Cave Paintings

Birds on the Back deck, June 2009

Cockatoo with full crest display.

Taking Off. The cat snuck out on me... LOL

Another Crest Display.

Black Cockatoos

These are, thankfully, not as destructive as the Sulphur Crested. They are rarer than the Sulphurs, so they are more difficult to see. When they are seen, they are usually very 'shy' around people and fly away readily and are often high up in the tree canopy. This pair were about 10 meters up in a neighbouring evergreen happily eating the cones and sending a rain of bits down onto the neighbour's roof. I will post some o the good photos of the pair together anon.

Birds of the Garden

The ever-elusive ambush hide-a-finch. I will get the "real" name as soon as I find it out. I am just happy to finally have a few decent photos of them.
Crimson Rosellas off of the back deck

Australian Magpie drinking from the waterbowl on the back deck.

Above: Male King Parrot not very thrilled with the rain, in back garden.

Below: Female King Parrot saying hello

King Parrots. Female with the green head, male with the red head.

Rainbow Lorikeet outside the bedroom window, in the back garden.

Sometimes the cockatoos play upside down in the trees...

Looking out over the valley and cockatoo in the back garden gumtree at sunset...

The Powerful Owl