Today it looked like this ringneck parrot might be starting a nest in a hollow near the front gates. He appeared to be attempting to attract a mate, sitting on the branch singing and shaking his tail feathers.
The hollow is hotly contested. Last spring some rainbow lorikeets stopped a grass parrot from attending to her chicks. Today this ringneck cleaned out their remains and I picked up a lovely bird skull.
Caravan's history and Mingus settling a score while recording a cover with
Ellington
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*Caravan remains one of the defining jazz standards and has a remarkable
history*
First recorded in 1936 and becoming one of the best-known songs by Duke...