and more Rosellas.The large trees out the back are full of young Crimsons and young King Parrots. Here are my favourite photos of today. (That's until Itake some other favourites, that can happen any minute
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Rosellas, Rosellas,
Fri, 22/02/2013 - 12:59
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Araminta
Rosellas, Rosellas,
Lovely, even if he(she?) is a little scruffy
Cheers
Tim
Brisbane
Superb Photos as usual, stunning colours.
Do you have a bird feeder M-L? If you have, the parrots, pigeons, doves, etc might come to it.
Curtis
moulting season , great pic's m-l
Neil
I saw a Northern Rosella once but hat to view it from a distance.
Can I please borrow your invisable cloak Wonder Woman?
Thanks to all of you for your nice and friendly comments, I know I post far too many photos, and also every day. But I love birds and get carried away a bit
(I have some more lined up 
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Curtis, I thought by now, and concidering the amount of controvercy I have created
, people would have worked out, that I do not feed any birds. I do have a bird bath during the summer, only when our tiny waterhole dries up. Where I live , there is no shortage of Parrots and all other little birds. I have lots of native grasses, and as you can see in the photos, lots of weeds, (we are not mad on slashing anything, we have a very messy garden, wouldn't even call it a garden).As I live next to a vast State Park, many plant just spill over or self seed.
M-L
Alan , I saw quite a few Northerns at Edith falls , and Donkey camp.
Neil
Any closer to Darwin? The one I saw was in Berramah and a friend saw one at Manton Dam.
Can't help you there , mate . You would think Litchfield , Batchelor around Tumbling Waters maybe . If you picture the country around Edith Falls and Katherine it's fairly rocky , lots of water with big gums. Bear in mind I spotted them in the dry season in these areas . They were on the ground and I didn't see them until it was too late.
Sorry M-L for hijacking your thread
Neil
Never mind, I'm all ears. Any photos???
M-L
not from me . there on my priotory list for next trip north .
Neil
All I have is this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MpkrYPdDcRI
Fantastic Video Alan
Curtis
Thanks Curtis but you are over generous
I was just going to say the same, I love it, want to see one. My daughter had a boyfriend in Darwin some time ago. She would say, the best thing (about that,or him?) was the great trip around the NT.
M-L
I did not know you had a daughter?
And a son.
Sometimes I ask myself how they ever survived, and turned into great adults and free spirits? Must have done something right?
M-L
Are they birders?
No, my daughter is a Vet Nurse in an Emergency Centre, my son is an Artist (painter and sculptor), and a very good musician.
M-L
Araminta, those daisies the crimson rosellas are feeding on may or may not be weeds. The native yam daisy Microseris lanceolata would be local to your area.
Potential bush carers & ecological restorers might be interested to know that there are a number of Australian plants with daisy-like flower heads. Care needs to be taken to ensure that accurate identification of weeds is made before removing them lest Aussie plants are being destroyed.
How many do you need to make a pot of jam???
Roly
Healesville
https://www.flickr.com/photos/36062443@N04/sets/72157632450588204/
Woko They look like weeds to me—sorry. ad.
There are a number of Australian plants which look like weeds, aussiedavid. Imagine you're doing bush care & you come across a plant that looks like a weed but you can't identify it precisely. Should you remove it although you're not sure? What if you remove it & you discover that you've just removed the last plant of its species on Earth? Knowing your weeds is even more important than knowing your Australian plants when you're doing ecological restoration. The golden rule is IF YOU CAN'T IDENTIFY IT AS A WEED DON'T REMOVE IT. IT MIGHT BE THE LAST ONE ON EARTH.
Better than a surgeons approach!!
Thanks Woko, I appreciate your suggestion. But I also think it is a weed.
I have to say our council , (Cardinia)has done a few good things. We all got some leaflets explaining the difference between “good and bad weeds”, and there is a number you can ring, if you have doubts if you should remove a “weed” or not. A very sensitive approach in my (green) eyes.
And David , hmm, my father who was a surgeon never had the approach you are talking about.
, he saved countless lives . (Also free of charge for his patients that had no money to pay him. Well, a lefty with a big heart, he never turned into a capitalist)
M-L
Araminta, Thank God!! Oh if only we could go back to those days (BUT with our digital cameras, iphones ipads, computers, internet.....)
I still think normal old dandelion as do you, curse of the photographers eye I fear!!
That's great news about your local council, Araminta. I haven't heard that kind of approach before. A group of us tried to get the Alexandrina Council to adopt a more environmentally sensitive approach to roadside native vegetation but their efforts so far have been cursory at best. Does your council have a good environmental officer?
Yes they do have an environmental officer, she comes out to inspect your property if you want to cut down trees or even shrubs, you even need a permit to remove understorage. When we wanted to build a shed and a tree needed to be removed, she even had a good look up in the tree for nests of any native animals. They are also very responsive when you make any suggestions regarding removal of environmental weeds and roaming cats and dogs. I can't complain.
M-L
Very encouraging, Araminta. Your council seems to be making some sensitive moves in the appropriate direction.