Time to bag the bananas

We have been flat out getting our garden ready for an open day next month and I have hardly had the camera in my hand, so slack on the blog. However today just happened to see a couple of King Parrots fly in and start feeding on wattle trees seed pods so grabbed the camera. By the time I got back they had moved to what was obviously promising a much larger feast.

With a bit of encouragement they moved back to feeding on the wattle and I decided now was a good time to bag the bananas.

New Year's Eve visitors

We had a visit early evening from a family of King Parrots Alisterus scapularis, male and female and their two offspring. These parrots are often visitors but usually in the tree tops and only occasionally venturing down to the veranda to check if there is any feed, but as we don't put food out it is generally a quick visit.

Adult female King Parrot

Adult male King Parrot

These beautiful large parrots frequent the forest areas down the east coast of Australia and have become regular visitors to many leafy suburban gardens, where people put out seed for birds.