Rhododendron in beautiful white flower with the contrasting red of the King Parrot- pretty happy with the shot. He was waiting to fly to my birdfeeder for a feed.
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Nice shot BBN..they are a beautiful bird aren't they? We are fortunate indeed to live in an environment where they thrive :) Very obliging of him to perch in a nice white Rhododendron for you!!
Sunshine Coast Queensland
What a shot! Just brilliant.
Thanks for the kind comments! I seem to have a few birds around at the moment- flowers are out, it's getting warm and sunny- that time of year I guess. Saw a pair of eastern yellow robins mate, a female scarlet robin getting 'fluff' from the top of a tree fern, an eastern rosella hanging out with a flock of crimsons and then getting chased off- a bit going on but alas, no camera handy!
Oxalis is not my friend
What wonderful shots. You must feel really chuffed!!
He knows just where to sit to look his best. Well done!
Shot bushbirdnerd. You really do seem to live in a good area for birdlife.
However I must ask.... are you having trouble with some oxalis? (says so at the bottom of your post) Unfortunately it is a bugger to get rid of because of its stoloniferous rooting system, that and a tap root that has small bulbs on it... as the tap root pulls deeper it disperses the bulbs so if you hand weed you will tend to get more oxalis coming up from the same spot.
The key is to have good soil structure and be persistent, you won't get rid of all of it in one hit but if you stay on top of the small weeds as they appear you should be right.
Awesome shots bushbirdnerd. Certainly would make a very pretty card.
Good pickup Berldo, and welcome back to the forum! I was hoping to see some proof of your theory (wet winter = lots of seeds and flowers = lots of birds) on this forum but haven't as yet- have you been birding lately? As for oxalis, I get a couple of species here and I often wonder how it hasn't taken over the world! It flowers, it has bulbs and if you leave a leaflet in the ground, it will sprout- three modes of ensuring a future generation- it seems to rule my house (the outside anyway) with an iron fist!
Oxalis is not my friend
Wow amazing shots! Well done BBN
Great photos. The colour of the King Parrots is so vibrant. I have only ever seen them once and that was at my brother's place, he was not happy to have them there because they were partly eating/ruining the fruit on his fruit trees.
Jeanne
Brisbane QLD
Hey bbnerd. I haven't been on the forum for a while because my computer has been an idiot and decided not to work when I got back from a week in NZ. It was only through the kindness of strangers that I got the stupid thing fixed.
As for my wet winter = good birding theory. If we don't get an influx of Birds of prey I will be very surprised. There are so many rabbits up here feeding on the grass that has sprung up after the rains - they are also not as timid and often feed in the open - perfect for swift attacks from above. Perhaps due to the increase of feed we may find that some larger BOP will rear two or more chicks rather than leaving it to survival of the fittest.
In terms of nectar eaters... I think there will be a lot of movement within the bird kingdom. Some areas will have an influx of birdlife and others will have a decrease; for instance many of the birds that have needed to come closer to the suburbs to get a feed will now have a bountiful food source elsewhere and won't need to run the risk of coming in contact with humans (and more-so their pets, such as stupid cats) Having said that my theory may not be as obvious this season, but if we get continual summer storms the next seasons birding will be very interesting.
Would be interesting to hear your thoughts.