An update to the Koori mini-blog!
He/(she?) is a parent. He/she has brought his little one to the electricity pole in the morning, and they now both caw at me while I am getting washed etc. Well....Koori caws to get my attention....and the young one just squawks staring Koori in the face then opening its beak wide as if to say "What the heck are we doing up here? I just want food!"
I can't even imagine what to call the little one. So far it's called "Koori Baby".
So now I am wondering if Koori is female....I don't know enough about which parent does the main childcare!
Now Koori is skittish about coming into the garden. I can see that the baby might become disoriented with high trees all around the lawn space.
So now I put the sandwich into the field every morning because that's where they are foraging each day. They don't seem to go far.....that field and the orchard.
I have a feeling the nest was some short distance away, and now the baby has fledged, they have returned to Koori's old hunting-ground.
They know I am their friend and am always a soft touch for a salmon paste sandwich as a morning treat.
I watch them through binoculars. Koori is in the process of teaching the little (scruffy-looking-one) to peck at the ground for food. Baby just squawks and hops about with its mouth wide open, but Koori pulls off a piece of sandwich, or pulls up a worm, then drops it on the ground in front of the little one. So far that is patient but unsuccessful work! The baby continues to squawk at Koori's face, and sometimes she relents and pushes the food into its mouth. Then they start all over again....
It is fascinating to watch.
He/(she?) is a parent. He/she has brought his little one to the electricity pole in the morning, and they now both caw at me while I am getting washed etc. Well....Koori caws to get my attention....and the young one just squawks staring Koori in the face then opening its beak wide as if to say "What the heck are we doing up here? I just want food!"
I can't even imagine what to call the little one. So far it's called "Koori Baby".
So now I am wondering if Koori is female....I don't know enough about which parent does the main childcare!
Now Koori is skittish about coming into the garden. I can see that the baby might become disoriented with high trees all around the lawn space.
So now I put the sandwich into the field every morning because that's where they are foraging each day. They don't seem to go far.....that field and the orchard.
I have a feeling the nest was some short distance away, and now the baby has fledged, they have returned to Koori's old hunting-ground.
They know I am their friend and am always a soft touch for a salmon paste sandwich as a morning treat.
I watch them through binoculars. Koori is in the process of teaching the little (scruffy-looking-one) to peck at the ground for food. Baby just squawks and hops about with its mouth wide open, but Koori pulls off a piece of sandwich, or pulls up a worm, then drops it on the ground in front of the little one. So far that is patient but unsuccessful work! The baby continues to squawk at Koori's face, and sometimes she relents and pushes the food into its mouth. Then they start all over again....
It is fascinating to watch.
