25 Dec 2012 Sunrise and some galahs

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25 Dec 2012 Sunrise and some galahs

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I love these aussie birds... they 'waddle' on the ground, feeding, and when they fly they dont glide or fly in formation, they tend to look like they are drunk!!


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Cool. I believe that's the first time I've ever seen a photo of those birds.

Thanks for sharing,
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They sort of look like our pigeons, but prettier.

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They are pretty. I've never seen a galah before. I'll have to look them up.

thanks for sharing.

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We have pigeons as well

here some links to some trained galah's - you can train them to talk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ7ZEqXG40k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5B4Hxbk6LA


there are heaps of video's of an american girl who trains them....
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Beautiful pictures Gabes!

It reminds me of a cockatiel. I had trained one eons ago and it was the most lovey bird ever. The red marking are beautiful.
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I take that back. I watched the You Tube video and the galah is a lot prettier than our pigeons. That was so cute.

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Post by Sheila »

Thanks, Gabes. I would love to see them in the wild but doubt I'll ever get Down Under. The birds look a lot like cockatoos of some kind. Beautiful.

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