Weird Birds
Birds in Australia are fascinating.
Rainbow lorikeets now roost at night in trees in shopping centres. Presumably it’s safe there. White ibises with their looooong beaks eat our garbage and roost in nearby trees. Everything under the trees is peppered with white ibis poo.
The common koel with its mournful cry is around now looking for sex. They lay their eggs mostly in currawong nests then they rack off – they are cuckoos after all!
Bellbirds colonise areas where the gum trees are a bit sick and infested with lerps. They farm the lerps which kills the gum trees and then they chase off all other small bird species – creating a biological desert.
If you love trivia, consider this: virtually all cockies are left footed. Corellas, sulphur crested cockatoo, black cockies and galahs all hold food in their left feet. Hand one a peanut and see what happens.
Keep an eye on your local birds – they are always interesting.
Hooroo!
