The Neighbourhood is Changing

The neighbourhood is changing.  Well the day time bird visitors to our yard is.  We still get our regulars of Doves, Pee Wees. Lorikeets, Blue Faced Honey Eaters, Little Wattle birds and a couple of Crows. 
We actively discourage Butcher Birds and Magpies, as they dominate and bring heaps of friends and soon no bird feels safe with them around.  It is funny watching the Butcher bird when I chase him away.  He looks at me like “what is wrong with you? (I don’t think he has the time it would take for me to answer that).  No one ever does this.”  Well, he can never say that again as there is one person in Burpengary who does not make him feel welcome.
But what has brought on the change is the regular visits of Cockatoos. They are big birds.  Everyone defers to them.  Even Corellas wait to eat.  The Cockatoos are pretty and welcome.
I do not think the night shift has changed though.  But I only see until about 10pm.  All the birds go to bed.  We see them fly over the place for the evening.  Kookaburras herald the arrival of the morning.
But the evening is when the bats come out.  We see a number of them fly over on their way to somewhere.  When darkness falls the possums come out too.  They are not the most welcome animal around, but they are cute.  It is nice when we see a mother and baby.
One possum did cause a lot of amusement.  It had made its sleeping quarters in our roller door.  Good place until we opened the door. It was like we heard a scream every time.  That was when we discovered the possum.  Really it is no wonder it screamed.  It would be sound asleep and then the ground moved, and it would find itself on the roof before plummeting to the floor only to have the process repeat.
We covered the entrance and built him a home in a tree.  No one was more amazed than us that he took up residence.  Ho do we know?  We had a camera on a flexible chord that we could poke into his home and have a look.  Sure enough he was there wondering what the heck this thing was.
I have not mentioned the spiders that emerge or the frogs. (frogs was a summer thing we only hear them at the moment).
One thing is for sure though.  They all keep as entertained.