Galahs

Posted by lisa v (Gawler, Australia) on 6 February 2009 in Animal & Insect.

When we lived further out north there was a very tall gum tree in front of our house. A flock of about 100 of these fellows lived in that tree.

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Comments (9)

micke bergling from Sweden

Wonderful colors ... a good angle, you have found

6 Feb 2009 5:30am

Tamara Tantrum from Fort Myers, FL, United States

So cute, I love their colors too- very interesting. :)

6 Feb 2009 2:05pm

Jeff from Pembroke Dock, Wales., United Kingdom

Thank you for another scene I am unlikely to see in real life...Am I right in thinking that Galahs are considered to be stupid birds??.

6 Feb 2009 2:21pm

@Jeff: Yes but they're not really. You can train them to talk for instance so they can't be that stupid. It's a bit of a misunderstanding, that slang term for stupid, it more means to be silly, to be showing off in a silly way, as galahs are renowned for that. Though they do have a tendancy to not get off the road when they see a car coming..that's when I'll say something like "Oh you stupid galah!"

Eleftheria from Athens, Greece

Beautiful!

6 Feb 2009 4:32pm

Denise from Perry, United States

These birds are fantastic, they looklike they belong in the tropical rain forest.

7 Feb 2009 1:56am

@Denise: I know, are'nt we lucky? I belive they sell for $1,000 apiece in the USA

grant from kansas city, United States

what strange looking birds. thanks for this view lisa.

8 Feb 2009 2:36am

Peta from Warrnambool, Australia

what an incredible photo!!!!

8 Feb 2009 9:50pm

@Peta: thanks peta :)

Twelvebit from Victoria, United States

Wow, I don't think I've ever seen so many birds together in a tree allowing someone to take their photo. This weekend I was having a very hard time just getting one of each flock I passed to sit still long enough for me to get a photo.

9 Feb 2009 12:12am

Twelvebit from Victoria, United States

By the way, as regards to the name of these birds, my limited reading on the subject of nature tells me that many creatures and plants are misnamed from past ignorance and prejudice. Here, for example, we have flowers like the Indian Paintbrush, that are pretty flowers, and named long after Native Americans had become mythic cultures, and the Mexican Hat, which is not so pretty, and named pejoratively when more racist attitudes were prevalent.

9 Feb 2009 12:16am

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