Is that a Coolibah tree beside the abandoned house? Every Australian knows about Coolibah trees because the bush ballad Waltzing Matilda is nigh on our unoffical national anthem but most of us live nowhere near the inland where they grow. Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong, Under the shade of a Coolibah tree, And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled, You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me, And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
"To muse, to creep, to halt at will, to gaze ... such sweet wayfaring"
William Wordsworth
Super bird shots. The baby sure is a noisy one. Doesn't that make you mad when you forget the charger.
ReplyDeleteRead this post yesterday, and left it open most of the day, to try to identify the birds. I shall try again this evening. Am doing Ma-care today. Hee hee hee ...
ReplyDeleteWas a bit stretched getting all the posts done and meant to try and identify them. Here is what I think they are
ReplyDelete1. Seagull
2. Egret - don't know what type
3.Masked Lapwing (Plover)
4. White faced heron
5. Cormorant or Shag ... dunno which
6. Black swans
7. Dunno
There was a stupid tv show on a few years ago about "Whinging Poms" who had emigrated to Australia - there was a woman who was complaining about the screeching, squawking birds - like cockatoos, that woke her up in the morning. She said in England they had sweetly chirping dainty little birds. I'd never thought of it that way before!
ReplyDeleteWell I reckon even dainty bird babies do a lot of squawking ... but you've gotta admit that we do have rather a lot of large squawking birds.
ReplyDeleteGreat post, Joan. All birds are beautiful and the capture on top is fantastic.
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