There were little holes dotted over the ground. My first thought is “rats!” Because I remembered one year when the rats neatly stole the corn seeds I’d planted. But there were no corn seeds here. A couple of days later I come out the front door and there is a currawong pecking at the ground.… Continue reading Pecking and fungi
Tag: Currawong
Channel-billed cuckoo
The squawk, squawk, squawk of a baby bird begging for food itches in my ear… squawk, squawk, squawk. But it’s rougher, more irritating, scratchier than squawk, squawk, squawk. I go out onto the veranda because I know this baby bird is in the jacaranda…squawk, squawk, squawk. I search for it. First I see a currawong… Continue reading Channel-billed cuckoo