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Published: December 5th 2011
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Botanical garden
I took this photo of a giant tree at the end of the dry season, not long after we first got here. Now the grass is much greener and everything more lush. So not everything about Darwin is dangerous and poisonous. But most things
are much bigger and more colourful. The tree leaves are h-u-g-e. The birds are bigger and more colourful. (Some are small, like the finches.) The bugs, as previously discussed, are giant. And again, some are small, but in general they're bigger than I'd like! However often even the bugs are very colourful and quite beautiful!
There are SO many amazing and beautiful things. Every day we see loads of cockatoos, both white and black. They are as plentiful as Ottawa pigeons. Well not quite, but almost! They love to eat the seeds off certain trees and luckily for us, there are several of these trees right across the street from our place! So this weekend there were 26 black cockatoos in one tree! They make a very loud screeching noise that is easy to recognize and so we always know where there are some around. All the birds here are very different than in Canada, even the pigeons. The only ones that I recognize are seagulls. Literally every other bird I've seen is new. Many of them have very colourful feathers and
White cockatoo
Just hanging out on a palm tree close to our balcony. they sing very lovely songs. Even the pigeon call is different than in North America.
There are fruit trees everywhere and when there aren't fruits on them, there are flowers, so it is just constantly beautiful and deliciously aromatic. One day I climbed a mango tree and shook a branch and Majeed stood on the ground and caught the mangoes. They were awesome! They're just going out of season now... :-(
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Bruce
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Great shot!!!
Lots of great pics, but this one evokes all sorts of stuff - cell division, galaxies forming, silversmith at work... love it!