Rainbow Lorikeet

5 Nov, 2009
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These birds fly north each year to spend the Christmas season with us, they eat mangoes and get very drunk on the Queensland Umbrella tree flowers that drip nectar . The birds will hang upside down to let nectar drop into their opened beaks , When they have their fill they fall drunk out of the tree , a lot don't recover and some get set upon by dogs and cats,
.They are addicted to the nectar.

Comments on this photo

Annella

Brilliant picture ! Can't imagine them drunk :-)

5 Nov, 2009

Terratoonie

Beautiful bird pic :o)

5 Nov, 2009

Clarice

Such a lovely bird, never seen a drunken bird before...

5 Nov, 2009

Sue_birming..

Alcoholic birds ! It's a hard thing to try and imagine them falling out of the trees !! Hope the majority escape the cats and dogs. Well, Christmas is the time for celebrating !! ;-)))

5 Nov, 2009

Pitta

THEY SURE GET SLOSHED AND STAGGER ALL AROUND IN CIRCLES TILL THEY FALL OVER.

6 Nov, 2009

Sue_birming..

I'm still trying to imagine it Pitta ! lol

6 Nov, 2009