The Land of Parrots

[John53]

I watched a documentary called Australia: The Land of Parrots so here's my locals, all photos were taken within walking distance of my house, several were taken in my yard.

Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos.

 

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Glossy Black Cockatoo

 

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Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

 

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Galah.

 

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Long-billed Corella.

 

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Little Corella.

 

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Australian King Parrot.

 

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Eastern Rosella.

 

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Crimson Rosella.

 

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Red-rumped Parrot.

 

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Rainbow Lorikeet.

 

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Scaly-breasted Lorikeet.

 

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Musk Lorikeet.

 

[Trailblazer]

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Thanks for sharing all those photos. We have no birds here that are comparable. Those colors are amazing.

 

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@John53

Thanks for sharing all those photos. We have no birds here that are comparable. Those colors are amazing.

Some of them are so common here it's easy to take them for granted. Rainbow Lorikeets are usually at the top of the list of any bird survey I do. It's not unusual to see hundreds a day and when the eucalypt trees are in flower there's thousands of them.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

These are outstanding and such incredible subjects too.

It pains me that you only have this within walking distance. How do you manage to bother going out? LOL!

 

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Glossy Black Cockatoo

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It would be a difficult proposition to pick out a favorite, but I like the way this guy (girl?) looks.

 

[John53]

It would be a difficult proposition to pick out a favorite, but I like the way this guy (girl?) looks.

Female, the males lack the yellow on the back of the head and shoulders. They're the rarest of that lot for around here, I've only seen them on 3 occasions. I'll post a male when I get on the computer.

 

[Dan From Smithville]

Female, the males lack the yellow on the back of the head and shoulders. They're the rarest of that lot for around here, I've only seen them on 3 occasions. I'll post a male when I get on the computer.

Thanks for the info. Not sure why that first species stood out for me, but took a shine to them for some reason.

 

[Trailblazer]

Rainbow Lorikeets are usually at the top of the list of any bird survey I do. It's not unusual to see hundreds a day and when the eucalypt trees are in flower there's thousands of them.

I can only imagine how beautiful that would be.