more decorations

We have now had about a dozen rainbow lorikeets* regularly feasting in the flowering gum aka our Christmas tree.  The red blossom has gradually spread over all the sunkissed parts of the tree. The birds know how to hold on the the wind and continue supping on the nectar.

Flower buds lower down on the branches are now open so the birds come lower down too.  As long as I introduce myself slowly I am able to move around quite close to them. 

* Using Neville Cayley's reference book What Bird is That? and some long hard looks at the birds: green wings, blue heads, red and yellow chest feathers these seem to match up.