Bad Hair Day

The return to cold and windy wintery weather has apparently forced a lot of the birds to ground. This galah suffered the double indignity of being photographed as the wind ruffled his head feathers. Then the image suffered further as I has a play around with textures, layering and boarders in Perfect Photo Suite 8. I’ve also had a play with watermarking, adding a little to alvin’s campaign to bring creative commons licences back to prominence on the social webs

Galahs Behaving Badly

The Galahs [Eolophus roseicapilla] (or maybe [Cacatua roseicapillus] there is still a controversy about there true scienitifc name) were back in greater numbers and raucously noisier. Different tree. Lots of flapping of wings and hanging upside down. I suspect they were just having fun.

Feeding Baby

Two young Galahs [Cacatua roseicapilla] took up residence in a Gum Tree out the front. Their parents have been constantly feeding them in what is a very noisy affair.

I like to take a series of picture when I am photographing birds, mainly because they seldom hold a pose! Sometimes a simple slide show, like this one prepared in Picasa conveys the event better than a series of stills.

a day at the beach

 

Why did the Galah cross the road?

I have no idea!

Or maybe the grass is actually greener on the other side.

afternoon stroll

even more urban birdlife

Flocks of galahs are not uncommon here, but they do seem to be larger than usual and appeear to be feeding on the roots of what little grass is left. I guess the rain at christmas has fattened up those roots