Well the rain has eased to morning showers and as a result the neighbourhood is buzzing with the sounds of ride-on lawn mowers and the brain penetrating roar of whipper-snippers (known as strimmers in the UK) because the grass has suddenly been endowed with enough energy to grow "an inch" a day! Almost as soon as the mowers are stopped they have to be brought back into action again!
Perhaps as a result of all the rain the mangos are now filling out and ripening. Our next door neighbour came across to us before going on holidays and told us to help ourselves to the mangos on his trees so we have taken it upon ourselves to drape bags over the ripening fruit to save them from all being eaten by the fruit bats and the cockatoos.
Did I tell you about the cockatoos? They seem to be so full of energy these days! They scream and shout every morning and do somersaults in the branches of the trees. They must be onto something really good!
In the evening the raucous screeching happens again as the birds swoop around in the fading light before making off for their evening roost. I do not envy the people who have these birds roosting in their yard! I managed to take a snap of the birds between circuits last night but the quality of the shot is not particularly good because they are about two hundred metres away. I did try to take some shots as they flew directly over me but to show you only one bird does not give you any idea of the flock sizes. This group is only part of the flock that was making its departure
Incidentally the mangos are absolutely delicious and well worth making an effort to save a few!
AJ
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