ralandy02

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Bird lover living in Canberra, on Ngunnawal country. Find solace in the beautiful posts of other nature lovers. Love is love 🏳️‍🌈 #birds #wildlife

A concrete pedestal birdbath surrounded by leaf litter and Australian native shrubbery in greens and browns. On the left edge of the birdbath is a tiny splash of gold, an Australian Golden Whistler male. He has a white bib, surrounded by jet black on his head and below the bib, golden breast feathers, olive back and dark eye and beak.
A concrete pedestal birdbath surrounded by Australian native shrubbery with two bright red and blue parrots having a wonderful time bathing while quietly chortling.
Clear morning skyline with tones of blue and gold. A still lake (Lake Burley Griffin) reflecting a stately building on the far side, the National Library of Australia. Further to the right is Commonwealth Avenue Bridge. On the near side in the shade a thick frost covers the grassy verge.
Canberra city overtopped by grey clouds highlighted by brilliant orange and gold with a low mountain ridge and a spiked tower in the distance on the left.
Evening view over Lake Burley Griffin looking towards the Brindabella Range of hills. Dark clouds in the foreground,a rim of gold below and a soft grey rim of grey-blue to the horizon.
A grey/brown gravel surface with a very impressive black beetle with what appear to be pincers
Large eucalypt trunk with rough bark, and five branches also with rough bark, against a blue sky, looking up from the base of the tree.
A large black and white Corvid splashing in an old concrete pedestal birdbath. It still has soft, fluffy grey down on its breast.
Two very colourful lorikeets vigorously bathing in a concrete pedestal birdbath which is surrounded by Australian native bushes and trees.
A medium sized Eastern Grey Kangaroo interrupting its grazing on olive green grass to look directly at the camera. It went back to grazing having decided we weren’t worth moving for!
A panorama of rounded mountains covered in dense khaki eucalypts. The sky is a brilliant blue and in the far distance white clouds are casting shadows on the horizon.
A clear deep blue sky with a very tall white/grey eucalypt towering up towards it.
A concrete pedestal birdbath standing on leaf litter in the semi-shade. On the edge of the bath are three tiny birds with colourful golden breasts and beautiful black and white spots and olive green backs.
A large handsome black Corvid bird is standing on the side of a pedestal birdbath picking at pieces of white bread floating in the water. A Currawong chick in the eucalypt above is making plaintive noises as if it would like to share. It’s out of luck!
It’s night time and a sweet kangaroo is having a long quiet drink from an old concrete pedestal birdbath.
Two beautiful red and blue parrots are bathing in water in a concrete pedestal birdbath. The bath is in dappled shade and the birds are splashing enthusiastically.
A beautiful large white Cockatoo with a yellow crest is preening itself on a balcony railing in a strong breeze. It is a Sulphur Crested Cockatoo.
Two large white Cockatoos with golden crests are standing on a green railing above a small table which has a large plastic bowl on it. The bowl is empty. One of the Cockatoos wrestles with the dish until it is thrown to the ground.
The post shows a heat map of the south-eastern Australian continent, showing mainly a dark red indicating extreme heat.
The edge of a balcony where there is seed and a beautiful pink and white parrot is being harangued, as it collects seed, by two beautiful, slightly less colourful and smaller, amazingly noisy chicks. There are Sulphur Crested Cockatoos in the foreground trying to ignore it. Sound on!
A large white cockatoo with a gold crest sitting on a metal balcony railing in a relaxed, slightly fluffed up manner. The railing is painted a dark green except where it has been chipped off by a bored Sulphur Crested Cockatoo!
A view of the crowns of some beautiful euclalypts and understory of bottle brushes (callistemons) in a soft summer afternoon glow.
An outdoor table with a Sulphur Crested Cockatoo eating millet from a small bowl with an audience of a dozen or so Sulphur Cresteds looking on from the railing.
Two Sulphur Crested Cockatoos on a windy balcony having their beautiful yellow crests and white feathers blown around by the wind.
A spreadeagled black and white Australian Magpie looking like a train wreck is lying in the full sun on garden dirt. A chick a few inches away is being instructed for the first time in the art of the dust bath! Sound on.
A handsome black and white bird is picking up small pieces of soaked meaty bites to feed to a noisy partly down-feathered chick.
A concrete pedestal birdbath shaded by shrubs and a tall eucalyptus, with two small beautiful deep red and blue parrots. One is happily bathing and splashing while the other watches on.
There is a concrete birdbath standing on eucalypt mulch surrounded by bushes, with a female Satin Bowerbirds happily plunging in to the water and out again.
A large Sulphur Crested Cockatoo sits on a garden shelf and is looking at the photographer.