Thursday, December 30, 2010

riot of colour (and a riot of noise)



the king parrots are in fine form at the moment...i suspect punch-drunk on the abundant flowering blossoms they gorge on all day. obviously not full enough to stop them from turning up at the verandah asking for more food though. yesterday they were at the back steps screaming for attention - what they got instead (and they shouldn't really be surprised by now) was a camera lens in their faces...didn't seem to perturb them at all with one just hopping up closer and closer.

i'm surprised by how much joy the birds have given me this year...yet another of those things that i really didn't pay much attention to until my life was forced to slow down so drastically. they have such personalities when you stop to watch - one of the big males in particular is plain nasty. he hogs all the food and attacks anyone who wants a piece of the action; last night i watched him chasing another male from tree to tree away from his female friend, eventually resorting to attacking his feet when he wouldn't give up and leave...ah,men!

7 comments:

  1. very cool, I get pale faced rosellas here, it's a nice distraction to the day when they visit :)

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  2. oh, we get so many rosellas too (not sure if they're the pale faced ones)...can't believe how tame these guys are getting. thought i'd get hopeless photos with my good lens away and they were creeping centimentres away - so obliging!

    glad you have friends that come to visit too, does break up the monotony of the day a little, doesn't it? and somehow connect you to the outside world and make you feel less alone too.

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  3. Lovely to share the joy of birdwatching on the other side of the world!

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  4. always think of you and robert when i write about birds corina...

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  5. (well, in a cirrus- related way i guess...i really did start to look differently at birds after reading your book)

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  6. Really beautiful birds and photographs, KP! I agree that one of the gifts in having CFIDS is forced time to get still and observe and listen and learn that way!

    I'd like to invite you to follow my blog!

    Judy
    www.judithactonayala.blogspot.com

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  7. hi judy - thanks for dropping by, good to 'meet' you. off to go check out your blog now...

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