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Australian King Parrots

We have a couple of feeders in our park. One hanging off the pergola and another off an oak tree.

After I put this one up and started to put seed out we had Australian King Parrots pay us a visit. They hadn’t been here before then although I knew they visited a place across the road.  I was told they don’t come over this side. Well, they might not have, but they do now ;-)

A Pair of King Parrots

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