easy food
colourful feathers
passing by
We have been putting seed sticks in a tree at the front of our house mainly for the Crested pigeons who have appeared in earlier blogs. The sticks are sold as parrot and budgerigar sticks however the Pigeons believe the manufacturers have left them off the labels. Three days ago these two Crimson Rosellas began turning up. Its amazing how they can detect the location of this food as they fly in the vicinity. We have been hearing Eastern Rosellas and noticed a pair feeding in street trees near our back yard. These Crimsons are not as common around our suburb, they are more a country/hills and mountains bird. The top one is an adult and the bottom one a juvenile, notice the mottled green plumage that is missing from the adult. Its an unusual combination but most likely a mating pair, the age difference may not be too much , anyway thats just a guess. The parrots are all nesting or looking for sites. This pair have turned up regularly late morning and mid afternoon for 3 days. The crested pigeons have vacated the tree to feed and clean up what drops to the ground as the Rosellas feed. The adaptability and intelligence of our birds in Australia is amazing. They also quickly learn to trust humans , the pigeons come to my call and follow me around on the ground like tame chickens.
Haiku hound 
Stunning colours! Quite surprised by your comment about how trusting the pigeons become.
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Thanks Carol. Many of our birds quickly adapt to humans feeding them, Magpies for instance will enter houses looking for food. The pigeons come to about 500 cm then walk away. The parrots were about 2 metres away. Cockatoos will take food from your hand.
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Wow, such a beautiful bird! The colors are amazing!
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Thanks Dorinda. They become tame very quickly and are photogenic.
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The world of birds fascinate me. I have many in my back yard and love photographing them.
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Just watching them becomes meditative too
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Such beautiful birds with the kindest eyes, lovely haiku too. Thank you for sharing Denis :o)
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Thanks Xenia. They make direct eye contact and love to be fed.
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What a wonderful pair of visitors! 🙂
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They are Al, and come back at the same time of day.
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I do enjoy your bird haiku and photos!
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Thanks Janice. We are lucky to have such a variety of characters who hang out in our yards.
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Yes you are–a definite plus of your natural environment 🙂 my feathered friends lately (shy though) are wandering flocks of wild turkeys and bluejays.
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Thanks Janice. Have you tried putting out grain for the turkeys, they could tame.
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That’s an idea but our two little dogs wouldn’t approve. If they get a glimpse of them out the window they create an uproar of barking.
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How beautiful 🙂 We don’t have anything at all that colourful here…apart froma few colonies of escaped parakeets that have settled in parks.
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Thanks Sue. I like the sound of the escaped parakeets, defying cages. We had a lovebird once, (saved from the middle of a road, called Gadaffi, who flew off with a flock of Lorikeets one day.
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There are small flicks of them in London parks these days .
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I have always been afraid of birds, but I do think they are beautiful. So pretty and such remarkable personalities
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Start talking to ones you see Annette and soon you will maybe lessen the fear
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Stunning pictures of these colourful birds! What a lovely haiku telling the story of their visits to your home.
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Thanks Magarisa, we are so lucky to have these visitors
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What a treat to have such beauteous visitors. Sadly the crows bully all the lovely songbirds away from our feeders, not that we have anything as extraordinary as your Crimson Rosellas. I just wish the crows were better at sharing.
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Perhaps the crows would be warned off by scarecrows??
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I’m thinking that the scarecrow is just ornamental…wondering if they were ever truly effective anywhere really. We have seen crows resting atop ours 😀
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Their colors are amazing. A fitting haiku….I must try putting one of those feed sticks out and see who shows up. Next spring perhaps..
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Thanks Pat. We also put out sticks for pigeons and doves so many different species can feed this way.
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Aww reminds me of my Sydney! A red eastern rosella
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These are down in Melbourne, they are fairly common down the East coast.
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I’ve not had the pleasure of traveling to Australia yet. I found my Sidney in a shady Chinese flower shop near San Francisco in 2006.
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If it was an Australian Rosella it was probably illegally visiting, they are protected wildlife.
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I don’t know if my Sydney arrived to America legally or if he was bred here. I know there are some breeders. He passed away Christmas.
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That was sad. They can live to 20 years plus in the wild, some in sanctuaries have lived to 30. Yours was 10 years plus. Now if it was a Sulphur crested Cockatoo they can live to 120 years.
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I was trimming his nails and he arrested. I tried cpr but no luck. I think my mom held him wrong and too tightly.
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That is a sad story, I hope you consider getting another one if you miss the Rosella. The wild one in this photo was just visiting for food a few minutes ago.
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I have been looking for a breeder in my area but there aren’t many in Texas
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