Sunday Breakfast. Welcome, Mr Red Lowrie!! Yesterday this parrot was feasting on the dandelions in my lawn area. I say 'area' because we don't water it during the hot, dry summer. It's actually pasture so there is an interesting rotation of 'weeds' throughout the year and the various native birds just love our place!!!

by almag 25 Feb 2014

I think so, too, and they afford an immense amount of pleasure to us. DHDon planted native trees and bushes nearly 40 years ago to attract the birds and they are now well established here..... many different birds as well as seasonal ones, like the robin redbreast that sits on my clothesline once a year.

by dennis999 25 Feb 2014

A statement of the obvious there, Mrs J. lol

Reaching for my tin hat...............................

by almag 25 Feb 2014

I'm not sure about this bird .... when it flew off its mate looked to be the same colouring. The female usually has a green patch near her tail feathers.

by almag 24 Feb 2014

Yes. We have birds with such superb colouring here but more especially we are lucky to have a few acres where DHDon planted native trees and bushes many years ago and now the birds have moved in to give up so much pleasure.

by almag 24 Feb 2014

My pleasure. I love taking photos of them - been spoilt by a wonderful SIL who gave me a brilliant camera.

by almag 24 Feb 2014

We have flocks of cockatoos living in the pine forest across the road - yellow-tailed black cockatoos, red-tailed ones, and those pesky corellas. They fly off each day into town to search for food and return at sundown. Each summer they eat our orchard fruit before it's really ripe - we haven't had much fruit for years.

by almag 24 Feb 2014

Every time I hear the kookaburras laugh or talk I think of you and your little family that lives each season in the gum tree by your deck. Right now there's a busy kookaburra warning off some other bird in the tall gum trees across our back lawn.

by dennis999 24 Feb 2014

Thank you. Yes, they do love their baths

by dennis999 24 Feb 2014

They are just beautiful birds.

by almag 23 Feb 2014

These birds are quite delightful in the wild and their antics are fetching and amusing.
These little fellows can be quite noisy and they can talk, all right. They can also fall in love with one or other of the house-people and can become very jealous of anyone else who pays attention to their 'lover'.... :}
I live in south-eastern South Australia just over the border into Victoria on a lovely little farm, 'peaceful and tranquil', according to some builders we had some years ago, far away from the madding crowd and car smells.

by almag 23 Feb 2014

I snapped him through our patio window (thank you, dear cleaning lady, who is a professional and so the window is always clean these days!) and then 'blew' him up so you could all see how lovely he was.

by almag 23 Feb 2014

Yes, we are very, very lucky to have a rich bird life on our property. The blue wrens are superb.

by almag 23 Feb 2014

He is, indeed, a beauty. Soon after his mate called and he flew off in a flurry of feathers into the gum trees.

by almag 23 Feb 2014

I love sharing pictures of our birds and I'm glad you liked them.

by almag 23 Feb 2014

This guy isn't a rainbow lorikeet but we do have them in the garden, too. It isn't a red lori, either. He's actually a Crimson Rosella and often called a Red Lowry and we have several pairs that live in our driveway island and in the bush trees around the place. They are not tame but they do know they are safe here and seem to be quite unafraid of people and their wanderings around the garden. They also skinny-dip in the bird bath (see new picture).
We have 5 acres of land and the house block has native gardens back and front where the birds build their condos.

by almag 23 Feb 2014

Beauty is what I needed yesterday morning and as the day wore on we had the most wonderful late/summer/nearly-autumn day.

by almag 23 Feb 2014

They can live long lives in captivity and often become very spoilt family pets.