The King Parrots snack spot

The Weekly Prompts Challenge: Bird Feeders

As the drought had set back the trees and the birds were coming into the garden, I thought I would set up a feeder with large parrot and wild bird food. I don’t normally advocate feeding of birds. I was only placing seed in there every few days. After the fire I made sure there was food in the bird feeder most days.

This is one reason that prompted me to set up a bird feeder. The Succulents in the garden and in pots on the verandah were being eaten by the King Parrots
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Some days there is a line up to get a snack. The most I ever counted was nine King Parrots.20200206_blog challenge_weekly_prompts_bird_feeder3_king parrot
The little house bird feeder I found is big enough for one. 20200206_blog challenge_weekly_prompts_bird_feeder2_king parrot
With a bit of a tilt as a King Parrot flies into the feeder some seed falls to the ground, so while you’re waiting just walk about under the feeder.  The Peaceful Doves also found this a good way of getting food.20200206_blog challenge_weekly_prompts_bird_feeder5_king parrot
OK everyone, I’m finished……everyone? 20200206_blog challenge_weekly_prompts_bird_feeder4_king parrot

PS This is one of the King Parrots who is around the garden a fair bit. He is smaller than the others, I named him Tiny, and doesn’t fly away when I come near. He always let me know when the feeder or bird bath was empty by whistling from the verandah railing. This was a hot day. You can tell by the way he is sitting wings out getting air flow.
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On the roof

Cee’s On the Hunt for Joy Challenge Week 5: Count Chimneys
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Some are in a linechimney pots_paris_named_oct 2015
This one is quite tall180607_blog challenge_traces of the past_chimney_coal mine_scotland
There are others that can look quite fierce190328_blog_challenge_in_a_row_chimney_pots_paris1

Or even like Ned Kelly
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Ned Kelly, for those who are perplexed, was a notorious bushranger, an Australian rural outlaw of the 19th Century.

Kelly made a suit of armour
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In 1879 – the year before the Glenrowan siege and Ned’s ultimate capture – the Kelly gang began constructing the suits of armour from mouldboards, the thick metal parts of a farmer’s plough * More on Ned Kelly

How did that happen

I don’t normally take notice of my stats but when WP send you this

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Congratulations on getting 1,000 total follows on bushboys world!
Your current tally is 1,001.
(I just popped into the stats and there is now 1,012. How does that happen?)
I just go wow. Thanks to everyone who has bravely come to look at some of the stuff I post. There is a few “corporates” among the real folk but I guess they like my tags lol
I also missed another “milestone” You have been subjected to 2,116 posts and I didn’t even celebrate number 2,000
Thank you everyone for your comments and for appreciating some of the stuff I post from bushboys world.
To quote a famous world champion Australian boxer, Jeff Fenech
“I love youse all”
A bit more of Australian music from eons ago