What’s going on?
This Rainbow Lorikeet seems to be surveying the scene…
These parrots so often compete with the Cockatoos for the best nesting sites. Maybe there is something around that needs to be watched.
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What next?
Is this Australian Magpie absorbed in contemplation?
What better place for thought than high in a gum-tree…
Maggie has chosen well, for just below is an area popular with picnickers. Many of these people seem more than happy to toss a tasty bite or two to the birds: Magpies included.
Enjoy!
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Rainbow Lorikeets: so aptly named!
I know of no other wild Australian bird that sports a more vivid, striking and cheerful display of coloured feathers, not to mention a wonderfully cheeky red beak.
Flocks of these parrots inhabit our local park and often visit neighbouring gardens, especially those that support Australian natives such as Grevilleas, Banksias and Bottlebrush.
Delightful!
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Wow! What a stunner!
It’s a beautiful Crimson Rosella, perched in an Australian native tree.
The information brochure about the local park where I spotted this feathered beauty states that they are common, but this has not been my experience.
Yet the fact that I see them only rarely adds to my delight at having the camera on hand. And this bird is most obliging!
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Is someone watching?
Ron and I can so plainly see the face in this tree — a tree that overlooks the river baths where we swim so often.
Faces in trees are a fascinating phenomenon. I guess imagination plays a part, but in some cases the suggestion of one becomes more than merely a suggestion.
It sends a shiver down my spine, sometimes.
Amazing!
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