of-all-let-me-explain-that-im-not.html<br />where I showed how difficult they can be to see when they're in the trees?Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-90951127307025945092013-09-09T05:52:56.229-07:002013-09-09T05:52:56.229-07:00Hope more and more come to visit David.Hope more and more come to visit David.Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-45589816449461998892013-09-09T05:21:15.502-07:002013-09-09T05:21:15.502-07:00Wow, that is some zoom you have!! Those birds fas...Wow, that is some zoom you have!! Those birds fascinate me, they are just beautiful. I have a question. Many of our birds in the US migrate from North in the fall to the South, then back north in the spring. Does that happen in Australia? Curious minds want to know. Our hummingbirds go as far north as Canada, and as far south as Mexico!!Muffy's Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13826630430126318583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-63754085679645838472013-09-09T04:23:48.148-07:002013-09-09T04:23:48.148-07:00The birds obviously approve of Tony's handiwor...The birds obviously approve of Tony's handiwork! How amazing to have such colourful birds in your garden all our birds go in for camouflage colours except the kingfisher and they are rarely seen anyway and then not in gardens!Marigold Jamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895195019277206960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-85415878611904317062013-09-09T04:06:28.987-07:002013-09-09T04:06:28.987-07:00Looks like a fine job on the feeder and obviously ...Looks like a fine job on the feeder and obviously the Lorikeets think so. The ones eating look fun to watch, the one taking a bath is just great. Glad everything worked out so well.David Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260130060172457192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754404636941782233.post-44866833075669774882013-09-08T20:29:39.734-07:002013-09-08T20:29:39.734-07:00those birds are beautiful!those birds are beautiful!theahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08621187880594813876noreply@blogger.com