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Some Visitors to my Garden.

20 years ago

Spring is a wonderful season for the birds so my garden has quite a few visitors as well as the residents birds.

Sorry some are out of focus as Iam learning the new camera and also have my arm in a sling...Cheers..MM.

Noisy Miner's love the Calliandra:

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They are always in the flowers:

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The Rosella's come down and get all the gumnuts and seeds that fall in the gutter on the garage roof.

I think its the Pale Headed Rosella ???

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Those old faithfulls the Dietes are bursting into flower:

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And the Blue Salvia are enjoying all the rain we are getting at last:

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Comments (7)

Annie_qld
20 years ago
I love those Pale Headed Rosellas.
Do you find that they don't appear all that often?
We have one pair that seem to visit between 8-10am every morning but that's it.
I just love them.
goldhills
20 years ago
Love your birds. We don't usually see the pale-headed rosellas here, generally the common ones.

The dietes and salvia would look really good together as they both seem to have that same shade of blue.
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ginnybee
20 years ago
Lovely pics. MM I love the Rossella they are so pretty your flower pics. are beautiful such bright colours
Jan.
rosesforme
20 years ago
They are great pics MM
The detail is wonderful. You must be very patient to picture the birds so well.cheers
Michelle
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Original Author
20 years ago
Thanks everyone. Michelle I think that the birds are quite used to me and if I keep my distance and be very still they just keep on doing what they were doing.
I seen the Rosella from my Kitchen window, so then grabbed the camera and shot wild as I walked out on to the back decking trying to remember to be very quite, they were about 10 mts away, hense the out of focus shot.

Annie we only get the Rosella's in the Spring and usually around lunch time.
GH would you believe the two blue's are no where near each other, but they would complement each other.
Thanks Jan yes the flowers up here tend to be very bright..Cheers..MM.
ashmeri
20 years ago
MM, your picture taking is wonderful and your birds and flowers are lucky to have a good home.
We have a resident group of Pale headed rosellas and they sre happy to share with the double bar finches and doves all year round.
How is your arm and shoulder going, getting better I hope.
Marion
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20 years ago
Hi Marion, no its not the best its my right arm I am right handed and use it all the time.
O well that life. Thanks for your concern..Cheers..MM.

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