A Few Silly Galahs

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This is for all you birders, a few fledgelings
from this summer just ended...
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...showing off, or hangin on for dear life...
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in Australia we have an old expression: 'ya silly Galah'

it is dual purpose, it can be used lovingly as when

someone gives you an unexpected present just because,

as in 'ya shoodna done that , ya silly Galah!' or con-

versely yelled loud and clear across an intersection when

someone pulls out in front of you. It is also handy

when someone is over dressed to liken them to the

proverbial Galah.

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When young they are ungainly and quite silly, but

there is nothing to compare with a large flock of a

few hundred veering across a late afternoon sky, one

moment a sunset cloud of red, the next a gleaming

pearly grey, that keeps you spellbound just watching

the shifting colours against our deep blue skies.

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For a complete change, a Crested Pigeon. They are

in the habit of camping in the middle of dirt roads at

night and taking off at the approach of people or

vehicles with loud whirring wing beats.