anyway I didn't start a post to write about the weather but to talk about bird chick abuse.  The chicks are big now.  they follow their mothers around squawking for food and I can imagine it isn't much fun for them, I mean I find the squawking annoying it must be pretty bad for the mothers so this particularly annoying squawker, it's mother just went to the bush with the very hot little chillies, took two and shoved em straight down it's throat.  It stopped squawking straightaway!!!  peace and quiet...