Yup! You can see why I wanted this house and put up with all of the moving in hassles and the neighbours - that house is sooo wonderful !!!! And yes I certainly plan on still being here in 2 years time :)
Oh good! I was worried that my little camera wouldn't show these well. I'm so happy Paul heard him - but we needed the camera flash to actually see him !!!! He is a ring-tailed possum - but I don't think I got *any* shots of his tail !!!!
HMMM, your possums seem to be a bit cuter than our possums. Of course, I've never seen one of ours up close, but when I see them running across the street trying to not get smashed, cute isn't the first word that springs to mind!
So there really IS a kookaburra! There's a song we used to sing in Girl Scouts (yes, if you can imagine, I was one) about a kookaburra sitting in an old gum tree and I always sorta thought it was similar to snipes....
Well, there really is a bird called a snipe, but as kids, most of us at one time or another (this was mostly a Scouting event type thing) got sent out on a Snipe Hunt. Mostly it was just something to keep us occupied and awake late so we'd sleep in the next day. Some apparently involved having scares included, but the one I got sent out on didn't. It was years before I truly believed there WAS a bird called a snipe.
Mariann - this is the Bush Turkey I was chasing this morning. The size of a wild turkey and they can indeed fly and get up to the feeder station where the greedy sods eat *all* the food put out for all the birds !!!!!
That's a real shame. It looks like a proper turkey. I can imagine it being noisy though. Funny thing: In my favourite garden centre in Devon, they have a Galah in a cage. £1650 for sale. Imagine it. The price for a free flying bird where you live! Rocky, the Galah, likes to have his head scritched. He's got a real sweet nature.
Strangely its not noisely. In fact I don;t think I have ever heard it make a noise ever. Silent birds. But they do eat everything in sight and the love to create 3 yard wide and 3 yard high mounds for their eggs. The neighbours are forever scattering their mounds ...... I'll take a pic of one on the weekend.
Feels like I'm in the Rainforest looking at those pics and lovely birds and animals! They are so colourful - it's unbelievable. We have pretty boring birds around here - sparrows, juncos, bluejays, cardinals, gold finches, purple finches, robins.... The closest I'll ever get to one of those beautiful birds, is the pet store.
I still adore Kookaburras....especially when they start "talking"...but, as I'm one who wants to take an air rifle to the dawn chorus, probably best they aren't in my gum tree.
Wow - I have to join all the other folks here in North America and say that I'm just in awe that you have these guys and the Lorikeets just hanging out at your feeder...
The cockatoos - both Galahs and Major Mitchells visited the feeder station this morning - soo I took some pics. Here's the best of them - the last eight in the album.
I have more to put up later - I had a couple of the Lorikeets literally eating out of my hand this afternoon - it was difficulty to take photos one-handed though .....
Thanks for all of your nice comments everyone - the birds made it sooo easy for me. This one I swear was modelling for me - he would change his profile after each shot.
This is a great picture, Mel! As you know I'm really NOT pink, but this bird is just SO beautiful - and I think, the way he/she sits here he/she knows... male? female? difference between the genders?
Absolutely unbelievable!! Sure wish I could look out my window and see these, instead to the hundreds of sparrows I get!!! Will miss your wildlife at the new place.
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Wow... you do live in a nice place, Mel! I can't wait to come and see that - well, I hope you'll still be there in two years, LOL!
Hugs and very happy Christmas to you and your mum! Have a good time!
Yup! You can see why I wanted this house and put up with all of the moving in hassles and the neighbours - that house is sooo wonderful !!!! And yes I certainly plan on still being here in 2 years time :)
Look at the cute little pawsies.....wow.....wish I could get fox pictures this close but nothing exciting like this!
Those birds have one loud tweet! I could hear them all the way over Mel talking!
*And* I was inside the house! Imagine if I was out on the balcony talking to you ??????
Oh good! I was worried that my little camera wouldn't show these well. I'm so happy Paul heard him - but we needed the camera flash to actually see him !!!! He is a ring-tailed possum - but I don't think I got *any* shots of his tail !!!!
That's cos he was using the tail to support and hold onto the branch!! Cute little guy!
HMMM, your possums seem to be a bit cuter than our possums. Of course, I've never seen one of ours up close, but when I see them running across the street trying to not get smashed, cute isn't the first word that springs to mind!
LOL They're very different from our possums! (We have the same "so ugly they're *almost* cute" ones that Karen does!
So there really IS a kookaburra! There's a song we used to sing in Girl Scouts (yes, if you can imagine, I was one) about a kookaburra sitting in an old gum tree and I always sorta thought it was similar to snipes....
