Philosophical question

Beverly wrote:
Most interesting, Cara - I'm curious (as an ex-Vic person); just where
are you? Somewhere in the north west by the sound of it .. I loved
reading about your birds - I had just been thinking about
scissors-grinders; there are none here, though willy wagtails are
making a comeback, thank goodness, after almost disappearing due to
insecticide use some years ago.
 
Beverly,
 
I'm in the Wimmera (just), SW of Horsham, and with a few timely spring showers coming through.  We tend to experience Adelaide's weather a day after it has.  The country looks okay, but our local water storage is desperately low.  We have been fortunate enough, in the past, to be able to fill dams with water from the supply, through an open channel system.  There will be considerably less on offer this year.  There's a real challenge ahead for local farmers and their livestock....and the gardeners.   
 
The willy wagtail population is very much alive and thriving here.  They choose to nest in some extremely perilous positions at times.  My brother and sister-in-law have a nest and babes on a regularly used outside doorway - brave little bods.  I'm sure you would have experienced the way they like to call out on moonlit nights.  The scissors-grinders aren't as common, but I often see them fluttering around outside my lounge room  windows.
 
Cara
 
 
 
 
 
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