Burt the kookaburra turned up this morning and sat on "His" perch, surveying "His" garden, and shooting a glance over to "His" readily available supply of fresh water...
"Girls like fresh water...", ha ha.
"So there's a girl...?".
"Hmmm... Maybe...", ha ha.
He doesn't give too much away, ha ha.
This is an adult rainbow lorikeet...
Imagine, if you will, that the top of it's head has been bleached to a washed out denim blue, and the rest of it's body, wings included, have been dunked in a see through orange dye...
At the moment, what the baby birds look like... They're a sight, ha ha.
Their parents left a good dozen of them in the garden, and took off... Everyone needs a break, ha ha.
I found the young ones foraging on the ground so I did the approach to the safe/respectful distance thing and said hello...
They clumped together, closer... ha ha.
I turned to walk away, and it occurred to me to ask, so I turned back - Do you guys want some food?
The tightly knit little clump of birds began to relax, noticeably... ha ha.
Well, if you're going to give us food then you can't be all that frightening after all... ha ha.
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