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ProudMNDemocrat

(16,783 posts)
2. Magpies are the Crows of Australia. They are everywhere in Australia.
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 07:38 PM
Feb 2021

They were all over the Golf Courses. Their distinctive caws separates them from other native birds.

Jeebo

(2,023 posts)
3. Are those wild birds?
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 07:48 PM
Feb 2021

Does she live on the edge of a bird sanctuary or something? I envy her; those birds are beautiful.

-- Ron

catbyte

(34,374 posts)
4. No, the birds are pretty much everywhere in Australia. I've seen videos from
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 08:05 PM
Feb 2021

several people who have visits from birds. They don't even have to feed them--they just seem to enjoy interacting with people. It's really cool.

MontanaMama

(23,307 posts)
5. They're wild!
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 08:08 PM
Feb 2021

I had the good fortune of going to Australia with my family for work in 2018. I stayed at a small motel in Lilydale, Victoria. There were thousands of cockatoos that flew though morning and evening...pink and grey Galah parrots of the lawn and the red parrots in the video are King Parrots and Kookaburra’s visited daily as well. It was a joy.









SharonClark

(10,014 posts)
8. Once, when I was at a daytime party in
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 08:53 PM
Feb 2021

Australia, I looked up from the BBQ to see a flock of cockatoos in a tree by the deck. At home, I’m impressed to see a flock of robins.

catbyte

(34,374 posts)
11. Australia. I've seen several videos of folks being visited daily by wild parrots, cockatoos,
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 10:25 PM
Feb 2021

magpies, and kookaburras whether they feed them or not. The birds seem to enjoy the interaction. It really is Oz.

Jeebo

(2,023 posts)
14. They do call their country/continent "Oz".
Wed Feb 24, 2021, 04:09 PM
Feb 2021

I used to correspond with a woman in Perth who called Australia "Oz". I don't remember her ever saying anything about the wild birds, though. She lived in the big city. If I were still corresponding with her, I would ask her about them.

-- Ron

Maraya1969

(22,478 posts)
12. You see that one come over and say, "Hello" I swear they are integrating with us,
Tue Feb 23, 2021, 10:37 PM
Feb 2021

learning our language, knowing how to get what they want.

I love it.

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