Splendour in the grass

The Eastern Rosella is common in the south-east corner of Australia, roughly south of a line from Brisbane to Adelaide and including much of Tasmania. They are often found on the ground, eating grass seeds. I photographed this one nearby this morning. After a while I got a bit too close for its comfort, and it flew into a tree nearby - see extra.

It is said that the name Rosella was given by early colonial settlers, who sighted the birds in the locality of Rose Hill, between Sydney and Parramatta.  They were given the name rose-hillers, which over time (thankfully) got changed to rosellas. 

My title today is borrowed from a local music festival of the same name, said to be the largest music festival in Australia. Which got cancelled due to covid for the last two years. That name is in turn borrowed from a poem by Wordsworth.