Continuing my week of birds in our backyard. Well it's now gone past a week.
I got a real surprise this afternoon when a pair of Pale Headed Rosellas came down on the back lawn and stayed longer than a second to forage amongst the dregs of the food that had been left by the other birds. The Pale Headed Rosella is a very timid and beautiful bird.
We hear them in the trees very often and occasionally they come down briefly but if anyone or anything moves a muscle or even breathes, they take off immediately.
However, they must have heard about my backyard birds project and finally decided to grace us with their presence.
@ankers70 It's another north-south divide Suzanne.
The pale Headed Rosella occurs from the mid north coast of NSW up to the Qld tropics while its close cousin, the Eastern Rosella occurs from South East Qld around to Adelaide.
These guys too are low in numbers around here after being prolific last century. Now I just have a family group that visits from time to time. Of course our farmers still take out the big old blue gums and these birds that nest in hollows have less and less suitable habit for survival.
November 7th, 2021
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The pale Headed Rosella occurs from the mid north coast of NSW up to the Qld tropics while its close cousin, the Eastern Rosella occurs from South East Qld around to Adelaide.
I have never seen an Eastern Rosella in Brisbane.