so... Guess who finally weakened and bought a digital camera?
The bird war over feed was well advanced and I kept running out of film...
had to scan in the photos...
"My food" squawks the Galah...
"Bugger off its ours" pipes the pigeons
(this with my old camera...
the rest with the newie...but still like the old one best.)"Christ now the bloody magpies have arrived, we'll all starve" thinks one of the dozens of Galahs which have descended
It was the war of the birds outside my
window... after seed and fruit.... so funny to watch thedisplays of power and the "tricks" they used to dislodge each other from the tray of sunflower seeds...
" Aaaah! All mine"
(I love the expression on the Galah's faces.... sometimes they get this really stupid look but it has a real edge of naughtiness in it. in Australia if someone calls you a Galah or more often a stupid Galah, it can be closely identified with Ratbag...which to me has a more urban feeling...Galah means to me someone who really is a bit of a bushie and a ratbag to boot. These birds always make me smile.)
"The winner!"
Another favourite of mine are Magpies. They are so bright and friendly once they get used of you. There is nothing nicer than to see a family of Maggies on the ground amongst the trees talking back and forth...using such a range of different words... and the carolling songs they sing are sometimes for us...because they will sit right near you, look straight at you and sing for ages...
