It’s so flat out here that, as the sun is setting, you can turn your back to it and watch the night rising! I love the stripey effect this has on the sky.
The galah photo is truly terrible (I don’t have a telephoto lens) but I really wanted to show you one of these amzing, annoying, enchanting parrots. We have huge flocks of them and they can make an extraordinary amount of noise. In the evenings they line up on the powerlines and shout at each other. Here are a couple more (equally dreadful) photos of galahs around town…










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October 23, 2006 at 12:35 am
kirstenhttp://kirstencan.typepad.com
i’m reading: the poisonwood bible - there is a grey/red parrot in it - i couldn’t picture it - thanks!
October 23, 2006 at 12:45 am
capello
i cannot comprehend how such a beautful bird can be annoying.
it sure is pret-tay.
October 23, 2006 at 3:27 am
Meredithhttp://www.meredithcollins.co.nz
We went ot the zoo yesterday and usually I like the predictable- monkeys, tigers etc, but this time I was quite taken by all the parrots they have. Its hard to believe they come like that without some radioactive intervention. Lime, almost flourescent green next to brilliant red, and as the bird takes off you see a falsh of ultramarine under the wings. Incredible creatures. Mother nature showing off to the max! You go, girl!
October 25, 2006 at 7:56 pm
laeroporthttp://www.laeroport.typepad.com
Some Aussie blokes chatting me up in London many years ago called me a galah. I don’t think they were being very nice!