Visitors

Our apple trees are a very popular. Visitors include the Eastern Rosella, Musk Lorikeet and pictured here the Rainbow Lorrikeet. We don't have many apples left for ourselves by the time they have raided the trees. I don't mind sharing but I wish they would wait till the apples ripen.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Lorikeet

 

Another visitor is the King Parrot, a beautiful specimen as pictured below. They don't seem to raid our fruit trees so much but did train us to give them seed by calling with piping loud notes and looking for us through the windows waiting for that snack.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_King_Parrot

The cockatoos in the photo are yearly visitors.They like to chew the pine cones in our trees and here they are enjoying some apples.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-tailed_Black_Cockatoo

An echidna came to visit one day and dug itself in when the dogs were furiously barking at it. Poor thing! I had to rescue  it by sliding the spade underneath its belly and putting it somewhere safe.

An amazing animal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echidna