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Merry Merry King of the Bush is he
Laugh Kookaburra laugh Kookaburra
Gay your life must be .....
So what is a snipe?
Of course there's a Kookaburra! Cute little critters....wish my Gum tree had one [wonders if Tropical Wings will let one escape to me]
Well, there really is a bird called a snipe, but as kids, most of us at one time or another (this was mostly a Scouting event type thing) got sent out on a Snipe Hunt. Mostly it was just something to keep us occupied and awake late so we'd sleep in the next day. Some apparently involved having scares included, but the one I got sent out on didn't. It was years before I truly believed there WAS a bird called a snipe.
http://www.4to40.com/earth/geography/htm/birdsindex.asp?counter=86
They are just the cutest thing.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snipe
Wikipedia has a picture, not just a drawing.
Oooh cute - nope completely different bird :)
Mariann - this is the Bush Turkey I was chasing this morning. The size of a wild turkey and they can indeed fly and get up to the feeder station where the greedy sods eat *all* the food put out for all the birds !!!!!
He looks big enough to eat the whole dish with the food, LOL!!! No wonder you've chased that one out :-)
Good gods, feed him up and then stuff him for Christmas....I spy a very nice looking dinner there.
Nah far too stringy I'm afraid. Any anyway it's illegal to kill them {regretful sigh} They really *are* nuisances with very little brains!
That's a real shame. It looks like a proper turkey. I can imagine it being noisy though.
Funny thing: In my favourite garden centre in Devon, they have a Galah in a cage. £1650 for sale. Imagine it. The price for a free flying bird where you live!
Rocky, the Galah, likes to have his head scritched. He's got a real sweet nature.
Strangely its not noisely. In fact I don;t think I have ever heard it make a noise ever. Silent birds. But they do eat everything in sight and the love to create 3 yard wide and 3 yard high mounds for their eggs. The neighbours are forever scattering their mounds ...... I'll take a pic of one on the weekend.
I'll look out for it when I get back:)
Well I didn't remember to take pics of the mound - but Dad has and I've now uploaded some of Dad's first pics :)
Feels like I'm in the Rainforest looking at those pics and lovely birds and animals! They are so colourful - it's unbelievable. We have pretty boring birds around here - sparrows, juncos, bluejays, cardinals, gold finches, purple finches, robins.... The closest I'll ever get to one of those beautiful birds, is the pet store.
It doesn't look real! I can't imagine having birds this colorful just flying around! Our cardinals and bluebirds just don't compare....
You'll be sorry if they do. The noise they make has got to be seen to be believed
Love all the parrots. Reminds me of when I was there. Now why the h...ll did I ever leave?
Claire's heard most of these in the background during phone calls with me :)
I still adore Kookaburras....especially when they start "talking"...but, as I'm one who wants to take an air rifle to the dawn chorus, probably best they aren't in my gum tree.
I still think they look like good eating LOL
Good shot, Dad...the colours on these are so wonderful
Good depth perspective here! Love the silhouette against the greens.
Wow - I have to join all the other folks here in North America and say that I'm just in awe that you have these guys and the Lorikeets just hanging out at your feeder...
LOL they do kinda look like mafia birds with that gaudy coloring and the expression on the one closest to the camera.
Love your nature and animals pictures from a country I will probably never get to!! I checked airline ticket prices and they are $2500 US!!!
Try again at a different time of year. I think its "peak" season here now .....
The cockatoos - both Galahs and Major Mitchells visited the feeder station this morning - soo I took some pics. Here's the best of them - the last eight in the album.
Good shot!
Isn't he pretty???
He looks like he's talking to you :)
Love this one! You are so lucky to have these at your feeders!
I have more to put up later - I had a couple of the Lorikeets literally eating out of my hand this afternoon - it was difficulty to take photos one-handed though .....
Thanks for all of your nice comments everyone - the birds made it sooo easy for me. This one I swear was modelling for me - he would change his profile after each shot.
This is as close to an action shot as my poor little camera can take :)
I love this one. You've got some great shots here!
Great picture - and these are gorgeous birds, too!
This is a great picture, Mel! As you know I'm really NOT pink, but this bird is just SO beautiful - and I think, the way he/she sits here he/she knows... male? female? difference between the genders?
I think you're right, this one looks like he was modelling :-) What a lovely bird!
Keep posting these shots and I will have to save up for a trip to Australia!!!
Absolutely unbelievable!! Sure wish I could look out my window and see these, instead to the hundreds of sparrows I get!!! Will miss your wildlife at the new place.
These look huge!
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