Yesterday I.....

Yesterday I set off to explore another path that I pass each work day yet had never stopped to walk. 

The first summer I lived in the cottage a fire tore through this area and everything was burnt to the ground. 

Seven years on and it has regenerated beautifully. 

Walking the path remembering the blackened earth, the still smouldering trees, the homes lost, it was a horrific sight. 

I took time to appreciate the sculpture in memory of the animals who perished in this fire. It is always the animals that I grieve for the most. 

Escorted down the path by a trio of butterflies I began to explore. A large family of red-tailed cockatoos were feeding in the towering trees. A rare sight to actually see such a large family group, I felt inspired as these majestic birds are on the endangered list. The fledgling still has a pink beak and the stripes of spots on it's feathers, as the baby grows the feathers will become all black. Except of course for the red tail feathers. 

As always many things caught my eye or I found myself being drawn to a certain spot where low and behold something was waiting to be acknowledged. 

 

It's really quite fascinating exploring the bush. 

I love the way that the dead wood seems to sculpt itself into the new growth. Some pieces of burnt wood even serve as miniature garden beds, others giving themselves to the earth as mushrooms sprout and flourish.

The Western Australian bushland is so diverse and unique, there are still so many birds I am yet to see on my travels. I did hear several calls that I have not heard before on this walk. With plant life that is only found in one particular strip of land, some birds and insects will only be found in the areas where these particular plants grow.

Two of the birds I really do wish to see on my adventures are the sacred kingfisher and the rainbow bee eater, both are apparently known to be in the areas I walk and live.

Perhaps on my next adventure I will encounter them, for now I was satisfied and joyful after seeing so much life in this thriving regenerated bushland.......