Bird Watching: Australian Birds, 1 by MargaretK

MargaretK wrote:
Thanks, Seachanger.

KJ, here are a few shots of the Pink & Grey Galahs. They are beautiful, friendly birds. At the moment we have probably six or seven pairs coming for supplementary feeds of black sunflower seed. I heard some babies close by yesterday. The racket when a whole mob of babies turn up is hilarious. They sound just like human babies crying and sometimes there will be several lined up along the front fence pleading to be fed. It seems that aunts and uncles will feed any random begging baby as well as there own. The come and tap on the door with their beaks to let us know they're there - not that you could miss them. We've had one particular couple, Mr and Mrs One Eye (the male has lost his left eye) for at least twenty years.

This is an adult female, distinguishable by the reddish eye.