Birds
Up the Yarrah for birds, and down again for wine. Very tasty wine indeed, especially at Punt Road.
A king parrot, possibly amused by the Crimson Rosella that had alighted on my head
In a word, wow.
- Australian magpie
- Magpie lark
- Common Mynah
- Australian Wood Duck
- Eastern Yellow Robin
- Laughing Kookaburra
- Pied Currawong
- Striated Thornbill
- Common Bronzewing
- Sulfur-crested Cockatoo
- Galah
- Eastern Rosella
- Crimson Rosella
- King Parrot
Below, there's a nice picture of some nice cockies.
An old friend from Boston has gone Australian, and explained cockies and stubbies and pokies thus:
Q: Does the fact that a guy shortens lots of nouns to two syllables with a diminutive mean he is out and proud?
A: Nope, they all do it: Chrissie, pressie, barbie, brekkie, bickie, cuppa, rellies, schoolies and of course Aussie. "Arvo" for afternoon is the one that gave me the most trouble because it DOESN'T FOLLOW THE PATTERN) ... ooops, started to rant a bit there ...
Adrian knew there was a Superb Lyrebird somewhere nearby, but we couldn't find him. No worries.