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Emu

12/23/2016

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Here's a photo I took of an Emu... we'll call him Mr Emu for the moment.
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​Mr Emu has been coming to visit most days for the last few months. He's quite funny to watch - maybe that's because emus have a very interesting way of walking. It's difficult to explain how emus walk, so let's just say at times it almost looks as though they're being deliberately dramatic, and exaggerating every step. 

Now, besides the way Mr Emu walks, he has a few other interesting habits... like trying to stick his head in the car and steal the car keys, AND he also does his best to get into the shed whenever he can and peck at all the tools too!


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Spot the Cockatoo

9/19/2015

 
I have been very busy lately, but not too busy to enjoy the end of Winter and the beginning of Spring. I'll tell you more about what I have been up to later but for now I wanted to tell you about one cheeky Sulphur-crested cockatoo.

This cockatoo spent a few days throwing wattle around the yard from high up in the trees. There was little bits of wattle all over the place - on the ground, on the roof, on the clothesline and some even landed on my head!

I guess it was the cockatoo's version of getting the garden ready for Spring.
Here is a photo of the wild gardener in the trees.
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Click here to see a bigger version and more photos of cockatoos in our garden.
And here is a photo of some wattle the cockatoo threw that landed on a pretty old piece of Ironbark in the garden.
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Bird seed feeder for wild birds.

4/4/2015

 
Here is a photo I took in my yard last year of a wild white sulfa crested cockatoo. He is checking out a birdseed feeder I made from a plastic bottle.
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I made this feeder with smaller birds in mind. But he didn't seem to mind that he couldn't sit on the stick perch or that his head only just fitted through the opening.
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Here is a female king parrot enjoying seed from the same feeder.
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I think she liked it.
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Pink Galah

3/27/2015

 
A Pink Galah flew down for a visit, had a feed, and let me take some photos. 
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I read that both the male and female Pink Galah has the same feather colouring, however apparently the male has black eyes, where as, the female has pinkish eyes.
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Maybe if I'm lucky, I'll find a pink feather floating about one day.

Yesterday's Visit

12/10/2014

 
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Yesterday a pretty female King parrot came to say hello. She didn't bring any Christmas presents but made me smile with her little birdy ways. After strutting back and forth, bobbing up and down and inspecting the tinsel, with high pitched 'peep' sounds she politely let us know it was time to put out more bird seed.

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    Personal blog by RJ Simon. This is where I post random musings and share photos from strolls around the yard, road trips, and life in the Australian bush.

    ​I used to post updates about my writing and illustrating here too, but the website now has a updates section especially for that - all the new updates will be posted there.
    So if you're looking for book release dates or things like that check the new:
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