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The double duty post

One of the main reasons my husband wanted to take us all on a drive to our southern paddocks yesterday (with previous posts on swans and willy-wagtails already up) was to show us something he had discovered while going through a gateway there this week.

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This is the gatepost at which The Discovery was made.

It’s quite tall (almost as tall as me) and hollow in the centre.

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And when you stand on your toes (or get a little help from your Dad)…

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You see something pretty AMAZING…

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Can you see? Oh just a sec…

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Can someone make this flaming lense FOCUS? Wait… hang on…

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GOT it…

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LOOK! Four little birds – older than our wagtails from earlier today – huddled at least four feet down in the post.

After great debate here, in front of Google and Wikipedia, Mr Incredible has claimed that the baby birds are Pale-Headed Rosella (I think it could be the sub-species palliceps or Blue Cheek Rosella ) …

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(If we have any budding ornithologists out there in Blogland, feel free to chime in with your identification.)

Apparently these little guys will claw their way out of the post when they are ready to fly.  I suspect it’s gonna get pretty cramped in here before too long…

Hope you enjoyed your few hours with us, in our southern paddocks.

Or as I like to think of it now, our Birdie Paradise.

🙂

BB

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