
soft banksia cones rainbow lorikeet crisps ready for snacking


We have a local indigenous Banksia tree growing by our front gate. Currently it is flowering and a variety of birds, Noisy Miners, Wattle Birds and Rainbow Lorikeets are daily visitors. The Lorikeets are big in numbers and very noisy so when they arrive anyone else feeding tends to disappear. This is my contribution to Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge 349 CRISP and Soft. Visit this site to see how other poets respond to Ronovan’s challenge.
Loved this haiku too. What a beautiful bird there in your picture.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Erlyn. They are a great subject to photograph and write haiku for but they are garden pests, self introduced from Queensland.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Sounds like a noisy bunch. Different looking plant.
Pat
LikeLiked by 1 person
They are migrant pests and breed quickly. The Banksia is an indigenous Australian species named by and after Joseph Banks the botanist who accompanied James Cook on the exploratory Pacific expedition of 1769-1770
LikeLike
I can see how that breeding quickly can be a problem.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I like this. Introduces me to things I did not know and the pictures are lovely.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Oneta. We do have a wide range of parrots in Australia.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Beautiful images and words Denis, the Rainbow Lorikeet looks like he’s really enjoying this delicious snack!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Xenia. They sure love anything with nectar and dominate the feeding scene.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Love the little bird! And a sweet ode to it’s existence!
LikeLiked by 1 person
They are not indigenous, rather climate change migrants.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Those lorikeets might be noisy, but they just look so jolly and mischievous.
LikeLiked by 1 person
They are climate change migrants from the East coast of Queensland. They are very brazen and swear in ones face and also mess all over cars parked under trees. However a very photogenic little parrot and you don’t need a zoom lens.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Delightful— both the contrasts you detected in the banksia cones ( soft for a cone but crispy for snacking) and the photos.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Janice. You make a very astute observation
LikeLiked by 1 person
Gorgeous pictures and creative take on the prompt words!
LikeLiked by 1 person