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I have a hedge of grevilleae surrounding my home. They are blooming with yellow flowers dripping with sweet sugar.. perfect parrot food! Each morning I wake up to the sound of lorikeets, their music and that of the Kookaburra fills the air. This is my life. You can see a couple of the lorikeets enjoying the rain in my garden at this link

My house backs on to the large, sprawling Toohey forest just a few kilometres from the Brisbane CBD. This forest is the sanctuary for many criters including possums who pound the roof at night but also some amazing birdlife - including the beautiful rosella.

Chuck (seen right) and Cherrie have honoured me by choosing the roof cavity of my home as their nest...

2010 Cherrie attacks the camera and the light source overlooking her nest ... 11th August 2010. Cherrie sits just below the entrance to the nest ... 2nd July 2010, she is becoming more and more regular - coming every morning with Chuck for hours. Still to sit on the nest though. Cherrie sits just below the entrance to the nest ... 1st July 2010 Chuck watches over the nest ... 24th June 2010 Chuck bombed by an Indian Myna ... 7th June 2010 Chuck in the garden just below the entrance to the nest ... 6th June 2010 Identifying male and female! Is Cherrie pregnant? ... 29th May 2010 First pics of Chuck and Cherrie together ... 22nd May 2010 Chuck comes for a chat ... 12th May 2010 Chuck on the front deck after both Chuck and Cherrie fly past... 9th May 2010 Cherrie comes to say hello - 2nd May 2010 Chat with newspaper over animal rights - 1st May 2010 First copy of Rosella News - 1st May 2010 Webcam and sound go live! - 15th April 2010 Chuck does his daily check of his "tree"... (my house) - 13th April 2010 Webcam and lighting installed in roof near nest - 13th April 2010

Video clip of Cherrie at nest - 9th August 2010 (appears at about 1minute)

• Chuck and Cherrie return to the nest - 28th June 2009

• Sounds of Chuck and Cherrie with their new chicks and the new chick 20th December 2008
• Chuck takes to the feed tray 3rd November 2008
• Chuck discovers the new rudimentary feed tray 1st November 2008
• We will be taking this video to the next level - 24/7 coverage of the chicks in the nest!
• Sound of the chicks plaintive cries 30th October 2008
• This evening I heard the baby chicks in the ceiling for the first time... 29th October 2008
• Great montage of Chuck in the tree in the front garden 27th October 2008
• October 2008: Capture great close ups of one of the breeding pair just outside my window - standing on aircon!
• First pics from August 2008 of the pale headed rosellas who live here
• Our favourite Fiji Holidays destination!

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