Instead of just thinking "I should record those bellbirds next time I ride here", I actually recorded them today.

I remember having to be vewy, vewy qwiet to listen for bellbirds when I was a kid. I wonder if these have evolved to be much louder to compete with the 4 lanes of traffic nearby?

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60 year-old pet Corella Australian parrot is perched upon my wife’s shoulder.

Present owner has looked after her for the last 23 years. Prior to that she was part of Greek family and speaks Greek as a first language but has also learned English quite well too.

A much loved pet.

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Here’s another sulphur crested #cockatoo sitting on the barbecue tray just outside the lounge, looking in and observing everything that goes on in here.

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Frogmouth owl sitting in the casuarina tree, Northeast suburban Melbourne.
A difficult heavily backlit shot that required me to boost the saturation and exposure to show up the owls subtle colouration.

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