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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Thursday, April 2, 2009

Cockatoo Circus


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ A questioning look from a cockatoo eating some bread on my verandah railing, Dromana Hills, Mornington Peninsula
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3WW #CXXXI ~ crush + knack + varied
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Free entertainment
Varied cockatoo antics
Crushed cares and tensions
Screeching white winged dynamo
The knack of graceful dining
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman
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7 comments:

Thom Gabrukiewicz said...

Are they wild in your part of the world? Great post and great pictures.

Tumblewords: said...

Nice! A cockatoo circus - exactly - how fun!

Anonymous said...

I am envious of you and your cockatoo friends!!! We have Keas over here - have yet to see any. When I do I'll try to get a photo!

Angel said...

Nice poem. Cool birds!

Baruch said...

What a privilege to see so many together in the wild

Anonymous said...

I am constantly amazed by these pictures of cockatoos - and now they are like sparrows!

2sweetnsaxy said...

Oh wow! These are great. I'm luck if I get to see one in a cage somewhere. Must be wonderful to see them wild and free like that.

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