Greeting the Dawn

This starling sits in the pinoak each morning at daybreak singing his stuff. He does a good impression of the bellbird. Sometimes he fools me, until I realise the notes are not loud enough for the bellbird. He lives in the cabbage tree next to the pinoak. It was probably his offspring that escaped their nest before they could fly.

Starling, Sturnus vulgaris

Today was mild with a lovely nor'wester. I dried a weeksworth of washing, aired the house, and sawed a whole lot of logs.