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Wednesday, 4 February 2009

White-headed Pigeon.

We were fortunate enough to see this White-headed Pigeon in our yard. It normally inhabits Rainforest and heavy Scrublands. Its numbers have been kept steady owing to the introduced Camphor Laurel, now a major pest tree of our region. This bird is normally white but owing to the wet day looks a little bit worse for wear.

White-headed Pigeon (Columba leucomela)

We headed down the coast and came across this flock of Terns resting. This is only a small part of the flock.

While we were down the coast we went to see our daughter. Across the road from her is a School and in the School Grounds were these Eastern Grey Kangaroos. She told me they are there everyday. The Kangaroo in the front has a joey in her pouch.



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7 comments:

  1. Duncan4 February 2009 at 20:31

    What a flock! The 'roos have got a nice green pick there Neil.

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  2. Neil6 February 2009 at 09:36

    Yes Duncan it is a nice green pick.

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  3. Heidi6 February 2009 at 17:34

    That is quite the flock of terns! And that's cool you saw an unusual visitor in your yard.

    I gotta say, my favs are the kangaroo family. I love what I can only guess is the papa and teen son sparring in the background.

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  4. Neil8 February 2009 at 09:17

    Hi Red it was a very big flock.
    Not sure about the kangaroo family as there are a lot more of them around that area.

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  5. Lana Gramlich10 February 2009 at 11:09

    Thanks for sharing your corner of the world--particularly the kangaroos. How cool!

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  6. Neil10 February 2009 at 12:16

    Thanks Lana I like the kangaroos as well.

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  7. Anonymous15 February 2009 at 09:54

    I cannot imagine living in a place that has kangaroos just hanging around. How cool is that?

    But back to the birds. The White-headed Pigeon is great and the Terns amazing!!!

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