Saturday, November 10, 2007

But they're so cute!


In the last week or so we've noticed a bird's nest on the window sill of the window next to my desk in the office. Unfortunately the birds that built the nest are Indian Mynah birds, aka "the flying rat". Indian Mynah's are a common pest in Australia and often kill native Australian birds, see this transcript of a report by the 730 report for more info.

We did think about destroying the eggs (Stuart suggested boiling them and putting them back in the nest - very mean!) but there's something about being able to watch the progress of new life being formed...

Yesterday 2 of the eggs hatched!
It's hard to tell but there are 2 little birds there... They can barely hold up their heads and are really, really cute! Again, we had the conversation about killing them but now it's even harder to contemplate!

What would you do?

Thursday, November 01, 2007

I Like Georgette Heyer

Especially on days like today when I am sick in bed, just found this you tube clip of Stephen Fry talking about his love of Georgette Heyer



Her son died last week, I met him in 2002 when I went to England on a Georgette Heyer fan club tour - we had a posthumous 100th Birthday party for her and he was there. His obituary is here.