Saturday 18 June 2016

Premium real estate

1 July 2015
The Joyfallee plovers have taken advantage of the hot Sydney property market and sold up and moved to an upgraded location. In so doing, they have maintained their steadfast commitment to above-ground dwelling. The added bonus for them is a whole new immediate neighbourhood at which to hurl abuse.


Sunday 12 June 2016

Making do

19 June 2015



Having been ousted from their possie on the stable roof by the plovers, the Indian mynas have taken up the next best above-ground option (which they are pleased to discover comes with under-floor heating)

Friday 10 June 2016

Rooftop eyrie

15 June 2015

The descriptive term of “ground dweller”, as applied to the Masked Lapwing, is a concept that seems entirely lost on the plovers of Joyfallee. They are less than impressed with the current communal arrangements instigated by Milky Way, being more of the “What’s mine is mine, and what’s yours is mine” persuasion. So in an effort to get as far away from their chicken comrades as possible, they have taken to roof dwelling. From their lofty heights they hurl insults (mostly gleaned from watching Monty Python reruns - like “Your mother was a hamster!”) at anyone who will listen….or anyone really passing within about a 3 kilometre radius of their roof. The other residents are watching with interest, and a little trepidation, the outcome when plover eggs are laid on the slippery slope of the stable roof. They also hope any successful hatchings result in baby plovers that are adept at flying from a very young age. 

Saturday 4 June 2016

Size does matter?

7 June 2015


In support of the common cause of the Joyfallee commune, Theodora has put all her efforts into egg laying. This has left no time for other activities, with predictably disastrous results in the feather coiffure department. The total outcome of this concentrated effort is one 22 gram egg. Her comrades are tactfully not mentioning that this is possibly the smallest chicken egg in history and will do little in terms of stocking the communal larder. 


Friday 3 June 2016

Discrimination

5 June 2015



Chocolate Bunny has penned a letter of high dudgeon to the Anti-Discrimination Board of NSW. His current medication involves the use of a special inhaler. He has been forced to use the Aero-Dawg inhaler, as the company that makes these also makes Aero-Kat inhalers, but nary an Aero-Bun inhaler is to be found. Choccy has made the point to the Board that this rampant anti-Oryctolagus cuniculus speciesism should not be tolerated. He has helpfully suggested in his letter that when an Aero-Bun inhaler is developed, it could include an essence of banana scent to improve the holistic rabbit experience in using this apparatus.