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Showing posts with label kookaburra. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kookaburra. Show all posts

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Crimson Rosella

These little parrots are my favourites of the birds at Grant’s Picnic Grounds in Sherbrooke forest.   They have the loveliest sound they make when calling to each other and the colours are just beautiful.  The one to the left is a juvenile.  The colours change to the blue and red when they get older, though if you look really closely on the back of the adult, there is still a hint of the green.

My sons like the Australian King Parrot.

My daughter’s favourite is the kookaburra.  She gets really excited when she sees them.

  

Monday, September 14, 2009

A Fascination with Birds

My husband is starting to think I am addicted to Sherbrooke Forest. I just love going there to fee the birds and walk amongst the huge trees.  Last week I took a friend to experience it for the first time.

This time we even saw a kookaburra.

  

  

 

The birds really are not shy about landing and climbing over anyone they suspect of having seeds.

After being their so often, my daughter has gotten quite blasé about the birds.