Picspam: Hawkin's Park - May - Pt 2
May. 9th, 2008 01:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Fly my pretties, fly!

Black Swan
I have a whole heap of these, as I'm redoing black swan's illustration for the deck.

Corella
What a poser!

Corellas in flight


Drinking time

Feral, but pretty, dove.

...and horny too.

preeeeetty iridescence.

Galah
I seeeee youuuuu

Glen's Goose
Glen seriously loved this goose he wanted to take it home, put it on a lead and train it.


Black Swan
I have a whole heap of these, as I'm redoing black swan's illustration for the deck.

Corella
What a poser!

Corellas in flight


Drinking time

Feral, but pretty, dove.

...and horny too.

preeeeetty iridescence.

Galah
I seeeee youuuuu

Glen's Goose
Glen seriously loved this goose he wanted to take it home, put it on a lead and train it.

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Date: 2008-05-09 06:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-09 06:51 am (UTC)Here in the UK we refer to those types of dove as pigeons, and they are seen as vermin. It's quite sad. Is that the case in Australia?
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Date: 2008-05-09 06:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-09 08:13 am (UTC)Columba livia is the rock dove, rock pigeon, feral pigeon, racing pigeon, mail carrier pigeon etc.
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Date: 2008-05-09 08:16 am (UTC)Feathered Rats
Date: 2008-05-09 07:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-09 08:25 am (UTC)The feral rock pigeon/dove (like the one in P's photo) are a pest in Adelaide, and there is actually a guy who is paid by the council to trap them, though they aren't here in anywhere near the numbers of the UK and US. These are the birds used by TAFE in necropsy pracs for teaching vet nurses, because they have to be humanely euthanased because of their pest status. And vets and shelters aren't allowed to release them if they are bought to us as wildlife for treatment. It's illegal and we can be fined heavily for it - and rock pigeons aren't the only species under that law :(
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Date: 2008-05-09 08:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-09 09:48 am (UTC)So pretty! Have some really beautiful shots up there.
Or it might just because they're all birds. >___>
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Date: 2008-05-09 10:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-09 02:20 pm (UTC)More lovely, lovely pictures. I'm envious of the parrot-types you have locally, even if the lorikeets are a pest. And that swan is amazingly photogenic. ^_^
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Date: 2008-05-09 02:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-09 02:56 pm (UTC)*Wikis*
Oooooh, the Goffins are a subspecies of Corella.
This was the most useless comment ever. :(
Pretty photos though! <3
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Date: 2008-05-09 02:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-09 05:36 pm (UTC)Nice set of pics :)
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Date: 2008-05-09 06:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-09 06:50 pm (UTC)Those are gorgeous.
(EEP SWAN. It looks like the one that attacked my foot when I was little! D: )
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Date: 2008-05-10 02:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-05-10 08:57 pm (UTC)no subject
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