I went to eat lunch in my old favourite spot, but before I even got to the bench I was really excited to see that there was a male Galah Eolophus roseicapillus poking his little head out of the nest hole that has been vacant for a while!
He seemed to be on his own, unless his mate is inside there. I will be keeping an eye out each lunchtime to see! After sitting down on the bench I only managed a couple of bites of my sandwich before noticing some great photo opportunities for two birds that I'm always having trouble getting nice pictures of: an Eastern Spinebill Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris, doing a great pose in a Grevillea bush, and a wonderful male Superb Fairy Wren Malurus cyaneus in full breeding colours!
Definitely some photos I'm really pleased with. The little Fairy Wren kept hopping closer and closer, I wondered if he could smell my cheese sandwich. The weather is getting quite nippy now, so I'm not seeing so many other people around in the gardens, certainly not eating lunch like me! I've knitted myself some fingerless mittens that really help with eating lunch and taking photos in the cold weather.
I did bump into someone out and about which was a surprise - Robyn who follows this blog! We hadn't met before but she guessed who I was by my pink bag. Such a small world... I gave her sneak preview of some of my blog photos for today, I think she was a bit surprised by the next photo - some poo! I had wondered if it was wombat poo, as Id heard a Facebook rumour about wombats in the gardens, however turns out it is just Kangaroo poo - though I didn't see any nearby. Anyhow, it was interesting to know, so thanks Robyn!
I'm still wondering what this is on this Eucalyptus tree - Ive seen a lot of trees with this sort of growth on, anyone out there know?
The galah popping out of his hole would make an excellent greeting card!
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