Close up on a rainbow lorikeet bird preening. Their face is mostly blue

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   Joanna Holman (joannaholman@aus.social)'s status on Friday, 09-May-2025 09:37:45 JST Joanna Holman

   I love that in Australia it’s completely normal to see birds that look like they belong in the rainforest on your morning walk through a suburban part of a non-tropical city.

   On the excellent BirdLife Australia Instagram one of their scientists recently talked about how Australian birds might be so bright because many tens of thousands of years ago a lot of Australia was covered in rainforest.

   #birds #birding