Some Spring birds
I have been scoring a few images of the avifauna recently.
In an earlier post I mentioned the Galahs setting up 'house' in a nest hollow in a red Stringybark (Eucalyptus macrorhynca). One of them was finally kind enough to pose for me this morning (5 September).
A few days later I was able to catch one walking past some of our daffodils.
A bunch of Sulphur-crested Cockatoos also stuck around for me to snap on the banks of the mighty Queanbeyan River.
Continuing with the Psittaciformes, but shifting from Cacatuidae to Psittacidae (so much more impressive than from Cockatoos to Parrots) these Crimson Rosellas show a nice range of the plumages they adopt to confuse overseas visitors.
Adults are the left and juveniles (probably close to a year old by September, so starting to get more red) on the right.
Moving away from parrots etc, this area has been visited by large numbers of Barn Owls which are thought to be erupting following the end of the mouse plague in Western NSW. It is possible that a recent upsurge in Black-shouldered Kite sightings has also reflected this. I haven't been able to locate an Owl, but here is a Kite. (The tan on the chest indicates this is a juvenile bird.)
On our property I became aware of a large ruckus a few days ago (perhaps 11 September), and identified the source as a Grey Currawong suggesting that a Laughing Kookaburra was not welcome in the area. Returning later I found, as expected the Grey Currawong sitting on the nest: after a couple of visits to an empty nest, on 24 September the bird was once again in brood mode.
In an earlier post I mentioned the Galahs setting up 'house' in a nest hollow in a red Stringybark (Eucalyptus macrorhynca). One of them was finally kind enough to pose for me this morning (5 September).
Moving away from parrots etc, this area has been visited by large numbers of Barn Owls which are thought to be erupting following the end of the mouse plague in Western NSW. It is possible that a recent upsurge in Black-shouldered Kite sightings has also reflected this. I haven't been able to locate an Owl, but here is a Kite. (The tan on the chest indicates this is a juvenile bird.)
On our property I became aware of a large ruckus a few days ago (perhaps 11 September), and identified the source as a Grey Currawong suggesting that a Laughing Kookaburra was not welcome in the area. Returning later I found, as expected the Grey Currawong sitting on the nest: after a couple of visits to an empty nest, on 24 September the bird was once again in brood mode.
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