WHO’S YOUR DADDY? SAY MY NAME! SAY MY NAME!, originally uploaded by malyousif. These two are nesting in the eves in our house, they took a break from nest building for some hanky panky in the palm tree this morning. When they’re “in the mood” they just don’t seem to care how close I get …
Breakfast time!, originally uploaded by malyousif. We have many parakeets coming down for breakfast every morning. And as the weather has been rather cold for Bahrain, they have been ravenous. Together with other birds, the heaped plate of food my wife puts out to them every morning is finished within a few hours. There is …
Rose-ringed parakeet, originally uploaded by malyousif. We normally have any number between 4 and 20 – sometimes it looks like more! – of these noisy but beautiful parakeets in our garden. They have made the eaves their home too, judging by the amount of water proofing material they rip up and throw down, as well …
Meet my good friend Flitty Fred! I have no idea what this bird is, but I love it! He has a wonderful singing voice, is tiny (not more than 2 – 3 inches beak to tail) and he just cannot sit still for a microsecond. He has made my garden, this particular part of it …
I decided that I have had enough with the mess in the garden shed and it is high time that it got re-organised again, especially that the growing season is fast approaching and I need the space. So my son Arif and I attacked it this morning, and for a complete mess and no space …