AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes

AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes
I love a sunburnt country / A land of sweeping plains / Of ragged mountain ranges / Of droughts and flooding rains / I love her far horizons / I love her jewel-sea / Her beauty and her terror / The wide brown land for me / ~ Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968)

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Monday, January 26, 2009

Australia Day 2009 ~ Mellow Yellow Monday


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Close and personal with a wild cockatoo on my verandah in Dromana Hills, Mornington Peninsula
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Mellow Yellow Monday meme #3
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Mellow yellow combs
Crowning glory of white kings
Cockatoo beauty

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8 comments:

Speedcat Hollydale said...

That's a very beautiful bird!!

Hello from Eric, "Speedcat Hollydale"

MYM said...

Such a wonderful photo! I love how it has just a little yellow against the white - very pretty.

Happy Australia Day!

Pia K said...

Wow, to have wild parrots come and visit like that, such a treat! Adorable too.

Fortune Cookies said...

he's gorgeous!

Anonymous said...

I love seeing your wild Cockatoo's and your 'yellow' haiku is perfect!
Hugs and blessings,

elizondo said...

That's a cool cool post.

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Dianne said...

another amazing close-up!!

sparrow said...

What a cutie pie! I've always enjoyed Cockatoos. i used to live in Cape Town, and at the cafe behind Rhodes Memorial, there was a cockatoo called Winston welcoming patrons to the cafe! Thanks for the happy reminder.

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