Had a friend drop in for coffee and biscuits
Karen AKA Kajikit > wrote in
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> On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 05:31:33 +0000 (UTC), PeterLucas >
> wrote:
>
>>There were 8 of them all up, all perched over the roof guttering and
on
>>the railings upstairs. But he was the only one that allowed me to
>>approach and feed him. I opened the sliding door in the bedroom and he
>>just jumped off the railing and walked on in like he owned the place!!
>>So i just put my hand down to him and he climbed on up. Then I took
him
>>downstairs to the kitchen. Walking through the house, it looked like
he
>>was casing the place...... he was checking *everything* out!
>>
>>Damn place is going to look like an avairy soon!! Along with the
>>Cockatoos that will no doubt put me on their 'food' list, I've also
got
>>a bunch of 8-10 Kookaburras, 2 resident Magpies that get jealous
>>whenever I feed any other birds, 4 Butcher birds, and some jet-black
>>swallow tailed things that act like they're hyper, and keep
divebombing
>>everyone!!
>
> He must be a runaway who took up with a wild flock... what a gorgeous
> fellow he is!
>
You hit the nail on the head.
He's the only one who said "Hallo" :-)
And the cracker is....... he came and spent 2 days with me about 2 years
ago...... when I lived in a different house a long way away!!
--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia
"People sleep safely in their beds because rough men stand ready in
the night to do violence to those who would do them harm"
-- George Orwell
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