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.
Music wants to be free
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"People think you’re a weirdo if your happiness doesn’t depend on the size
of your bank account. So you must have balls of steel to do arts. It’s not
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