Hi Barbara and welcome - I have observed the behaviour you describe with
pardalotes in our garden in Kambah, when they were tunnelling into our
earth bank to nest - unfortunately the tunnel collapsed after some bad
weather so they didn't raise a family.
I understand the joy birds can add to a home office because my balcony
bird feeder in Thredbo is visible over my laptop and I agree they are
sometimes a real distraction, especially when the ravens stage a sit in
which prevents the rosellas from feeding (their food is under a milk
crate which the ravens can't get into, although they manage to drag the
bowl close enough to the inside edge of the milk crate to get at the seed).
Also, many years ago in Sydney, we had pardaolotes nesting in a clay
bank under a house in Berowra Heights for about five years, using the
same nest - they used to raise a couple of families a year and were so
tame (or unaware of us, not sure which) that one landed on my shoulder
one day on the way into his nest.
cheers and enjoy the list, Wendy
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