I have a bird tale to share with you.

I was out this morning "inspecting" the garden when a female King Parrot landed on the clothesline and reminded me that the bird feeder needed refilling.

I took feeder and birdseed over to the deck lounger - I sat down straddling the lounger, with the feeder sitting on the lounger between my knees (if that makes sense). As I unscrewed the feeder, the parrot landed on the edge of the chair and waited for me to take the bottom off. So I'm sitting there holding the feeder upside down, and the parrot is picking sunflower seeds from the tray just inches from my hand.

Way cool.

She actually brushed against me at one stage as she worked her way around the edge of the feeder. So tame! She even nibbled my finger when the seeds ran out - lucky she didn't bite!

And there was a rainbow lorikeet squarking in frustration on the deck, too nervous to join us on the lounger where the food was!