Fast food

Well that was a first.
As I was updating BiscuitWatch, Mick called me to the living room window. He'd heard some unfamiliar bird racket and saw what can only be described as a feeding frenzy in one of the palm trees in the yard.

Presumably once a year, the tree unfurls those big yellow seed pods, on which a bunch of rainbow lorikeets were having a feast:

They're gorgeous and, quite literally, chirpy. They always sound so excited to be wherever they are. This is the first time they've visited us though and I was thrilled but within half an hour they were gone.
It was an avian hit-and-run.

Now, spookily, the pod is swarming with bees instead:

I never thought I'd say it, but this is better than daytime television.