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Crimson Rosellas!! Compatriots of mine, if you hadn't guessed from the foliage. They are such beautiful birds — quite common in our area, along with their cousins the Eastern Rosellas. They're fairly quiet for parrots, and have quite a pretty, piping sort of call, instead of harsh screeches. I love seeing and hearing them.
(Now that reminds me — once I was visiting a Victorian-era National Trust property, Lanhydrock near Bodmin, and in one of the rooms there was a glass case with stuffed birds in it, terribly old and faded and dusty, but I instantly recognised them as a Crimson Rosella and a King Parrot (also Australian). I told the room guide what they were and she was very impressed. But inwardly I was seething — I detest taxidermy — and I wished I could take the poor things out and give them a decent burial.
I would really much rather see beautiful paintings of them, thank you!!)
