Heather
@colloquielle.bsky.social
She/her. Mother of Crows. Free Palestine.
This handsome chap flew down to check me out as I pulled up at Bunnings the other day. Gular pouches - not just for pelicans 🖤
August 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
This handsome chap flew down to check me out as I pulled up at Bunnings the other day. Gular pouches - not just for pelicans 🖤
Baby Tuesday’s pathology came back and his tumour is benign! He isn’t out of the woods yet but this feels miraculous 🖤
May 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Baby Tuesday’s pathology came back and his tumour is benign! He isn’t out of the woods yet but this feels miraculous 🖤
It’s been almost a month without my best friend and it isn’t getting easier.
April 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
It’s been almost a month without my best friend and it isn’t getting easier.
Splash (in my magpie aviary last summer) turned up yesterday with a full new set of adult feathers & is, in fact, a he! The saltiest of birds, he needed tube feeds and lots of meds to survive bacterial enteritis, & he’s never forgiven me - but accepted a native raspberry off the bush yesterday 🥰🖤
April 22, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Splash (in my magpie aviary last summer) turned up yesterday with a full new set of adult feathers & is, in fact, a he! The saltiest of birds, he needed tube feeds and lots of meds to survive bacterial enteritis, & he’s never forgiven me - but accepted a native raspberry off the bush yesterday 🥰🖤
A busy night for wildlife! Encountered this beautiful great barred frog and this very calm little eastern small-eyed snake while I was doing bedtime rounds of the aviaries tonight. Three years ago, encountering a snake that venomous I would’ve tried to call in an airstrike 😏
February 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A busy night for wildlife! Encountered this beautiful great barred frog and this very calm little eastern small-eyed snake while I was doing bedtime rounds of the aviaries tonight. Three years ago, encountering a snake that venomous I would’ve tried to call in an airstrike 😏
Piper sends kisses to everyone who’s followed their journey and sent them mojo. All three are looking wonderful - we’ve finished all our meds, and they’re all so big and strong and absolutely feral 🤣 I could not be happier for them 🖤
February 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Piper sends kisses to everyone who’s followed their journey and sent them mojo. All three are looking wonderful - we’ve finished all our meds, and they’re all so big and strong and absolutely feral 🤣 I could not be happier for them 🖤
Hard to believe they’re not quite six weeks old now, but also I have spent pretty much every waking minute with them so it feels like forever. They have all bounced back so brilliantly!! Everyone is eating well, & Piper is devoting her life to being an absolute menace, which is glorious 🤣🖤
February 2, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Hard to believe they’re not quite six weeks old now, but also I have spent pretty much every waking minute with them so it feels like forever. They have all bounced back so brilliantly!! Everyone is eating well, & Piper is devoting her life to being an absolute menace, which is glorious 🤣🖤
These guys are five weeks old, so a little way off release yet, but they’re just as gorgeous as babies 🖤
January 31, 2025 at 5:12 AM
These guys are five weeks old, so a little way off release yet, but they’re just as gorgeous as babies 🖤
One of last year’s darlings - Horton, a pheasant coucal, showing what she thinks of mice (“delicious!”).
Pheasant coucals are the coolest cuckoos around, and one of only a very few which aren’t brood parasites - not only do they raise their own babies, they’ve been known to adopt orphans ❤️
Pheasant coucals are the coolest cuckoos around, and one of only a very few which aren’t brood parasites - not only do they raise their own babies, they’ve been known to adopt orphans ❤️
January 28, 2025 at 3:59 AM
One of last year’s darlings - Horton, a pheasant coucal, showing what she thinks of mice (“delicious!”).
Pheasant coucals are the coolest cuckoos around, and one of only a very few which aren’t brood parasites - not only do they raise their own babies, they’ve been known to adopt orphans ❤️
Pheasant coucals are the coolest cuckoos around, and one of only a very few which aren’t brood parasites - not only do they raise their own babies, they’ve been known to adopt orphans ❤️
She was the smallest, but she ruled the big boys with an iron fist. Truthfully, though, they all loved each other fiercely, and built cuddle puddles so you couldn’t tell where one began and the others ended.
