A public display of affection

Galahs at Lake Hattah, Victoria

While we were having lunch on the bank of Lake Hattah in north west Victoria earlier this year, I spotted these two Galahs indulging in a very public display of affection. Well – it was not all that public; the only observers were the two of us. I can only assume that these birds were a pair and this was part of their bonding ritual; they mate for life.

The area around the lakes in the Hattah-Kulkyne National Park have large, old growth River Red Gums with many hollows. It certainly is a great place to see parrots like the Galahs. Other parrots species include

• Little Corella,
  
• Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo,
  
• Regent Parrot,
  
• Red-rumped Parrot,
  
• Mallee Ringneck,
  
• Yellow Rosella
  
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo.