Banksias are like a Michelin 5-star restaurant to parrots and cockatoos. These guys made a booking 12 months in advance, and have waited eagerly for this moment. Easter is the time for this fine dining opportunity, and banksia seed is the delicacy on the menu.
Banksia restaurants are the best in town, open all year 24/7, always with flowers with the sweetest nectar on offer. These restaurants are available from the sand dunes at the coast, to alpine mountain tops. But Easter is the only time for seed to be on the menu, and parrots are ready and eager for their easter chocolate hunt.
However, the table manners of parrots and cockatoos are not suitable for a 5-star Michelin dining experience. they don't want delicate portions served with artistic flair, they don't want soft background music, and they don't want to wait until everyone has their meal before they start. They treat this dining experience like schoolies week with a smash and grab attitude, squabbling and squawking, squeezing as much fun as they can out of this Easter. The rule is, absolutely no rules.
Parrot parties involve ripping the ripe seed cones from the tree, trashing the cone, chucking it on the ground, then moving onto the next cone, greedily gorging on as much seed as possible in the shortest time possible. At the end of the week the banksia forest is a mess, strewn with trashed cones, and these parrots have been transformed into vandals, high on seed. What a mess. What fun. What a party.
If you get a chance, go to a parrot party, it's a sight to behold. These guys know how to have fun.
Banksia restaurants are the best in town, open all year 24/7, always with flowers with the sweetest nectar on offer. These restaurants are available from the sand dunes at the coast, to alpine mountain tops. But Easter is the only time for seed to be on the menu, and parrots are ready and eager for their easter chocolate hunt.
However, the table manners of parrots and cockatoos are not suitable for a 5-star Michelin dining experience. they don't want delicate portions served with artistic flair, they don't want soft background music, and they don't want to wait until everyone has their meal before they start. They treat this dining experience like schoolies week with a smash and grab attitude, squabbling and squawking, squeezing as much fun as they can out of this Easter. The rule is, absolutely no rules.
Parrot parties involve ripping the ripe seed cones from the tree, trashing the cone, chucking it on the ground, then moving onto the next cone, greedily gorging on as much seed as possible in the shortest time possible. At the end of the week the banksia forest is a mess, strewn with trashed cones, and these parrots have been transformed into vandals, high on seed. What a mess. What fun. What a party.
If you get a chance, go to a parrot party, it's a sight to behold. These guys know how to have fun.
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