We have bird baths and feeders at Uccello Lane – no point attracting birds with nothing to feed them with or on. Mainly it is the plants they come for – the Coroes outside our window or bottlebrush (callistemon) out the front.

Up in the top corner with the mushrooms is a birdbath made in the Edna Walling style – it is very popular and gets filled often Both the kookaburras and the magpies patrol this area as the worms seem to be on steroids.

On the bank there is a bird feed which we have used a hollow log my dad had adapted for his aviary – we call it the “Ned Kelly” feeder. Hopefully a parrot may build a nest in it but it is exposed there so maybe not for a while. This area is frequented by the King Parrot and the Yellow Tailed Parrot.

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