World Bird Wednesday - Adelaide Rosella

The cabin in Melrose, which we had pre-booked sight unseen,

was unprepossessing for the price to say the least, see post below,

but sported a pair of Adelaide rosellas, Platycercus elegans

adelaidae, feeding on the uncut grass at the back.

They let me come reasonably close unlike the same species

on our farm where they fly away before you know they are there.

Here they performed acrobatic feats on the wire fence just

to show off,

and even sat for a family portrait!

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