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Little Corella : Limosa lapponica Brisbane Hinterland, SE Queensland

Red and Green Macaws are the second largest of the macaws, second in size only to the Hyacinth Macaw. Large macaws mate for life and spend the entire year together. They care for their offspring for almost a year and have 1 or 2, rarely three, fledglings to care for per year. Thus, the usual...

This image was taken at the Baraca das Araras in Mata Gross Do Sul, Brazil. The baraca is a sink hole measuring 500 feet in diameter and 328 feet deep. A group of Red and Green Macaws nests in the caves in the sides of the sink hole. They spend much of their day roosting at the baraca...

Rainbow Lorikeet on banksia flower spike … Rainbow Lorikeet : Trichoglossus moluccanus Brisbane Hinterland, Queensland, Australia This morning the Brisbane hinterland recorded its lowest temperature for the year (just two degrees above zero) but, as the full moon disappeared, the sun rose...

Beak and tongue for seeds and nectar … Rainbow Lorikeet : Trichoglossus moluccanus conservation status : least concern feral pest : Perth (WA), Tasmania, Auckland (NZ) camera–to–subject : 7 metres

The male Australian King Parrot is most certainly one of the most beautiful of parrots. All of the colors are well shown in this flight shot. I find it interesting that the species' scientific name refers to the lighter green wing stripe, seen well in this photo. One might have thought some...

To continue with cockatoos as the subject of my posts, I am posting today an image of a Sulfur-crested Cockatoo. This back lit cockatoo is fly past with a bit of food in its beak. Males and females look the same, except for the color their iris. In males, the iris is quite dark (almost...

I have used a male Gang-gang Cockatoo as my avatar on this forum, so I thought that I would post an image to show what the entire bird looks like. In this image, the male has erected his crest in an attempt to look his best for a nearby female. The scientific species name for these cockatoos...

On our recent trip to Australia, we were lucky enough to photograph 18 species of parrots. Amongst these were 8 species of cockatoos. One of the most spectacular of the cockatoos are the Palm Cockatoos. They are large, have an amazing, erectile crest made up of long, thin feathers, and are an...

During our recent trip to Australia, we saw rainbow lorikeets multiple times at multiple locations. While in the Iron Range on the Cape York Peninsula, we found an ideal spot to photograph them, as the birds would land on a perch before moving in to feed. Like most lorikeets, Rainbow Lorikeets...

I commented in a recent post that I am on the Board of Directors of the Macaw Recovery Network, an NGO headquartered in Costa Rica that is dedicated to parrot conservation. One of their initial targets for conservation intervention is the Great Green Macaw, Ara ambiguus. This species is listed...

Pale-headed Rosella… Pale-headed Rosella : Ropalidia revolutionalis South East Queensland, Australia

Evening bonding… Rainbow Lorikeets : Trichoglossus moluccanus SE Queensland, Australia 5:20 pm (sunset 6:35 pm) AF: eye detect; 20 fps (electronic 1st curtain) Distance from camera: subject 5 m; background 20 m Rainbow Lorikeets are monogamous and pair for life. Male and female birds look...

This is a Pale-headed Rosella. If you're familiar with backcountry Queensland, you'll certainly know this parrot. Clearly—'unclearly'?—this image omits its identifying feature (the pale head); but, just this once, does that matter? Dare to be different, by putting 'the rules' aside now and...