One day during the week, when I spotted an Ibis in the front garden, I soon discovered it was not alone. There were ten! I kid you not, I counted ten of these massive birds pecking through the overgrown grass, which, when it is dry enough to mow, we like to call our lawn.
Today I saw just four Ibis peck, peck, pecking away. Most people call these birds ‘Bin-Chickens’ – they are scavengers who will eat just about anything edible.
So as I wouldn’t frighten them away, I took my camera, ever so quietly, out the back door, snuck around to the side of the house, and zoomed in on them. It didn’t take long for their keen hearing to pick up on the fact that they were being watched, so they headed up the driveway to the road, undoubtedly searching for longer, greener pastures.
While taking photos of the Ibis, it occurred to me that I rarely take photos of a whole section of my garden. I usually – hmm, perhaps always – zoom in on the beauty of each individual flowering plant. For a change, today I took a photo of the garden beside my driveway. In this photo, I see New South Wales Christmas Bush, Gerberas, white Gaura, (lots of Gaura!) Duranta, Hydrangea, white and purple Buddleia, Port Wine Magnolia, lilac Daisies, and Roses. I do have the (unfair) advantage of knowing my garden though! And it goes against the grain not to show a close up of individual plants, so I won’t show full garden photos often – I promise. 😉
We had hot, dry weather today, and cloud so low that Mount Warning didn’t have a hope of making an appearance. The crazy-cloud patterns continued, hiding the setting sun as well. The weather has been so changable lately.
I wonder what tomorrow’s weather will bring …
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I love your garden! So lovely! I want to plant a small flower garden area at my daughter’s house in the spring, but it will be small because that matches my energy level.
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Thank you, Carol. 🙂
How wonderful for you to be planning a new garden! Does that mean you plan to stay with Kat for a while?
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I LIKE seeing full garden shots, so don’t hold back. 🙂
The ibis were a fun surprise, I bet. They look handsome in their white tuxedos. 🙂
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That’s good to know, Eliza. I always feel like a bit of a tease if I post a full garden photo without naming the plants. I might try a combination of both full garden and individual highlights of the garden in future. 🙂
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I hope you do. When I show full garden shots, I often give left to right plant IDs, if it is a deep bed, sometimes L to R, front, middle and back!
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I loved seeing the whole bed! Just like Eliza said above, don’t be shy and please show us more! 😉 The ibis are lovely birds. Hope they don’t eat any of your flowers.
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They don’t seem interested in eating the flowers, but they are stomping over some of them.
Luckily they haven’t caused too much damage though.
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I echo others — I like seeing the whole flower bed. It’s beautiful. It’s strange to see Ibis somewhere other than in the water (at the beach). We see the Glossy Ibis here, during the breeding season.
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Thank you, Robin. 🙂
It’s only during the last year the ibis have begun to venture inland – although we’re not very far inland at all. Usually, we only see them around the more coastal areas.
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Nice to get a peek at wide view of your front garden! So lovely and colorful! Those ibises look pretty interesting…
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Thank you, Barbara. 🙂
When we have some fine weather, I will take some more full garden photos, but I’ll still have to add individual plant shots as well. 🙂
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