This week’s bird of the week is one you just can’t miss around here. They are everywhere, and noisy, as attested by the video link.
Galahs are in the cockatoo family and unmistakable with their pink chests and boisterous behavior. Although they pair up for life, they also form noisy bands of a dozen or so, or even dozens in the evening or the morning.
Most of the photos here were taken by Deb and I in the Narrandera Koala Reserve, back when these birds were an exotic novelty. Now we have seen them everywhere from the countryside to the city, but still you can’t help but take note of them because they are so eye catching and noisy.
Indeed, according to my research the galah is among the most abundant parrots found all over Australia. We are about to head north here to Queensland, so we’ll have to see how many galahs are in the tropical north.
