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Not exactly a zoo, but I get quite a lot of parrots in my yard and thought I'd share some of the photos I've taken of them. The little ones sure do have personality. I've come out to them rolling around in the grass playing before, which is possibly the cutest thing to watch. At the university I work at, we have whole flocks of small corellas who like to do the same thing. They don't seem to mind all the people walking past and will happily roll down hills with their mates all day.
A few of the flock of once-in-a-while dawn alarm cockatoos:
I can never seem to get good shots of them (or any) on my camera because they're a bit skittish, but I also get pale faced and crimson rosellas as well as green scaly lorikeets.
These ones are decidedly not parrots and are from a place I used to work called Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, here in Brisbane. They do have a bunch of small and large parrots there, I just never seemed to get any photos of them. They did love to talk though and dance around!
These guys (curlews) are very loud, but the noise itself isn't so bad. They wonder the car park of this particular sanctuary making the most incredible calls. And their eyes are massive! It causes them to look either extremely underwhelmed, as in this pic, or in a constant state of shock.
Speaking of loud. There are a few kookaburras where I live and more out in less metro areas. They are very intelligent and curious birds. Where I used to live we had one that would come right up to you for scritches and food fairly regularly, and this is a pretty common thing if one happens to frequent where you live. The downside is that their laugh, while fine in the afternoon, is wake-the-dead loud and often occurs before the sun has even had a chance to peer over the horizon.
Finally, a bird that could actually pass off as a dinosaur (as opposed to my lovie, who just thinks she's one):
Cassowarys live a fair bit north of me in more rainforest-y areas. They are very dangerous, if the size of this guys talons wasn't already a huge give away.
No photos, but I have also seen the most beautiful yellow-tailed black cockatoos out hiking in the bush around where I live.
A few of the flock of once-in-a-while dawn alarm cockatoos:
I can never seem to get good shots of them (or any) on my camera because they're a bit skittish, but I also get pale faced and crimson rosellas as well as green scaly lorikeets.
These ones are decidedly not parrots and are from a place I used to work called Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, here in Brisbane. They do have a bunch of small and large parrots there, I just never seemed to get any photos of them. They did love to talk though and dance around!
These guys (curlews) are very loud, but the noise itself isn't so bad. They wonder the car park of this particular sanctuary making the most incredible calls. And their eyes are massive! It causes them to look either extremely underwhelmed, as in this pic, or in a constant state of shock.
Speaking of loud. There are a few kookaburras where I live and more out in less metro areas. They are very intelligent and curious birds. Where I used to live we had one that would come right up to you for scritches and food fairly regularly, and this is a pretty common thing if one happens to frequent where you live. The downside is that their laugh, while fine in the afternoon, is wake-the-dead loud and often occurs before the sun has even had a chance to peer over the horizon.
Finally, a bird that could actually pass off as a dinosaur (as opposed to my lovie, who just thinks she's one):
Cassowarys live a fair bit north of me in more rainforest-y areas. They are very dangerous, if the size of this guys talons wasn't already a huge give away.
No photos, but I have also seen the most beautiful yellow-tailed black cockatoos out hiking in the bush around where I live.
