I took a stroll this afternoon in Sydney’s splendid Royal Botanic Garden. It was quite warm, so I soon had to retreat into a bar for some light refreshment, but not before I took a few snaps. The last one, incidentally, is of a wedding ceremony…
Two of the pictures show examples of Australian birds that are common in Sydney. The Australian White Ibis – called “Bin Chickens” because of their scavenging habits – look rather elegant from a distance but close up look rather manky. The smaller bird on the arm of the bench is a Noisy Miner. These are aggressively territorial, rather like the Eurasian Robin familiar to folk in the Northern hemisphere. They are also rather noisy. The other common native bird I see frequently is the Cockatoo. I’ll do a separate post about these very peculiar creatures when I get some decent pictures.
In the Dark 