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Welcome to my world in June. Not an abundance of photos this time but I do recommend getting comfortable. June was the month where my bestie sold her 103 year old farmhouse in a  Rain-forest, where a lot of bird bath and bird photos came from, and moved into her new place which is similar to my climate. It is a newish house but has a bird bath and a great bird attracting garden. So far we have identified 38 birds, some are in this post. As you can see I have been a bit busy helping move house.

The house is still in a rural setting.

This is my first attempt at photographing Dandelion seed heads.

One afternoon the sky became fierce looking. Quite an angry face looking out isn’t it?

The early morning at my place walking through the Blady Grass. It was very dry in the previous months. Green shoots struggled to grow among the dry brown grass.

This native plant is growing in the middle of a paddock. The Autumn saw the stalk covered in white flowers. I hope the seeds have spread and not harvested by ants.

June is the month for the Lismore, a town nearby, Lantern Parade. I didn’t get many good parade photos. There were a number of Orchid lanterns hanging in the trees in the park where the show and fireworks took place.
The fireworks were quite spectacular.

While my bestie was moving house, I was given some, OK a lot, of plants to look after. The Kalenchoe loved being in my sun room and has put on a wonderful display of flowers.

Winter has also brought some other visitors into the house. I usually have native rodents come into the warmth. I have a trap to catch them and then they get taken back into the bush. This time I have had a House Mouse or two in the pantry. This little fat one, I suspect to be a pregnant female, was relocated up the road.
This is the big section of birds for the month of June

The little Silvereyes have really taken to the hanging pot bird bath and drinking place.

The other bigger birds prefer to use this bird bath. A female or juvenile Satin Bowerbird was chatting to someone nearby.

A Yellow-faced Honeyeater takes a drink.

A Yellow-faced Honeyeater at my besties has claimed this branch of a tree.

There has been quite a number of Yellow-rumped Thornbills around my garden

A very cute looking Jackie Winter enjoyed the morning sun on the fence.

While we were walking along a road, we came across a small flock of Variegated Fairy Wrens darting in the grass beside the road. A young one made an appearance on a nearby tree.

Of course I couldn’t let a post go past without my favourite, an Eastern Yellow Robin. Sadly we had to leave Bobbin behind so maybe this one at my place will be the the new substitute. I haven’t found the right name yet. Any suggestions?

One afternoon a small flock of Red-browed Firetails came looking for grass seeds in the front garden.

A young Lewins Honeyeater found a great lookout atop a red flowering Eucalypt.

The Rainbow Lorikeets came for the Eucalypt flowers too.

A Rufous Whistler singing an early morning song

It was lovely to have a welcome to the new place with a number of Welcome Swallows who zoom around the verandahs and sit on the fence to do their laundry.

Another bloke who likes to sit on the fence to survey the lawn for insects is the Restless Flycatcher. They make the most amazing sound. I tried to make a video but it wasn’t the best sound quality.

An Eastern Rosella wanted to see what we were doing in the new garden.

At my place, a number of Noisy Miners were carrying on. They didn’t like the Kookaburra being too close to their nests.

I thought it was going to be a cold night after finding a Kookaburra family cosying up for the night in the late evening.

A Pacific Black Duck showing a flash of turquoise as it paddled on the creek.

A young Straw-necked Ibis didn’t want me to take its photo as it strolled in a nearby paddock.

This bloke didn’t seem to mind though.

The Sacred Ibis look wonderful as they wheel about in the sky

A Common Tern was fishing down by the estuary. Gliding along and then suddemly plumetting into the water. I didn’t see it catch a fish though.

The Moon and a plane.

Well the sun is almost setting. Thanks for joining me in This is June

Hope to see you next month