Tuesday 14 June 2011

World Bird Wednesday - Red-Rumped Parrot.

More parrots this week. Was playing with the kids this weekend when I noticed a flock of parrots on the oval - that's a sports ground for those of you not fully conversant with Australian jargon!

These parrots are common on sports fields, golf courses and other patches of grass - so its no surprise that their other name is Grass Parrot. You can see the males red-rump in the front of this picture. The greyish bird in the background is the female.

You can find more world birds here, and you can see the latest post on my other blog by clicking the Paying Ready Attention link on the RHS of the page.

Enjoy the birds.
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15 comments:

  1. TexWisGirl14 June 2011 at 22:51

    how pretty!!! (and thanks for explaining 'oval' for us!)

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  2. Unknown15 June 2011 at 00:28

    Really interesting capture!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  3. Sivinden15 June 2011 at 04:14

    How exotic to see parrots out in the open;)
    (From Sivinden, Norway)

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  4. BirdingMaine15 June 2011 at 08:28

    Exotic indeed! Beautiful birds and a great capture!

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  5. Larry15 June 2011 at 08:38

    Those are gorgeous colors on those Red-rumped Parrots Stewart!

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  6. Sondra15 June 2011 at 08:53

    Awesome parrots Stewart!

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  7. eileeninmd15 June 2011 at 10:18

    The are pretty birds and I love their colors. Wonderful photo and thanks for sharing these gorgeous parrots.

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  8. holdingmoments15 June 2011 at 13:33

    Beautiful birds.
    Lovely to see them how they should be; free. :-)

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  9. theconstantwalker16 June 2011 at 05:01

    Lovely birds to see.

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  10. mick16 June 2011 at 05:31

    Nice bird - that's one I haven't seen either!

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  11. Malgorzata Ingstad16 June 2011 at 06:42

    You are so right with the gulls.. Believe me, if I had one little tiny possibility to shoot your parrots I would be very happy. Unfortunately in our country parrots are only in cages.

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  12. Springman16 June 2011 at 11:22

    Red rumped parrot indeed. Around here we call that "Monkey Butt!" Great take Stewart!

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  13. Pat Ulrich16 June 2011 at 12:01

    They sure are lovely -- really cool colors on them!

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  14. Hilke Breder16 June 2011 at 20:44

    Australia has some exotic every-day birds that we get to see only in a zoo. I am a little envious!

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  15. Anonymous17 June 2011 at 08:48

    What a beautiful, colorful bird!

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