Our great southern migration

       This blog is in honor/honour of the females that are brown or faded green while their mates are colorful/colourful! Many of these birds are not readily recognizable! I have now downloaded but not yet sorted my Korea pics so didn't want to wait on those. Hopefully this weekend! Note: these could be juvenile males; they look like the females. But we are going with these are females.  The image above is a golden whistler. It does whistle but isn't very golden. You can see the male on J is for jellyfish. This little lady (pretty sure she is a lady) is a female scarlet robin. Looks brown and orange to me! Her mate was on the  Gang's all here The female fairy wrens are great at incognito. They could be superb or variegated. In some instances, I swear they are red-browed fire tail finches. However, those juveniles are all brown and don't have red eye patches. The fairy wren boys come in various blue shades. See More fairy tails . The females are bolder...

  This time of year, the joeys really don't fit in that pouch but they still try. For some reason, mom doesn't tend to hop away but stands there, looking miserable! The boys from prior years hang out together, often on the path. You can see the dares in their eyes - who is going to stay the longest?  Love the cocked foot in the near one! You can also see their footprints - apparently they love hanging out on the beach at night! We usually see them in the nearby open area during the day Since this is K, you also get king parrots. These two were in the garden. The chickweed and lemons have been decimated. Wouldn't think they would like lemons but they were good lemons! Female king parrot Very happy male king parrot  We traveled to Swansea (bordered by two large lakes with close ocean) yesterday. We stayed at a pub and got room 1. It was Saturday night so live music in the restaurant. We saw the band at the nearby table during dinner but returned to our room before they star...

  Even in the USA, school kids learn about the laughing kookaburra. The laugh is real, carries far and is so distinct it is unmistakeable! The old gum tree part seems to be a bit flexible (see below). The kids were traumatized by kookaburras in their youth. Somewhat akin to the seagulls in our zoos, a kookaburra swooped down and stole Casey's french fries as she was attempting to eat them. At least, that is how I remember it. These two kookaburras were attempting to create a nest hole in palm tree (not at all similar to a gum tree). They gave it up as a bad job. Look closely to see the two crammed into the space.  During this process, the pair would sit together on the power line. A few days after this, she moved to a different wire.  They don't really seem to be in charge of anything so I checked in why they are called "king of the bush". According to google, it is because they are the largest of the kingfisher family. Less fun.  There are definitely birds that clai...