Daily Photograph - July 5, 2015: Galah on a Wet Morning

Today, there was mist right up to nine a.m. The galahs were foraging in my back yard, but this is the only one who stayed when I came out to take pictures. He did not like having his breakfast disturbed.

CROSS-POST: The Australian Galah (Eolophus roseicapillus)

Cross-posted from my writer's blog, these are shots taken in April, our mid-autumn. The leaves hadn't started to turn. Now that it's Spring, they're just starting to shoot again, from bare branches.

Cross-Post:

In addition to the sulphur-crested cockatoos, we had a flock of galahs come to enjoy the fruit on the backyard trees. It makes a change from seeing them grazing on grass seeds.

Of course, not everyone had the hang of landing.

Those trees can be tricky to perch on, don't ya know?

Even when you manage to get set down, there's still the delicate balancing act.

Before the serious business of feeding and grooming can be undertaken.

Australian Birds Cross-Post from Writing Blog: The Aussie Galah (Eolophus roseicapillus)

In addition to the sulphur-crested cockatoos, we had a flock of galahs come to enjoy the fruit on the backyard trees. It makes a change from seeing them grazing on grass seeds.

Of course, not everyone had the hang of landing.

Those trees can be tricky to perch on, don't ya know?

Even when you manage to get set down, there's still the delicate balancing act.

Before the serious business of feeding and grooming can be undertaken.