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A pair of Eastern Rosellas, mum and juvenile, come into my backyard most days to challenge the doves for the seed in the seed trays.
Eastern Rosellas are medium-sized colourful parrots with distinctive white cheek patches. It has a red head, neck and breast, with yellowish to greenish upper parts, a yellow underbody and a yellow-green to blue-green rump, with a red undertail. The shoulders are bright blue. Females are usually similar to males, but sometimes duller and young birds are even duller and can be aged by their bill colour, which is yellow or orange, changing to off-white when mature.
The Eastern Rosella uses one of its feet (usually the right foot) to hold food when eating on the ground or perched on a tree.
Canon 50D, EF70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Many thanks for checking out my photos, please feel free to give feedback! My wanderings in nature and observations of birds, particularly raptors, is what gives me great joy and constantly reminds me of the beauty and strength of life. My favourites are raptors, I love their freedom, grace, ruthlessness, pride, adaptability and flexibility and I learn much about parenting, protection and blind faith from them.
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Comments
this series of rosellas you have been posting are lovely and colourful, well done. the info is of great interest thanks for sharing
Many thanks Di, I’m so glad they come because they’re it in the wet, wild and wooly weather we’ve had for weeks!
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Nice work once again.
Many thanks, it’s about all I can photograph at the moment, it’s so wet!
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Beautiful, they have stunning colours, great capture.
Many thanks Andrea!
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Colorful is an understatement. Quite the bird model!
She is indeed, she’s getting used to me!
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Still very pretty even when wet!!!
Yes she’s gorgeous!
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Beautiful capture!
Many thanks Trish!
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Many thanks, very happy making!
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