lt’s that time of year again…lol

Part 2 of ‘Staring - the Series’ 😄

Some measured commentary on the Royal Commission issue.

Are you available today?

Completely inappropriate for ABC Sport to run an interview during the cricket tea break with a spokesperson for athletes pushing for a Royal Commission. No other perspectives canvassed - just a platform handed to one side of the argument on a silver platter. Appalling.

In non WTF-criminal-psychotic-warlord news, I found this work of art in the backyard yesterday. Its rufousy hues suggest that it’s from Ms Tawny. So beautiful! Have only ever seen soft, downy ones before. You might want to click on the first one to see the whole thing. 2nd one is just a close-up.

Staring is one of her superpowers.

Happy New Year!!! I’ll take this moment to thank the tawnies for being my emotional support species in what was a year of top tier human shitfuckery in the wider world. Nature works wonders… A fave pic from the gazillions I took in 2025:

Walked out onto the front verandah yesterday arvo to find youngster tawny had moved from the tree to the verandah rail and soon after, to a chair. Why? Who can say…

A tawny eye study. I took the first photo of Ms Tawny below this morning, then just duplicated it on my camera and kept cropping it. If you look hard at the last photo, you may be able to make out me sitting on the verandah top step photographing her - all within the reflection of her eye. 😮

Has anyone misplaced their vinyl? If so, I may have found it (in Brisbane’s Queen St Mall).

One of the most endearing things I’ve seen today (a green python at the Qld Museum).

Good morning.

A bit of greenery stuck near her beak doesn’t stop her from looking down on me with bemused hauteur (though who really knows what goes on in the mind of a tawny?) #anthropomorphism

A lovely read for any test cricket fans out there. Boxing Day is one of my favourite days of the year - can’t wait for the match to start today! Such an antidote to the frenetic pre-Xmas rush. I’ll be keeping an eye on it while reading my novel. Bliss…

We hosted the family today for Christmas which was lovely. But we really hit the jackpot when we realised that tomorrow is bin day - truly a Christmas miracle!

A very tawny Christmas to you all!

A bunch of tawnies.

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Glad that Chris Bowen has called out the disgraceful behaviour of the opposition.

Yeah, I can relate, lol…

Monday greetings from this lovely youngster.

Ms Tawny looking quite splendid here, perhaps even regal, despite the fact that she’s sitting on the end of a mop handle.

A cheeky tawny wink for ya.

A remarkably rectangly juvenile tawny. Perhaps it’s hoping to disguise itself as an extension of the neighbours’ fence post 😂

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A bit of content from the non-human world this morning:

Hi from the gang of youths!

Seeing five tawnies in a tree as you walk through your gate after a long day at work is a bloody lovely antidote to everything that’s a bit shit in the world, I’ll tell you that for free. A pic of one of them below taken this arvo.

They are big fans of extended eye contact, that’s for sure.

Just checked on them - still as endearing as ever.

The camera had to work its way through a lot of greenery to find the tawny for this pic, lol…

On a day off, reading a novel, keeping an eye on the first day of play in the Ashes, England’s doing badly. Life’s good. #Ashes

Nothing like an egret to bring a bit of class to the neighbourhood. #ausbirds #birds

A coupla little dudes this arvo. #tawnyfrogmouth #ausbirds #wildoz #birds

Four on the Hills Hoist and one in the tree, taken on my phone at dusk just now before they embark on a big night of feeding. Thrilled that all youngsters have made it thus far, given that I’m seeing so many chick losses reported on my tawny socials… #tawnyfrogmouth #ausbirds #wildoz #birds

Another senseless loss of life thanks to stupid guns. So glad I don’t have to live in the US. www.facebook.com/share/p/1CP8...

Dad tawny was scratching a LOT before he finally flew down to the grass to let the sun do a bit of delousing for him. In the third pic, he’s shuffled a bit further out into the sun. We’ve seen them do this few times now. Apparently, maggies do it too. #tawnyfrogmouth #ausbirds #wildoz #birds

Weirdly, it’s never occurred to me to put up a video of the tawnies here.😄 Yesterday, one youngster was making its little sleeping noise - a quieter version of its night time feeding squawk. Dad is on the right. Mikey Magpie with the bung wing can be heard in the background, along with noisy miners.

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When this chick turned around to look at me this morning, I could barely bloody believe how much he/she had grown-up! 2nd pic is from exactly one month ago. Good job, Mum and Dad! #tawnyfrogmouth #ausbirds #wildoz #birds

Saw Mikey the Magpie with the bung wing on the front verandah of our Queenslander and told him to go around the back and I would give him a couple of meal worms. Instead of flying around the side of the house, he flew straight down our hallway and out the door to the back deck. Naughty Mikey!!

I could not despise the Libs and Nats any more than I do right now. They are an absolute disgrace. Get in the bin, you nasty, dim-witted nature-haters. #netzerobrains #auspol

Tawny chicks cunningly disguised as a bougainvillea vine today. #tawnyfrogmouth #ausbirds #birds

Heard on RN that on Dismissal day, at no point did the angry crowd who’d gathered at Parliament House turn violent - except that just as Fraser was leaving to see the GG, somebody reached in and poured a can of beer through his car window. Not sure it gets more Aussie than that. ❤️ #TheDismissal

A special day for my fridge magnet. As Albo observed last night, ‘It wasn’t a constitutional crisis, it was a partisan political ambush.’ #TheDismissal50thAnniversary

I’m so sorry, but if you don’t think this is the most beautiful thing you’ve seen today, then I’m afraid we can’t be associated with each other. (Disclaimer: I’ve had two glasses of wine on an empty stomach while performing all arvo in the band I’m in) (My fella suggested I add this disclaimer).

Two of the chicks kipping hard yesterday. 3rd photo shows the tree they were in - a lovely old tuckeroo. Photos were taken from the back deck looking into this tree, so you might be able to spot a tawny or two in there if this app doesn’t totally obliterate the res. #tawnyfrogmouth #ausbirds #birds

These two look to me like a couple of dodgy bros who might sidle up to you in a pub to flog off something that fell off the back of a truck. #tawnyfrogmouth #ausbirds #wildoz #birds