Here are other people’s videos and recordings of some of the birds we hear regularly and enjoy. First is the Australian Magpie which we think sounds like the robot R2-D2 from Star Wars.
Then the famous kookaburra which sings at sunrise and sunset. Makes for a great alarm clock and “time to get ready for bed” warning.
Cockatoos are noisy like crows and the Canada Goose back home. They’re pretty, but awfully screechy.
Galahs are pretty common too – pretty flashes of pink and grey when they’re flocking around.
And there is a flock of emus that I pass by on the drive to work. Never heard them at all, but they’re amazing creatures – quite prehistoric looking and awkwardly graceful when they run.
Occasionally we’ll see a couple of Rainbow Lorikeets sitting on a fence somewhere.
