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Reply #30 - Jan 3^rd, 2010 at 7:22am

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hi all
merry xmas and happy and prosperous new year
u are talking birds at our back fence the local council planted a lot of native trees on the footpath and the trees attract a lot of diferent varieties of parrots including rossellas, king, and other types of parrots that i dont know what they are called

when my beautiful wife and i camped at coffs harbour last year the local parrots which i think are rossellas where very friendly

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Reply #31 - Jan 3^rd, 2010 at 7:51am

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look like rainbow lorikeets to me
could be wrong Huh

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Reply #32 - Jan 3^rd, 2010 at 9:02am

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69conroy wrote on Jan 3^rd, 2010 at 7:51am:

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look like rainbow lorikeets to me
could be wrong Huh

Daryl

They're Rainbows alright.
The one coming in to land on the hat is caught in mid flight.
Great shot of the under wing colours

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Reply #33 - Jan 3^rd, 2010 at 11:28am

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Here is some trivia for you, bird related of course.

About two weeks before Christmas I went and had another adjustment on these new hearing aids of mine. The next morning early I walked outside to get in the car and was wondering what all the screeching was in the trees around the house. It was then that I noticed all the rainbow lorikeets. I thought, you buggers are noisy today but something in the brain hit me and I turned the hearing aids off and there was absolutley no sound from the birds. Turned them on again and screeching galore.

So there I was standing in the driveway with a huge grin from ear to ear listening to the birds. Heaven knows how long it has been since my hearing had gone as I originally damaged them in 1976.

But to take it further, for many years now when in the bush I have npticed that the bird dawn chorus just wasn't what it used to be and I put it down to a decline in our feathered friends when actually it was me getting as deaf as a post. Grin

I am really enjoying the new hearing aids.

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Reply #34 - Jan 3^rd, 2010 at 4:44pm

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thank you all
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Reply #35 - Jan 4^th, 2010 at 6:55pm

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skiproosel wrote on Dec 29^th, 2009 at 8:58pm:

I was showing RT the Elvis Bird that we found in N.T. and RT knew exactly what he was and his proper name too.

I just found the Elvis Bird's Snap, he's a handsome devil isn't he!

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Reply #36 - Jan 4^th, 2010 at 7:11pm

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a.k.a. Nankeen Night Heron
Doesn't have a long neck like most Herons

The uncle Fester of the Heron family

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Reply #37 - Jan 4^th, 2010 at 7:12pm

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Yep the good old Nankeen Night Heron. Find them all over Australia apart from the desert country.

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Reply #38 - Jan 4^th, 2010 at 8:11pm

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Alright all you knowledgable bird people, we have lotsa Mynahs around where I live and the local council hires out traps which will only trap Indian Mynahs, does anyone know why native Mynahs aren't attracted or are they just smarter ?
While we're on Mynahs does anyone have pics so as I can tell the difference.

pd

When I die I hope my missus doesn't sell my camp ovens for what I told her I paid for them. pd

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Reply #39 - Jan 4^th, 2010 at 8:35pm

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Good question PD

I have found a photo on the web of what has been identified as an Indian Myna.
I checked this again the Simpson & Day field guide.
They have a picture..exactly the same and call it a Common Myna.

Neither look like the Mynas that I have in the yard.

I would suggest to catch an Indian Myna would require a red hot curry.
The Aussie Mynas would not be attracted by same. Cheesy

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