Saturday, October 3, 2020

A crackle of cockatoos..

 

The bottle brush tree in my front garden burst into flower earlier this week so it was only a matter of time before the word got around and yesterday the white tailed black Carnaby cockatoos arrived for their annual feast. As I drove home I saw them flying around above me, I had a feeling they would get home before me and I was right. It was another dreary rainy day but these guys hanging en masse like decorations on a Christmas tree was a cheery sight.. my lawn after they had had their fill was covered in discarded blooms. Messy they are but I do enjoy their visit. Btw, if you pull the collage in you will see they are in pairs, the males have pink rims around the eyes, the females grey.. go figure :) Happy weekend, take care and stay safe..



34 comments:

  1. What a great exotic view. And the name bottle brush tree is very wel chosen.Hope that you and the birds enjoy this.

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  2. Some nice looking visitors having a fun time in your bottle brush tree.
    Have a wonderful weekend, Grace.

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  3. Glorious! What a treat! Just gorgeous! Thank you for sharing.

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  4. What a wonderful combination of an exotic tree being visited by exotic birds. I can see you had great fun with your camera, and I can see why you enjoyed their visit so much.

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  5. Dearest Grace,
    That is quite an exotic sight!
    We do have bottle brush here but not as bright red.
    Hugs,
    Mariette

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  6. That's amazing! Quite a crackle (is that actually a word?). We have bottle brush in our front yard, but no cockatoos. Seems like it attracts mostly hummingbirds when in bloom.

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  7. They definitely look like they are enjoying the red flowers.

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  8. ...a colorful sight that I will never see here.

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  9. Amazing scene. You must have been excited to see them.

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  10. As some one said " exotic view" I totally agree. Bottle brush and a beautiful scenery surrounding it with a bird so exotic will only make me feel as I'm in a dream about heaven and peace. We experience so much yet it is so less. Oh I so love it

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  11. So beautiful bird, Amazing clicks.

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  12. Oh lucky you to have this invasion of colours in your garden!

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  13. Such a gorgeous (pardon the pun) set of photos, Gracie. Thanks.

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  14. What a nice pictures. Wonderful all these cockatoos.
    I think they like these tropical flower...hihi..!!

    Greetings, Marco

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  15. Wow - the bottle brush is so vibrant. I had bottle brush at my place in Tucson, AZ. Such a beautiful interesting plant.

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  16. We used to have many bottle brush trees in the old Rhodie days, never had cockatoos on them though 😊 Hope all is well over there. Keep well and stay safe, Diane

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  17. So very colourful to see on a very grey English afternoon.

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  18. What absolute pleasure to see all those birds!

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  19. Too Funny - Be Well Perth

    Cheers

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  20. I am amazed. The blooming bottle brush tree is beautiful enough but full of those gorgeous birds is something else. Fantastic.

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  21. A new bird to me! And wonderful happy shots! Wow, G

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  22. Wow these a beautiful. Black Cockatoos big fellas so they would weigh down that tree. Beautiful flowers too.

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  23. Quite a sight Grace, messy but cute. I don't see them around my area.
    I really enjoyed our get-together Grace :)

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  24. So lovely and colourful.

    All the best Jan

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  25. Birds are so fascinating. These are not birds I see on the American East Coast. Well, except maybe in pet stores . . .

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  26. Wow, they are beautiful, Grace! And fast.

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