Once more , our resident Curlew couple, pictured , are courting , seemingly over the loss of the chick which vanished one night . The pair have been keeping close company, cooing to each other , throwing bark and leaves about , the male brandishing large pieces of bark and sticks . Curlews elsewhere have been matching up and making territorial claims , the noise at times deafening . Scrub Turkeys have also appeared on the scene , quickly digging up parts of the garden , hissed at by our Curlews .
In Cairns , the Pelicans and Seagulls on the mudflats have been joined by migrating birds thought to be from Russia . Abra photography .
On Magnetic Island , Larry the cussing Lorikeet , still holidaying with the Queen of the Jungle , has been naughty . Impatient , he has been whistling at the Queen when she comes home, demanding attention and food .Time and time again , she has told him to wait a minute , an instruction he has added to his wide vocabulary . Larry took an interest in a crocheted rug given to the Queen by a woman moving back to Canberra . With his love of purple , he closely inspected patches of that colour, bit a visitor who tried to examine the rug .
On Magnetic Island , Larry the cussing Lorikeet , still holidaying with the Queen of the Jungle , has been naughty . Impatient , he has been whistling at the Queen when she comes home, demanding attention and food .Time and time again , she has told him to wait a minute , an instruction he has added to his wide vocabulary . Larry took an interest in a crocheted rug given to the Queen by a woman moving back to Canberra . With his love of purple , he closely inspected patches of that colour, bit a visitor who tried to examine the rug .
