GALAH (Cacatua roseicapilla)
The pink galahs are always about. You can hear them at all times of the day, their harsh voices carry for miles,and they always seem to be talking, complaining or boasting about something.
They will fly past in large groups with their bell like calls ringing.
They will rest from the heat, in the tops of trees talking with voices like claws down a blackboard.
The young will beg for food from their parents for hours on end, a constant 'screee, screee, screee" almost like cicadas, which the adults seem able to ignore.
But they are beautiful birds, elegant extroverts, playful larrikins. To see them as large group, flying, roosting and grazing is a great delight.
John
Williamson, a much loved Australian songwriter, has a song describing the
beauties of the bush called "Galleries Of Pink Galahs". It is an apt
title and first line for a song about Australia.
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