Lorikeets

Posted on April 10, 2014 by KG

Lorikeets  Gecko is feeding about a hundred of these noisy, engaging little birds.  (Click the pic for a bigger version)

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15 Responses to Lorikeets

  1. thor42 says:
    April 10, 2014 at 15:43

    Great!

    Aussies are *so* lucky as far as the wildlife is concerned.
    Roos, koalas, goannas and lots of really colorful and *fun* birds (I *love* sulphur-crested cockatoos). North America has great animals too – I love the moose, squirrels and gophers there.

    New Zealand only has a few interesting birds – tuis, kiwis and keas. Quite boring in comparison. Oh well, at least we missed out on snakes too….. :)

    • KG says:
      April 10, 2014 at 15:52

      I have to admit, Thor, that a lady kept on at me to go bushwalking in NZ once and with half an hour I was bored witless. Great scenery–magnificent–but the bush felt so empty. She was very offended when I said I’d seen enough. http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/wp-content/plugins/wp-monalisa/icons/wpml_unsure.gif
      Every morning and afternoon we feed lorikeets, corellas, four butcher birds, noisy miners and a couple of magpies. The veranda looks like a madhouse sometimes. :grin:
      And we see very, very few snakes and almost no spiders.

  2. Wombat says:
    April 10, 2014 at 16:25

    I have fond memories of feeding those rainbow buggers in Queensland.

    I got the food and mentally prepared myself to be gouged and gripped by thousands of tiny talons. The lady next to me didn’t demonstrate the same level of foresight. She panicked and of course the birds only grabbed on harder. Within a few seconds she became a whirling bird-nado. :mrgreen:

  3. KG says:
    April 10, 2014 at 19:17

    O/T: we’re going to Townsville on Wednesday. Looks like it could be an interesting drive, since the rivers and creeks will still be up.
    http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/warnings/sh2314.gif

  4. George Romero says:
    April 10, 2014 at 20:50

    We knew of a lady on the Ahwitu Pennisulla 40 years ago, in south-west Auckland whose grandparents
    bought lorriketes to NZ from Oz and bred them there.The local bush was full of them but they were deemed a pest and were pretty much wiped out , killing native birds ,very territorial parrots are.But as kids we loved to watch them , they were a beauty to spot flying in their groups.

    • KG says:
      April 10, 2014 at 21:21

      I’d sooner have had the lorikeets than the NZ native birds, George. Far more interesting and colourful.

  5. Darin says:
    April 10, 2014 at 22:06

    Better watch out,feed them too much and soon they will get lazy,start having chicks out of wedlock want free housing,cellphones,heathcare and the left will be signing them up to vote :mrgreen:

    • KG says:
      April 11, 2014 at 05:25

      :roll: Well, they’ll hardly be any more lo-info than the usual leftard voter…and certainly more charming.

      • Darin says:
        April 11, 2014 at 10:22

        Yep,they will be bird brained for sure,but at least they will have brains which would be an improvement :lol:

  6. Robertv says:
    April 11, 2014 at 03:12

    It looks you are gona have some rain down there. Ita is the name .But I believe Lorikeets like water.

    http://www.noodweercentrale.nl/de/wetter/profiwetter/niederschlag/ozeanien.html

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