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Monday 1 July 2024

Monday Murals - Willie Wagtails

I love murals and street art. If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, this meme is for you.  Just follow the Linky steps below.  Once you start looking you will find murals everywhere.  The "Monday Mural" meme goes live on Monday at 12,01AM, Perth,Western Australian time. Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters. Looking forward to your mural finds this week.

Thanks Sami 


This past week while working in our front garden a couple of Willie Wagtails (Rhipidura leucophrys) kept on showing up near us searching for bugs to eat, as they saw we were moving soil and rocks. They are so cute, always wagging their tail at speed (hence the name) and they would be just about 10-20cm away. 
So today's mural that I recently photographed shows wagtails 🐦.

At Waabiny Park, in Taree st, Bentley, two containers painted by Jordan Andreotta and Bentley local residents in February 2020.  
Jordan is a Perth award winning artist and a Visual arts teacher.
Waabiny Park (the Noongar word for ‘play’ or ‘playtime’  is a great park and forms part of the Bentley 360 project, a sustainable and affordable housing project that replaces the old Brownlie Towers. 

In recognition of the project’s outstanding social and recreation outcomes, Bentley 360 Waabiny Park received the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) 2020 Landscape Architecture Award for Play Spaces.









In front of the containers was a map of the world and the word "hello" in various languages (probably languages of local residents).


It was the first time I had been to this park and it was fantastic, with plenty of game areas, bike paths, playground, etc.




And here is the wagtail:



My you-tube video of Jose feeding crickets to a wagtail

34 comments:

  1. ...what a great way to dress up a shipping container! Thanks fo hosting, Sami.

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  2. That's delightful. My pacific neighbor aloha. I don't know if link is happening but here's the link
    https://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/2024/06/vast-and-cheer.html?m=0

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    1. Yes your link has been entered. Thanks Cloudia

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  3. These are so bright and sch fun color!

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    1. Thank you Jeanie, they really have great colours.

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  4. Great little birds! Thanks for hosting.
    best, mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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  5. Aww such sweet looking birds.
    The murals you've shared are very colourful.

    Wishing you a happy new month of July.

    All the best Jan

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    1. Thank you Jan. Those birds are really cute. Have a nice July too.

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  6. The gumnut blossoms make it so whimsical. Very cute!!

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  7. The mural of wagtail is very nice

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  8. Might have to go and have a look at this one myself.

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    1. Yes you should, and the park is worth a visit too.

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  9. Lovely murals and cute wagtails!

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  10. Passarinhos quase tão giros como o meu Artur.
    Quase...
    Boa semana

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    1. Lol. Temos que ver uma foto do Artur.

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  11. Thank you for the BIG SMILE, just what I needed. Must´ve been so cute to have them so very near!!!

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    1. They are very clever birds and know how to get help with food when they see people digging. A few years ago we had one that nested in our back yard and had 3 babies. Jose used to feed it worms and it would come and eat from his hand.

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  12. So beautiful mural, Loved it :)
    Have a great week ahead.

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  13. A cute bird, dear Sami - both in real life and in painting. Great mural, and the park is really beautifully designed!

    All the best, Traude

    https://rostrose.blogspot.com/2024/06/weltreise-2024-immer-noch-neuseeland.html

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    1. Thanks Traude. It's a cute bird indeed.

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  14. Beautiful mural and I love the cute Wagtails.
    Happy July! Have a great day and happy new week!

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  15. The Linky tool does not work with my new computer, and I don't know why. I was going to post a mural, but Linky doesn't work.

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    1. I've managed to enter your link manually. If you have trouble in future just leave me the link in your comment. Thanks

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    2. Thanks, Sami. The format of my photos is jpg, just a standard format. I appreciate your help. Have a great day.

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  16. I love that you had pics of the real Wagtail, Sami.

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  17. Calming and cheerful! So fun.

    Susan

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  18. Cute bird! I love that they painted the container so brightly with the birds on it.

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