We’ve just returned home and decided to pull this photo of the Rainbow Lorikeets out of the archive. We look forward to ‘our’ couple start another family this year.
[ you can see 4 birds, can’t you? ]
The Blaxland Birds list
More info on Rainbow Lorikeets:
* Wikipedia entry
* on ebird
For the last few years, a pair of Rainbow Lorikeets have been nesting in the tree behind the house. This year, I gave in and borrowed Craig’s camera…
The Blaxland Birds list
More info on Rainbow Lorikeets:
* Wikipedia entry
* on ebird
This month, spurred on by distant cousin, @linlovesart, we’ll be doing a social media post every day about birds. First a bit of history with this photo, taken on the Gold Coast a few years back…
Well, that got April Fools out of the way and we can continue with daily posts about Blaxland Birds. No doubt, we’ll get back to Rainbow Lorikeets along the way….
The Blaxland Birds list
More info elsewhere:
* Wikipedia entry
* on ebird
We hadn’t noticed the hole in a fork of the tree behind our house until a Rainbow Lorikeet was paying it a lot of attention. A longer look confirmed that a couple were nesting in the tree.
I needed an excuse for a new camera (another story) and a little patience was easily rewarded with the video below. We’re now waiting for the offspring, which surely are on the way.
The Blaxland Birds list
More info elsewhere:
* Wikipedia entry
* on ebird
We’ve not had much traffic to capture over the last few days. Yesterday, a couple of Rainbow Lorikeets couldn’t get close to a drink as a bigger cousin was guarding it…
The Blaxland Birds list
More info elsewhere:
* Wikipedia entry
* on ebird
