@Triphid What a lovely crew to wake up to. Does the Galah say any words?

@Betty No, they are still wild ones like all the other birds who mooch a free meal from the big sucker, me...LOL.

@Triphid Awe...Are you saying you're a big softy at heart. They are the best kind, so you are in good company.

@Betty If my daughter were alive and here now, she'd tell you what she used to tell everyone else, " He roars like angry lion, snarls like a bear with a sore foot but behind it all he IS as soft as melted butter."

@Triphid That makes me feel good. I started to read your stories as a distraction and it's nice to know they are from a good kind person. Thank you for that.

@Betty And here is my favourite feathered friend and kind of regular visitor, Lady E, the Australian Wedge-tailed Eagle..
Photos taken on the ONLY 2 occasions that she has EVER permitted me photographer.
When last measured her wing-span was 6' 5 and a half inches, she stood at approx., from top of head to feet on the ground, 32 and a half inches in height and is as sweet as kitten to both myself and my nephew, Henry, who known her now for about 3 years and calls her "pet Eagle."
She loves to have Henry hand-feed her piece of meat, then brush her feathers with his hands while she behaves as if she is a pet cat in disguise.

@Triphid Animals are a marvel. What a thrill it must be for your nephew. To gain the trust of a wild animal is an honor. Those special moments will stay with him for a lifetime.

@Betty When I first found Lady E she was half drowned in my garden pond and at a guess a late hatchling who had only just learned and managed to fly but it being a very hot, somewhere around the 40 + degrees Celsius mark, summers day and it looked very much like she had become exhausted and had just about give up on life.
With kind help of a contact in the Wildlife Services I managed after not get a whole of sleep for a number of nights to get her to point where she would drink for herself but still needed, from time to time, my help in feeding herself.
To cut a long story short, after 2 months and 3 weeks and her get plenty of exercise in flapping her wings around my backyard, she re-took to the air again, did a few circuits of the house, the neighbourhood followed later by circuits of the area before heading back to me and expecting to get a snack or 3.
2 weeks later, a friend and I took her out on to property owned by a very good friend who runs sheep and cattle, asked if we could release her there and if he would watch over her and try to keep her safe.
He agreed, we took down near a creek were there are always plenty of 'roos, etc, so she would be able to hunt for herself, released her and watched as she too to air once again but 5 days later, what do I hear but this familiar whistle that she always made, the steady beat of her big wings and then her landing like an expert on my back lawn, then, insult of insult (LOL) who does she turn to greet first, not me, no, my Blue Heeler, Charlie of course....LOL.
She had her visit, cadged a free snack of chicken meat and then let me pat again before she lifted off gracefully and flew away in the direction towards where we had released.

@Triphid You're her family. What a treat. Do you know if she has found a mate?

@Betty Her very EXTENDED family perhaps because since I rescued her and released back into the wild she made a special trip EVERY year to bring her youngsters in for me to see them.
And the last 3 breeding seasons she has somehow managed to brig out 3 eggs each season successfully, but she missed out this year because I think her may have killed by a car or something hence no breeding which, I have told can be a 'normal thing' amongst some "Wedgies" when they lose a mate suddenly.
Her last visit she managed to coincide with a "Henry visit" which last Saturday and I got almost shunned because she noticed Henry and his bowl of fresh 'roo mince waiting for her...LOL.

@Triphid What a special event to look forward to and your nephew must have been so happy to see her.
It's sad that she lost her mate but it sounds like she is doing well. Have you thought of setting up your camera to record a video? What a lovely memory that would be for the future.

@Triphid She is a clever one. I bet you some crooks would love that ability.
You're family to her, I'm sure she'll keep coming back.