Sleep was disturbed during the night by strange noises which proved to be hungry wallabies bounding about the backyard , one caught in a spotlight apparently munching on a dried up rain orchid , which so far has not produced any precipitation .
Bug-eyed, this scribbler stumbled out of bed early , surprised not to find a Curlew at the backdoor wanting to be fed while its partner remained sitting on two eggs . Then both birds were seen standing together with a tiny chick .
On slowly approaching them with a camera , they all dropped to the ground , becoming camouflaged Bush-stone Curlews. One parent then resumed sitting on the remaining egg, while the other took the new born chick into nearby shrubbery, its head visible from under a wing.
