It has been so hot and humid of late that Crows, beaks agape, have been seen plunging into the Curlew baby bath for relief .
Of course, this upsets the male Curlew in particular , who charges at them , causing this blogger to join in , bark like a dog , wave a broom , to scare them off as they eat small birds ,including young Curlews .
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On inspection ,the bird bath, above , did not look like anything Cleopatra would splash about in , showing signs of green slime , fallen leaves and sticks floating about, so it was tipped out , scrubbed , refilled .
All this sloshing about of water attracted a wide variety of flying insects, expecially butterflies .
It was so hot , the workaholic Sunbirds , usually seen darting backwards and forwards to the new nest under construction on the back verandah , seemed to have packed up and departed for a cooler clime. Leaves cascading down from trees .
