A very distant view of the kookaburra. You can just see the small bird in it's mouth.
Hi Folks,
Hello! Another gusty showery day. We ventured out into the garden. My first task was to remove five pine trees. This was pretty straight forward. Dig out around the roots and cut the trunk as far down as possible with the pruning saw. The hand sawing was hard work for an old softy but eventually I got through it and had the cut trees stacked in a pile on top of the ash from the last fire.
You may recall i recounted a little while ago the disappearance of the ducklings at Parsons Bay. Today when i was working i observed a fairly large kookaburra on a fence post in the next paddock with a small bird struggling in it's mouth. By the time I returned with my camera and long lens it was raining the the kookaburra was further away. The picture above does show it if you look hard and use your imagination. It does confirm that kookaburras eat small birds! Wished I could have got a better picture. Another missed opportunity to win the Attenborough photographic medal!
Susan in the meantime was digging the vegetable garden beds and weeding. It was then on to planting seeds, sweetcorn and beetroot. I started transplanting the carrot seedlings and will continue this tomorrow. At 4 I headed to Devonport picking up some discount coffee beans, a discounted bluetooth mouse, my next attempt to improve Susan's wireless experience (a directional antenna)and an electronic kit to control the switching of the dual battery controller in the car. The controller drains the main battery to the tune of 0.4 amps until it disconnects the auxiliary battery.
Kaye and Eric are heading to Melbourne for the day tomorrow. I have been briefed on what to check on in the greenhouse. We also have Ken coming to put up the sheep fencing so it should be an interesting day. Hopefully nothing will go wrong.
Susan is spending the evening on her ongoing cross stitch project while i try and back up my travel laptop. Hopefully we will get some better weather soon! We still want to view the murals in Sheffield!
cheers Simon
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