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 
The cheeky Currawong
These birds are almost the size of our crows, or ravens. A very dark grey, almost black with the distinctive white strip on their wings. They have an unusual call that travels long distances. The lilly pilly tree is heavily laden with berries and they love them. But I am sure they keep flying over our house and dropping berries (or perhaps twigs) on our roof. I have had them throw things at me when I’ve been outside on occasion.
Daily Walk
Jul 18, 2010 Birds
On one of my walks last week I saw an Eastern Yellow Robin and was able to get relatively close before it flew off.
Young Kookaburra
Jul 17, 2010 Birds
Over the past week or so we’ve noticed that we’ve had a young kookaburra with a couple of older ones in the yard. In fact, the photo I shared the other day about going to another territory we think was the older bird trying to tell the younger bird to go. I had watched it follow the younger bird around and do the same thing – go to peck it, the bird would fly off and land somewhere else and the other one would follow it.
Here’s a couple of photos of it backlit by the sun one day.
