Stay Signed In
Do you want to access your site more quickly on this computer? Check this box, and your username and password will be remembered for two weeks. Click logout to turn this off.
Stay Safe
Do not check this box if you are using a public computer. You don't want anyone seeing your personal info or messing with your site.
Here you will find the pictures that we take, We have Enjoy!!decided after a lot of thought that we'd mainly put in the scenic views we see and the wildlife. However the majority of scenic views you will be very close to the edge of the mountains and hills, so tread carfuly as you dont want to fall. Whilst looking at the wildlife photos we ask you to be very quiet, and to respect them, DO NOT FRIGHTEN THEM.
Paleheaded Rosella
The pale-headed rosella
Identification: The pale-headed rosella is a blue-bodied bird with a cream-yellow upper breast and head. The tail is blue-black and green and the underbelly is red.
The Rainbow is easily the most popular lorikeet kept in Australian aviculture, and breeds freely. Housing is best as a single pair to a flight, since they can be quarrelsome in the breeding season. Suspended aviaries around 3.5 metres long are the prefered accomodation. A 30 cm by 30 cm by 45 cm high nestbox can be used, and the usual precautions for keeping the Lorikeet nestbox clean are required. Two eggs are laid, and incubation by the hen takes 24 days. The babies fledge at around 56 to 60 days, and the young become independent after a further 14 days. Double or even triple brooding is likely, especially if babies are removed for hand rearing. Sexual maturity is at 18 to 24 months.
The Galah holds an important place in Australian folklore, being the basis for the expression "flamin' galah" - an affectionate term for an idiot. Found throughout Australia, except in the very dry desert regions and dense forests, it is easily recognised by its deep pink breast and pale grey wings, back and tail. Its crest varies from pink in Western Australia to white throughout the rest of Australia
Another Addition from our garden, the first time we have seen him in our tree.
Size: 40-44cm
Habitat: Located on the eastern coast from Northern QLD to Southern VIC. Inhabiting mountain rainforests, tall wooded forests. Nests in tree hollows.
Notes: Male has red head and breast, green wings and tail. Female has green body and head and belly red. Breeds Spring-Summer.
· The Australian King-Parrot is endemic to forests and coastal woodlands of eastern Australia.
· In north Queensland it is uncommon but distributed widely in upland areas.
· The colourful adult male is always outnumbered by plainer birds (the females and juveniles).
· Food is mainly seeds, especially of eucalypts and acacias but including a great
variety of other plants.
Crested Pigeon
The great Australian Crested Pigeon.
The Crested Pigeon is a stocky pigeon with a conspicuous thin black crest. Most of the plumage is grey-brown, becoming more pink on the underparts. The wings are barred with black, and are decorated with glossy green and purple patches. The head is grey, with an pinkish-red ring around the eye. If startled, this pigeon takes to the air with a characteristic whistling flight, and glides with down turned wings. The whistling sound is produced by the air passing over a modified primary feather on the wing. Upon landing, the pigeon swings its tail high in the air.
There are only two Australian pigeon species that possess an erect crest. The Spinifex Pigeon, Geophaps plumifera, markedly smaller (20 - 24 cm) than the Crested Pigeon (30 - 35 cm), has cinnamon coloured plumage and a bright red facial patch. The much larger Topknot Pigeon (40 - 46 cm) has a shaggy, reddish brown drooping topknot.
Home Page
