Since last Cape Chatter, bird activity in particular, has ramped up. There is plenty of chirping and chattering among the birds and signs that nest building and breeding are imminent if not already started. A pair of male Crescent Honeyeaters have been busily courting a female in the home garden—she is yet to decide; an Eastern Rosella pair have been checking out the nesting boxes in the creek line stags; and the Little Wattebirds are going non-stop from dawn to dusk—who needs an alarm clock! And in the wetlands, a pair of secretive and vulnerable Lewin’s Rail are loudly staking their claim to territory among the thick reeds and rushes. It is lovely listening to nature in the throes of seasonal change and watching the behaviours of the different species—this is the beginning of peak birding season!