Winter foragers

Posted by Helen (Melbourne, Australia) on 4 July 2007 in Animal & Insect.

Easten Rosella Platycercus eximius

During nesting season in Spring I usually see hundreds of Easten Rosellas flying around when they are nesting in the huge eucalypt trees above my house. A pair have joined the Rainbow Lorikeets Trichoglossus haematodus to forage in my garden this winter.

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Comments (11)

Bron from Canberra, Australia

Nice photo Helen - we have pairs feeding here too - they're much harder to photograph well than the Crimson Rosellas - you've done very well.

4 Jul 2007 5:08am

@Bron: Thanks Bron. Yes they are very nervous. I actually had to shoot this through my front window and he was still keeping an eye on me. The Rainbow Lorikeets are becoming a little more trusting. They stay in the tree when I approach now.

badala from Leiria, Portugal

Marvelous image.

4 Jul 2007 6:04am

Anup from Bangalore, India

Nice colours

4 Jul 2007 6:35am

Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States

Nice one Helen!

4 Jul 2007 6:43am

Faramarz from Tehran, Iran

nice colore and feeling.

4 Jul 2007 7:05am

Bjarte from Bergen, Norway

great colours in the bird! We've got several Rosellas here in Bergen, but it's not a bird, but a pizza-bar...;-)
Enjoy Melbourne! I love that city! I've got family living there.

4 Jul 2007 9:11am

Bjarte from Bergen, Norway

I ment ON the bird...I think...;-) English isn't my native language...

4 Jul 2007 9:12am

@Bjarte: Don't worry, your intention was clear, please don't apologise. Your English is great. Thanks for passing by my blog and making a comments.

Beckie from New Hope, United States

Excellent shot! I've never seen such a gorgeous bird in the wild.

4 Jul 2007 11:08am

@Beckie: I am thrilled because when I was young there were no native birds in inner Melbourne gardens. Now people are leaving the flowering eucalypts and planting indigenous plants in their gardens they are returning. Isn't that wonderful?