Archive for the 'Parrots and Lorikeets' Category

Just a short while ago I had the delight of watching Australia - Land of Parrots on ABC TV. It was a brilliant programme highlighting the behaviour of many of our wonderful parrots. While it didn’t cover all of the parrots of Australia it gave a good coverage of several species.
Eclectus Parrot (female) Adelaide Zoo
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This blog is mainly about Australian birds.
It also features some of my photos of birds, again, mostly Australian birds.
On my writing blog I sometimes write about birds, including poems about birds. You can read my latest haiku about birds here.

On my way to Adelaide on the South Eastern Freeway yesterday I saw about eight Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos slowly winging their way across the freeway. This magnificent species is relatively widespread in small numbers in the Adelaide Hills and Mt Lofty Ranges of South Australia.
I couldn’t stop to get a photo. I didn’t have […]

Last Friday evening I needed to drive the 25 kilometres across to Tailem Bend, south east of Murray Bridge in South Australia. As I crossed the Swanport Bridge I noticed a flock of Little Corellas settling down to roost in a row of tall eucalypt trees next to the river and near the bridge. It […]

Galah
We had a visit from over a hundred Galahs this morning. A visiting flock of this size (or bigger) happens every few weeks. Most of them tried unsuccessfully to access water from the swimming pool. This one in the photo above shows the only one that tried to drink from the bird bath. It […]