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Sat on the back patio having breakfast this morning waiting for the rain to clear. Some of the local bird life came down for their breakfast. Rainbow Lorikeets looking a bit damp after all the rain. [image]  [/image] Male and female King Parrots. [image]  [/image] Male King Parrot. [image]  [/image]
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That is awesome Frank. I've never really been sure I would like to Visit Australia due to all the things there that can kill you in like 2 minutes, but I may have to reconsider. You guys from down under always post cool things that I would like to see in person. 
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Hi Dave, We do have a lot of things that can make you a little sick if they bite you.  Also we have learned to avoid the Harley riders that can make you very sick at times.  Redback Spiders, Funnelweb Spiders & Snakes to name a few. In general they aren't a problem. Snakes are more frightened of you than you are of them. The beauty in the bird life far outweighs the nasties.
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So much more colourful than the garden birds you get over here.
Good pics.
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You know you are doing something right when the native birds come and visit. 
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You know you are doing something right when the native birds come and visit.
We try Stevie, we have just cut down 10 30 foot Cocas Palms.
All they did was atract Friut Bats. 
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I might have to ride up north one day and pop in for a coffee. You sure sound like you have a nice place. 
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I might have to ride up north one day and pop in for a coffee. You sure sound like you have a nice place.
Anytime you are up this way you are always welcome. 
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very cool!
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Nice pics. It would be awesome to see such colorful birds regularly. We don't see that kind of beauty in birds here in the middle of the states.
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Great post Frank... thank you!! What a wonderful backdrop for breakfast!!! Thanks for snapping and sharing those pictures!! 
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Wow, beautiful. All we have here in Maryland are Cardinals (now) and Hummingbirds (summer)..... I did snap a hummingbird in the garage last summer, he was trapped and exhausted. I caught him and let him recover, off he whirred. That's all I got here in pedestrian Maryland....  
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I'm in the middle of moving house, (so much in the middle that the broadband is still at the old place while the phone is at the new  ) but this is the type of visitor to the new place, right up to the garden gate  I have taken a photo but it was a new film so it while be a while until its developed so I had to steel this off the net
Too old to die young, too ugly to leave a good looking corpse
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I have taken a photo but it was a new film...
Film?
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Yes Keith, when you're as cool and retro as wot I am, film  Although Ray (Birchr) claims its cos I'm tight  
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Too old to die young, too ugly to leave a good looking corpse
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Although not usually a breakfast visitor. This is a Tawny Frogmouth that usually spends his days in a small tree in the bottom of the garden. [image]  [/image]
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You're right about the beauty outweighing the nasties! My son hiked the Bibbulmun Track a couple of years ago and sent me some really great pictures.
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Keep em coming Frank....We'll post some colourful pics of the snow. Comes in two colours. White and yel....er forget it. 
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 Tawny frog-mouth owl at our creek.  Water dragon - about 18" long - at our creek.
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Keep em coming Frank....We'll post some colourful pics of the snow. Comes in two colours. White and yel....er forget it.
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Dreamed I was an Eskimo....frozen wind began to blow.....
Contra todo mal, mezcal; contra todo bien, también
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Dreamed I was an Eskimo....frozen wind began to blow.....
Aliens surrounded me... though the time I did not know!
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Keep em coming Frank....We'll post some colourful pics of the snow. Comes in two colours. White and yel....er forget it.
In regards to Greg's recent comment that snow comes in two colours... might I provide the following for educational purposes.
Firstly, and as the sign illustrates...
It is however, okay to drink it.
I hope that last one doesn't make you chunder, Frank!
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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I'm already sick of snow. Before Thanksgiving. Not good. -12 for a high on Tuesday. Ugh. Am I too young to be a snowbird?
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Nice photos Richard, I just couldn't get a clear shot of the Owl in our garden. It loves sitting in the low branches where it's shady.
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I'm already sick of snow. Before Thanksgiving. Not good. -12 for a high on Tuesday. Ugh. Am I too young to be a snowbird?
John, being a snowbird is a state of mind, not an age group.
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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I'm already sick of snow. Before Thanksgiving. Not good. -12 for a high on Tuesday. Ugh. Am I too young to be a snowbird?
John, being a snowbird is a state of mind, not an age group.
I am SOOOO ready.
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With a forecast of -12, who can blame you.
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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That's nothing. The low is supposed to be -23.
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So much for global warming.
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It's almost strange, the warmer the climate is, the more colorful the wild life is.
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Ah, cheer up there, John. Maybe your spirits might fly a little higher if you listen to this little ditty sung by a nice Canadian girl who's evidently feelin' the same way you're feelin' right now... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2VYP0FCAUE
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Are those birds big enought to fry up for dinner
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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