Wildlife Gardening: Look what I found in the garden., 1 by sempervirens

sempervirens wrote:
Hi weed woman (great name BTW),
The baby cardinal was trying it's wings, not injured or abandoned, the nest is in a near by tree. The area it landed in is in the garden with good protective cover so I just removed myself and the parents took over. This was the second brood of cardinals that hatched successfully this year in the same area. The 1st nest was in the grapevine arbor. I also had 2 nests of Robins close by, one in the rose arbor and the other in the native honeysuckle vine. After reading "Noah's Garden" by Sara Stein I tried to create a wildlife friendly area ( with many native plants) in a small suburban yard and at the same time have a pretty garden so the neighbors don't complain. After about 15 years I think I have come close to my goal.
I'm sorry about the baby noisy miner you lost to the cat. I'm not familiar with that bird. What does it look like and is it common in Australia?

The bird landed near the purple coneflowers. The red leaved purple plum street tree( you can just see a few leaves) is where the nest is.