Cooler weather last week meant a trip to the local park with all its twists and turns and its views of the nearby hills.
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Where people put the world to right while taking walks with their dogs
There is a bridge with rails that allow children to see the ducks
There are wetlands masquerading as a duck pond along with a children’s play area. There is a a special place there for little ones armed with stale bread.
Further round you can take a path to see my favourite bench (see header) – only this time coming from the other direction. It’s a few years since I took the header photo and things have grown, other plants put in – enlarge to see the bench nested in amongst the trees and bushes.
and it was near here that I spied these two ‘Little Corella’ guarding a hole in a tree. One flew off so I didn’t go too close – not sure if there was a young one in there or not
http://cockatoo-info.com/species
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Corella
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corella_(bird)
The forecast forecast for this week is back to warmer weather so I think my walking will be in the gym.
Linking to
Our World Tuesday Nature Notes
Lovely little fella. I wish we had these little guys in the wild
xx
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But you have Woodpeckers Lizzie – not found here at all!
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Thank you for the walk today. It’s been chucking it down here all day so we’ve been in most of the day apart from a trip to the supermarket. The scenery in there wasn’t a patch on your scenery today!
Love from Mum
xx
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Even in the gardening section?
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It is looking very green despite the heat.
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Believe it or not that land very rarely seems to dry out
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I would have thought the wonderful looking park would be much drier. A hole in a tree like that must be like a Toorak mansion for corellas.
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Wonder what rates the council would charge Andrew ??
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Glad you had a cool spell to walk outdoors. I cannot get over those beautiful birds being just wild there. I only see them in cages.
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Sharon, they do make you stop and look. They can be quite cheeky – hanging on branches etc. But there are some birds that we don’t have, the beautiful cardinals for a start.
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lovely walk, and cool weather would be nice for that!
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I’m glad I managed to get it in the other day Christine – forecast for the rest of this week is for high 30s Celsius that is lol
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I did like the tree shapes…
It is jolly hot here…so any walks I take are in the early morning, just in time to disturb the vultures on the tree down the road spreading their wings to warm up for the day.
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Now that’s a bird we don’t see much of here in our suburbs or anywhere else in Australia lol
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A lovely day and a nice place for a walk. Seems so amazing to me to see those birds in the wild. I hope they did have a little one (or more) in that tree!
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Cynthia I’ll have a quick look next time I’m down there
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Beautiful post and photos (love the white bird) for OWT ~
thanks, carol
http://www.acreativeharbor.com
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Awesome to me as a parrot owner to see one of these friends in the wild.
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It’s funny Dianne but I had the same feeling when I saw Woodpeckers in the wild for the first time 🙂
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That looks like a wonderful place to take a walk with your camera. The bird life adds another reason to go clickety click.
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Beautiful scenery and I love the pretty Corella. I would enjoy a walk around there, thanks for sharing your visit. Have a happy week!
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Looks quiet and lovely. And yes, your cockatoos are so different than my jays.
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We only experience a little cold on the 20sC during these months as spill-over colds from the winter cold North countries. And i agree with you, in cold temps it really is lovely to walk, watch the outdoors, and photo shoot.
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Beautiful shots of your cool weather walk.
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Gorgeous, scenic views. And I especially appreciated the fact you said, people, while walking [with dogs or not] make the world to right!!!
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What a lovely place for a stroll. The Corella is a very pretty bird. I wish it would warm up here so I could go outside!
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It is so cold here so very nice to see some warmth, but I know you have had deadly heat….moderation would be nice…Michelle
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It would appear that these days ‘weather’ has forgotten the meaning of the word moderation lol
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