These are worrying times in more ways than the obvious . Our longtime resident Bush Stone Curlews in the backyard have produced two eggs. Another pair is showing signs that they are broody, one picking up and tossing leaves and sticks at the site of the previous nest , which is in a dangerous open position near the roadway .
Birds of prey-Kookaburras and Crows - have been spotted ; a dreaded Barking Owl ,whose "appalling nocturnal screams " resulted in it being known as the Screaming -woman Bird and the Murderbird was heard early one morning , causing a rapid rise from bed .
