Coloured Life

Rainbow Lorikeet enjoying a few crumbs in the front garden after a night in the Jacaranda.

They will call out when they are hungry, knowing there is food to be had here at times.

And that is most I see them, with so little rain to water their usual feeding grounds.

And the Noisy Minah, a local character with a demanding way, as she swoops on my head.

Clack, clack, clacking her orders at me. Sometimes touching my hair as she goes.

For a little food, for her and her young. We know each other over generations now.

Rainbow Lorikeet and Noisy Minah browsing on crumbs in the driveway.

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The Evolving Naturalist said, on 25/02/2020 at 3:22 am

Amazing photos! I’ve never seen a wasp with that eye color. Very unusual.

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- Mark said, on 25/02/2020 at 3:09 pm
  
  We must be looking at different images. No wasp here, but I do remember one with a blue eye from recent times.
  
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Cate said, on 28/12/2019 at 4:57 am

Gorgeous birds, beautifully captured in these images. I fondly recall rainbow lorikeets from a six-month stay in Australia when I was a girl.

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- Mark said, on 28/12/2019 at 10:30 pm
  
  They are … and still here for now. Thanks Cate.
  
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David said, on 27/12/2019 at 7:12 am

Great colors and nicely captured. I like the yellow on the minah bird too.

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- Mark said, on 27/12/2019 at 10:07 pm
  
  Sitting ducks … but they are beauties, our feathered friends.
  
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  - Nil said, on 31/12/2019 at 10:35 am
    
    Yes, they are… :-)
    
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