We were visited by a small flock of Australian King Parrots (Alisterus scapularis) during our recent trip away to Lorne. The house we rented was surrounded by rather impressive woodland - bush as they say here - and on one afternoon the King Parrots arrived looking for a feed. Luckily, the 'bean bags' I often use to support my cameras are full of pearl barley, so I was able to oblige without much guilt!
Although it was fun to see the birds on the table, I think the best pictures are the ones in the trees. The birds with red head are males - the full red heads being adults, those with patchy red are immatures. The birds without red on the head are females.
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Although it was fun to see the birds on the table, I think the best pictures are the ones in the trees. The birds with red head are males - the full red heads being adults, those with patchy red are immatures. The birds without red on the head are females.
As ever, you can join in with WBW by clicking on the link below - and also as ever, please feel free to share the love for WBW with other bloggers! Cheers. SM
Stewart. The camouflage of that female is wonderful. It must be hard to follow that one through a viewfinder.
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful birds you are lucky with the variety you have over there. Cheers Diane
ReplyDeleteWow! The males are striking. I was just reading about the kakapos in New Zealand and wondered if you'd ever seen one.
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful birds Stewart. Thanks for hosting and have a wonderful week ahead.
ReplyDeleteHandsome birds! Those "bean" bags came in handy!
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed a spectacular bird. Maybe it's time to add a little sunflower seed to the bags, millet perhaps, a few peanuts. This could be the start of a whole new trend for bird photographers!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful bird, Stewart, and it blends in so well with the background, despite the red on its chest. (The one with the red head sticks out, though.)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous birds!
ReplyDeleteKing parrot is amazing bird! And it has very clever eyes =)
ReplyDeleteWonderful pictures..Beautiful bird..He looks Christmassy..Love the background you found hime in..Nice pictures.Great Camouflage.Hope you are having a good week..
ReplyDeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteThey are just gorgeous aren't they?! YAM xx
Such brilliant colours. Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteAnother amazing backyard bird. Only in Australia...(at least as far as I know) .. You guys have all the luck! ... Great pictures too, especially since you didn’t have your camera steadier, since the birds ate it )). Thanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeleteThey are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHave a happy Easter time, Stewart!
Beautiful creatures. I'll bet a flock is plenty loud.
ReplyDeleteOMG! My new favorite parrot!!!
ReplyDeleteNot easy photograph this parrot !
ReplyDeleteGreat show, well done Stewart.
Beautiful birds, very showy!
ReplyDeleteI wonder why parrots always look so intelligent to me? Oh, one more thing...that's the next thing on my list...bean bags....:)JP
ReplyDeleteThat is a rather cool looking parrot Stewart. Happy Easter to you, and thanks for hosting.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos! I have been seeing quite a few of these guys around lately - saw two in Kew yesterday!
ReplyDeleteAewww - adorable shots!
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