RodOutback
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- Nov 23, 2014
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Hi,
My name is Rod, and I own/manage a 75,000 acre Sheep & Cattle property (Ranch??) in Western Queensland (Australia).
Interests are photography, observing wildlife, shooting feral animals, and just generally enjoying living a life that is becoming increasingly rare these days.
(Recently, I have also taken up the hobby of enjoying just waking up alive! - I dont reccommend blood clots for fun & frivolity...)
Around the property, we regularly see flocks of Galahs, Corellas, Redwing Lorikeets, Cockatiels, Budgies, and Red-Tailed Black Cockatoos.
I dont own any parrots, and my only pets of any sort are my 5 elderly chickens, whom pretty much run their own lives, and deign to pester me when the chicken feeder has run out of grain.
Despite not actually owning any pets, it would seem that a large number of animals run my life to some degree. The homestead garden has a plethora of Apostle Birds as my security team, and then Bower Birds, Willy Wagtails, Corellas, Galahs, frogs, RTB cockatoos, lizards, Redwing Lorikeets, snakes, spiders, echidnas and possums.
So.....i dont find I really need to have any more pets!
We see some really interesting antics by the wildlife outside the kitchen window most days...
Actually; i tell a lie. I do have a part-time pet green tree frog. She climbs down the outside wall near the coldroom each night, and slides into a cool jar of rainwater I keep topped up on a ledge for her there. Then, if i wave any crickets/moths I find in front of her, she will deign to eat them for me...
(Not really sure who is who's pet, there...)
The corellas are interesting to watch; they spend nearly half their day breaking into the chicken feeder. The Apostle birds can get it open any time, as they all work together. However, the corellas are usually only prepared to work in pairs, and so find it a struggle to keep the lid open while feeding. It's interesting tomwatch the successes and failures of each days efforts, along with the squabbles between various animal species.
Anyway, thats probably more than enough for an intro. When I get time, I will add a link to my Flickr and Photobucket sites, and possibly upload some of the various cockatoo and lorikeet photos I have gathered over the past 5 years.
Regards to all.
Rod.
My name is Rod, and I own/manage a 75,000 acre Sheep & Cattle property (Ranch??) in Western Queensland (Australia).
Interests are photography, observing wildlife, shooting feral animals, and just generally enjoying living a life that is becoming increasingly rare these days.
(Recently, I have also taken up the hobby of enjoying just waking up alive! - I dont reccommend blood clots for fun & frivolity...)
Around the property, we regularly see flocks of Galahs, Corellas, Redwing Lorikeets, Cockatiels, Budgies, and Red-Tailed Black Cockatoos.
I dont own any parrots, and my only pets of any sort are my 5 elderly chickens, whom pretty much run their own lives, and deign to pester me when the chicken feeder has run out of grain.
Despite not actually owning any pets, it would seem that a large number of animals run my life to some degree. The homestead garden has a plethora of Apostle Birds as my security team, and then Bower Birds, Willy Wagtails, Corellas, Galahs, frogs, RTB cockatoos, lizards, Redwing Lorikeets, snakes, spiders, echidnas and possums.
So.....i dont find I really need to have any more pets!
We see some really interesting antics by the wildlife outside the kitchen window most days...
Actually; i tell a lie. I do have a part-time pet green tree frog. She climbs down the outside wall near the coldroom each night, and slides into a cool jar of rainwater I keep topped up on a ledge for her there. Then, if i wave any crickets/moths I find in front of her, she will deign to eat them for me...
(Not really sure who is who's pet, there...)
The corellas are interesting to watch; they spend nearly half their day breaking into the chicken feeder. The Apostle birds can get it open any time, as they all work together. However, the corellas are usually only prepared to work in pairs, and so find it a struggle to keep the lid open while feeding. It's interesting tomwatch the successes and failures of each days efforts, along with the squabbles between various animal species.
Anyway, thats probably more than enough for an intro. When I get time, I will add a link to my Flickr and Photobucket sites, and possibly upload some of the various cockatoo and lorikeet photos I have gathered over the past 5 years.
Regards to all.
Rod.
