It is high summer in Australia, and we have just been graced with our annual visit from the Gang Gang Cockatoos. Here is a picture of one. The male is often thought to be the one having a "bad hair day". Females are more demure, grey all over. Their call has been described as like a squeaky door.

the superb blue wren, a charming tiny Eastern Australian bird. The males develop the blue colouring as they mature; before maturity they are a light brown