Our Other Blog: Two Sisters and Two Points of View
by Taswegian1957 & Human59
A place to write about and post photos of all creatures feathered, furred or scaly.
This week I decided to use (mostly) pictures of birds. I was looking through my archive searching the number three and found I had pictures of three ducks and three goldfinches so I decided to see if I had any other groups of three birds. I admit to cheating a bit with the Galahs.
For some reason, birds seem to really like my driveway. I see more birds out there than I do in the back garden where there are more trees and plants. 
I happened to glance out the kitchen window on Saturday afternoon and to my surprise, a flock of birds were hopping around in the drive. I dropped what I was doing and hurried to get the camera and fit the long lens.
I didn’t want to open the window and scare them away so I just shot through the glass. I took a lot of photos hoping that I’d get some good ones.
They are European Goldfinches, described in my bird book as a feral species found around towns, farms and settlements in Australia. They gather in large flocks in autumn and winter and feed on seeds. They are quite common, I’ve seen them in the garden before but never a whole flock.
Some of them even hopped closer and started to search for seeds right in front of the window.
They stayed quite a while before something startled them and they all took off.
http://www.australianbushbirds.info/infc/carduelis_carduelis.html
https://www.animalwised.com/how-to-tell-a-male-from-a-female-goldfinch-195.html
This is the last photo I took during a mini photo shoot in the garden yesterday. In between shots I’d had a game of ball with Cindy. She loves to play fetch but these days she can sometimes take a while to decide to drop the ball so there is not so much chasing and more dodging me until she is ready to give it up. Still, she is thirteen so I am glad she wants to play ball at all.
What could be cuter than animals, especially baby animals? Here are a few that I’ve taken over the years of our pets.
The other day I was outside taking some doll photos on the front porch and Polly decided to join me. As she is an inside cat she only comes out if I am there and I know that she won’t wander too far away. She did take the opportunity to get a little fresh air and of course a good stretch.
