The Bird Man of Canberra is spending lockdown feeding his little friends. The one on his hand is a gang gang, and there is a family that will sit on his hand and make happy rusty-gate noises while they eat. The one on the windowsill is a king parrot (called "Mayo" by my family, I don't know why). King parrots are slightly lower in the literal pecking order and have to wait until the gang gangs are finished. All of them have beaks that will slice through a finger.
In the morning the gang gangs bring their babies down to see the Bird Man. There is one girl baby and one boy baby (they have different coloured crests). The parents are still tolerating their presence but not for much longer.
The babies have a slightly higher pitched rusty gate sound. It is nice to know that something will be happy we are now having another four weeks of lockdown. I myself am not so chipper.
Gosh, those are very interesting birds compared to ours!
ReplyDeleteHow lovely to go for a walk with your son. I used to do this with mine... till he thoughtlessly got himself a wife.