Hello All
Common Sandpipers live up to their name in the Top End, especially Darwin
over the wet season where they are the most common wader at the sewage
ponds. Dusky Honeyeaters, Green-backed Gerygone and Little
Bronze-cuckoos are singing their hearts out in my yard, and families of
Helmeted Friarbirds are now monopolising the tree next to my verandah.
>From where I sit at my computer I can see them chasing other birds away.
I too tried to contact Russell only to have my message bounce. So if
someone has another way of contacting him......
Esther is now back to her old self going out and collecting pandanus for
mats and digging up colour. However others have had a few problems, a
major reason for the scarcity of birdwatching messages from me - I
haven't had time to go out. One little hiccough was an Aboriginal son
and renowned artist who came to town to buy paper and paint and ended up
spending his money on alcohol. That would have been the end of it except
he was so angry at his actions he decided to kill himself with his
bark-trimming knife. The police came on the scene, decided he was trying
to assault them (he wasn't) and now he is in jail for the long haul.
Then there was the art dealer who didn't pay my grandson for didgeridoos
that he painted; it happens all the time. However the director of a
large American publishing company and I are working to sell my family's
paintings on their website. So it may all end well.
Denise
Denise Goodfellow (Lawungkurr Maralngurra)
Specialist Guide
Ph/fax 08 89818492
PO Box 39373
WINNELLIE NT 0821, AUSTRALIA
www.earthfoot.org
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2ndhand and new books
08 89813922
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