A little diversion from the heat and fires

I have been so saddened by the deaths of two of our young firefighters in NSW as the terrifying coverage of the blazes is on our TV screens constantly and I really feel for their families. I needed a diversion so went and sat outside under the macadamia nut tree to just enjoy listening to the birds and watch them flying around. Then I heard something in the tree above me and looked up to see cockatoos picking off the nuts before they are ready to be picked and dropping them on the table beside me. Of course they looked quite innocent as usual ;-)

Noisy visitors

I was sitting on the sunny back verandah having breakfast today when I heard the squawking of cockatoos and looked up to find at least ten of them flying around in the back yard. I quickly ran to get my camera with the terrific zoom and managed to take a photo of one of them sitting up high at the very top of the huge pine tree next door.

Entertaining the wildlfe!

The other day, just on dusk, I headed outside to put Sally the chook to bed when I heard a ruckus and much squawking as I disturbed about a dozen cockatoos feeding on something on the lawn. Of course as soon as they saw me they flew off but not too far as obviously they intended coming back for seconds.