We had a marvellous time with this year’s season of Breakfast with the Birds despite the threatening weather.  Our Tawny frogmouth on the nest disappeared when a huge limb fell off the tree but otherwise the birds were cooperative, sharing nesting activities and feeding their young for our enjoyment.  The magpies had added plant name tags to their already blue tape decorated nests in the apartment tree outside the Crosby Morrison building.  There were lots of honeyeaters – breakfasting on the nectar in the grevilleas along the main path and the spotted pardalote was once more in the tunnel, allowing us to share his jewel-like colours up close.  A discordant note was struck by a Goshawk making life hard for the Wood ducks and their ducklings on the café lawn although it was interesting to see the way the parents protected the young against predation.