Visual Diary

It was a warm autumn day.

These pigeons are standing on the roof, facing the sun.

I wonder why?

I love watching lorikeets because they are such larrikins.

I find them hard to capture though as they usually perch too high for my A550 to handle. This one is on a lower branch (but still had to delete plenty of blurry ones.)

I took many photos during our walk and chose this one f

or today because I like the reflection.

We have finally named the budgie Greg found near the bins of

our unit block a couple of weeks ago. Meet Greta (Garbo).

It seems the lost budgie we found two weeks ago has attracted a pair of lorikeets to the area. We can't get a peep out of her when she's in the unit, but she chirps to her heart's content when out on the verandah.

I did go back to the vet to pick up the lost budgie from the other day. We have not yet named her. We'd first like to see what kind of character she is.

Yes, she is a 'her'. A fellow pet-owner in the waiting room worked out its gender by looking at the top of its beak. If it was blue it would be male but because it's brown, ours is a girl.

This afternoon, Greg found this lost budgie near our bins. It was not moving around much and we thought it may have flown into a window. We took him upstairs and let him fly around the unit for a bit. He was quite thirsty. I missed the shot of him putting his head right into the watering can with his bottom half poking out. It looked quite funny!

I drove him to our local vet, but they'd had no calls about a lost budgie. The vet offered to keep him for a week to see if anyone is interested. I may buy a cage and keep him as a pet.

1. I want water! 2. lost budgie Created with fd's Flickr Toys

We stayed at our friends' house an hour south-west of Sydney for three days.

I enjoyed watching the cheeky cockatoos' afternoon antics. They are a hoot.