Drifting through life

It's Sunday Selections time again! Time to post photos that have been languishing in your files, photos that you may even have forgotten that you ever took. Have yourself a little search and rescue mission to find them. Brought to us by Kim of Frog ponds Rock , this weekly meme is a great way to show off your photographic skills, or just your most favoured photos and memories. This week I'm continuing our walk through the Olive Grove to show you the birds I saw there. See those two green parrots busily pecking for bugs or seeds at a knot hole in the tree? I watched them for quite a while, inching ever closer, hoping for more photos. One of them heard me sneaking up and from then on they took turns with one feeding and the other watching me. After this third photo they both took off flying to other trees, disappearing in the leafy canopy. So I turned my attention to the flock of Galahs feeding on the ground. Look at that one in front watching me! T...

You have no idea how long I've tried to get decent photos of these colourful birds. Walking around my new neighbourhood last month I heard the squawking of feeding parrots not too far ahead of me, so I stopped walking and looked for them. I spottted them in this bookleaf conifer and they'd seen me too so I stayed still for a moment, then very slowly went forward a step at a time as they watched and fed. Usually parrots fly away as soon as I'm spotted, but these two must have been more hungry than wary. I got as close as I dared while this one watched, it must have taken me as much as five minutes, one step at a time.  He (she?) hopped from branch to branch, taking an occasional bite, while keeping an eye on me. This is the second parrot who'd retreated to the top of the tree as I inched forward. I left them to their meal after taking just these few photos, backing away and crossing to the other side of the street before continuing my walk.