Sleep well, Pandora, little princess. It was a joy to have you for so long ❤️😂
Sleep well, Pandora, little princess. It was a joy to have you for so long ❤️😂
January 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
She was the smallest, but she ruled the big boys with an iron fist. Truthfully, though, they all loved each other fiercely, and built cuddle puddles so you couldn’t tell where one began and the others ended.
Sleep well, Pandora, little princess. It was a joy to have you for so long ❤️😂
Sleep well, Pandora, little princess. It was a joy to have you for so long ❤️😂
Jonesy has been doing a brilliant job relearning to fly after his broken wing. It’ll take time, but he is incredibly determined 💚
January 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Jonesy has been doing a brilliant job relearning to fly after his broken wing. It’ll take time, but he is incredibly determined 💚
Piper doing some preening nibbles in her sleep 🖤
January 19, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Piper doing some preening nibbles in her sleep 🖤
11g at hatch. The following day, Prue, Piper and Phoebe weighed 13, 15 and 16g. That’s my bank card, for comparison.
They’re still doing it pretty tough - and it was 38C today, which was brutal on these poor little nuclear reactors - but they are hanging in there 🖤
They’re still doing it pretty tough - and it was 38C today, which was brutal on these poor little nuclear reactors - but they are hanging in there 🖤
January 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
11g at hatch. The following day, Prue, Piper and Phoebe weighed 13, 15 and 16g. That’s my bank card, for comparison.
They’re still doing it pretty tough - and it was 38C today, which was brutal on these poor little nuclear reactors - but they are hanging in there 🖤
They’re still doing it pretty tough - and it was 38C today, which was brutal on these poor little nuclear reactors - but they are hanging in there 🖤
A long, long day - I spent 2.5 hours at the wildlife hospital today while my kiddos waited their turn in triage - luckily, one of my friends had an appt so I had great company.
Phoebe has been doing it so tough but I think we are finally onto the right meds - she’s a smidge brighter tonight 🖤
Phoebe has been doing it so tough but I think we are finally onto the right meds - she’s a smidge brighter tonight 🖤
January 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A long, long day - I spent 2.5 hours at the wildlife hospital today while my kiddos waited their turn in triage - luckily, one of my friends had an appt so I had great company.
Phoebe has been doing it so tough but I think we are finally onto the right meds - she’s a smidge brighter tonight 🖤
Phoebe has been doing it so tough but I think we are finally onto the right meds - she’s a smidge brighter tonight 🖤
Beetroot trying desperately to get Jonesy to preen him 💚
January 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Beetroot trying desperately to get Jonesy to preen him 💚
I need to clarify, here. I am a licensed wildlife carer in Queensland, where I raise & release birds - especially corvids & frugivores. I absolutely do not advocate keeping any of these birds as pets, and I implore people not to feed wildlife.
I will never post a photo of animals in distress.
I will never post a photo of animals in distress.
January 12, 2025 at 7:44 AM
I need to clarify, here. I am a licensed wildlife carer in Queensland, where I raise & release birds - especially corvids & frugivores. I absolutely do not advocate keeping any of these birds as pets, and I implore people not to feed wildlife.
I will never post a photo of animals in distress.
I will never post a photo of animals in distress.
How it started vs how it’s going - Niles & Frasier. This pair’s parents had nested on a crane in South Brisbane, which was dismantled. The crane was transported up the coast but these guys weren’t found til the lorry got to Caloundra. They were emaciated & dehydrated.
January 12, 2025 at 6:26 AM
How it started vs how it’s going - Niles & Frasier. This pair’s parents had nested on a crane in South Brisbane, which was dismantled. The crane was transported up the coast but these guys weren’t found til the lorry got to Caloundra. They were emaciated & dehydrated.
MUST YOU SLEEP THIS WAY, PIPER?? REALLY??
January 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
MUST YOU SLEEP THIS WAY, PIPER?? REALLY??
Missing poor Valley this morning.
January 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Missing poor Valley this morning.
