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Diary Australia

Australian diary

10 December 2015

3:00 PM

10 December 2015

3:00 PM

Turnbull the blackbird has been obsessing me, stealing what’s not his. He’s hovering by a nest right outside my study window that was actually built by a wattlebird. Whenever the wattlebird flies off for more food, Turnbull jumps onto the nest and seemingly snatches goodies from the mouths of the three fledglings, beaks gaping for more.

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