DIR Return Create A Forum - Home
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       Timelines 2023
  HTML https://timelines2023.createaforum.com
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       *****************************************************
   DIR Return to: Timelines 2023
       *****************************************************
       #Post#: 13--------------------------------------------------
       From The Bird Lover 1957 (Bird Notes from Sorrento)
       By: archives1 Date: May 7, 2023, 10:15 pm
       ---------------------------------------------------------
       14/03/1956
       Often I see a little yellow robin hopping about in my back yard.
       About seven inches long, he has a grey back and head and a
       bright yellow breast. I often leave crumbs out on the wall or on
       the window sill. Sometimes he drinks the water from the dog’s
       dish, so I made him a bird-bath. There aren’t many about at
       present, but I think perhaps they’ll come back in the spring.
       19/03/1956
       Some time ago, while my mate and I were on the Sorrento pier, we
       saw a fairy penguin darting about in the water. I was surprised
       at the speed it was travelling as it chased shoals of little
       white-bait, catching them very easily. It was about sixteen
       inches long with a shiny black back and webbed feet that pushed
       the water away very strongly.
       07/06/1956
       One day Keith and I were climbing up to our tree hut. As we
       climbed, a big bird flew from a thick clump of branches. Keith
       jumped down and watched it as it alighted in another tree. I
       looked about to see where it had been perching and I found a
       flat stick nest with three little light grey birds in it. When I
       jumped down, the bird returned to the tree. It was a tawny
       frogmouth.
       *****************************************************