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Nude Australian birds

Welcome to the Ponderosa, my Sandy Beach cabin. Gouldian finches are often called "the most beautiful small birds in the world" (click thumbnail to see Lizzie). These native Aussie birds (John & Elizabeth Gould) live and fly free in the Ponderosa, and feed here on my desk several times during daylight hours.

The cam points westwards towards the window and the feeder is on my desk, and there's a feeder on the other side of the window for local birds. Best times to say "g'day" to the Gouldians: 8 am, noon & 4pm, or an hour or more either side (see local time at right). If you missed them, hope to see you tomorrow, because they will be back. Sorry they're not here all day, but they eat like birds, and of course, they're flying free, not caged with a cam pointed at them. How undignified!

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