Vanellus Miles

I've been reading up on root systems and plant technicalities. There are a few pine trees by the creek that have been knocked over in the wind. The humpy is now gone. Cleared away completely. I wonder if anyone ever steals down there in the dead of a cold winter night looking for shelter? If anyone is left standing in the under growth scratching their heads, and wondering what they are going to do while the suburbs sleep on contently.

I've figured out what common starlings are, and saw a small flock of them yesterday. Most of the birds you see from day to day are introduced species. I nearly stepped on a small parrot that was foraging on the footy oval. He looked like an escaped budgie. He and his less colourful mate didnt seem frightened of me at all. Practically all parrots are native.

A pair of Masked Lapwings were feeding there aswell.