Murraysmom, your photo could illustrate a Robert Frost poem. This is a caricature of my daughter and son-in-law, avid mountain bikers. I commissioned the artwork to give to them for Christmas a couple of years ago.

I really don't know whether the colour attracts them. The yard at that house had a lot of native flowers and since lorikeets are nectar eaters, I suspect that was the real draw.  As you can tell, they're also very gregarious birds so if one shows up, more will arrive and join in.

New colt this past Spring in one of our wild herds here.

Olympic rings, London 2012 Fun fact - The Tower Bridge is a draw bridge, and the rings were installed to 'fold' under the bridge to accommodate tall ship traffic. We stood and watched this happen as we approached the river.