A Small Group of the Red-Collared Lorikeets

It's feeding time and there must be some grass seed here. They are never still, though, and one or other is always taking fright and lifting off (or deciding the food looks better on the other side).

Bird Paradise

September 15th 2014
We woke at 7am today, with lots of birds calling all around us. I opened the blind and saw some small parrots in a tree nearby. I quickly got dressed and went out to have a look (and take photos, of course!). The ones I’d first seen were gone but there was a large group of bigger parrots over near the pool. They were similar to Red Shouldered Parrots but had red right across the wing when flying ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Northern Territory » Daly Waters

Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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