Spring Is On Its Way
A Pair of Rainbow lorikeets preparing their nest.
Perth Western Australia
Olympus E-410



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David Hibberd
Gorgeous mate well done
JonRussell replied
Thanks very much Davo!
John Kowalski
Nicely captured Jon, very pretty birds!!
JonRussell replied
Thanks so much John!
sfmilner
Greetings Jon; Very beautiful ! Wonderful framing, lighting and the colors really pop !
steve
JonRussell replied
Thanks greatly Steve! ;-)
cebrfa
Fantastic!
JonRussell replied
Thank you so much!! :-)
BettinaSchwarz
fantastic Jon!!
(on oh god, how I wish spring were on it’s way … ... here the days are getting progressively shorter and I’m wondering whether I blinked & missed summer!!)
JonRussell replied
I’m glad it’s nearly here, we have had a very wet winter and I’m getting a little tired of it! But we needed the rain! Thanks Bettina for your great comment!! :-)
justrick
very well captured
both are looking at you
so intently , grand shot indeed
cheers rick
JonRussell replied
Thanks so much Rick, Glad you like it!! :-)
Hans Bax
Wow, beautiful capture! Great colours! Excellent lightning!
JonRussell replied
Thank you so much Hans!! :-)
smallfox
Great how you’ve got them both looking ahead in the same direction and with the same posture – fab!!
JonRussell replied
They were great Paul, they would watch me for a while then get on with nest building then watch me some more!! Thanks Paul!
terugvanver
great capture
JonRussell replied
Thanks very much mate!! :-)
Evelina Kremsdorf
These are actually nice!!! :))) Love the colors!
JonRussell replied
So you don’t like my other photo’s then!! Lol Thanks Lina
Trish Woodford
Great composition & capture Jon, the colours are fantastic, love how their tails are diagonally opposite. Can’t wait for spring :))
JonRussell replied
It’s not to far away Trish!! Bet you are as fed up with the rain as I am, don’t know why it can’t just rain at night!! Winge over!! Lol ;-)
lozzar
Great capture…wonderful.
JonRussell replied
Thanks so much Lorraine!! :-)
Munggo
Nice capture mate.
JonRussell replied
Thanks mate!! :-)
Evelina Kremsdorf
No silly! I’m just not a big on birds :) You should have known it by now!
EvaLarsen
Lovely.
fezoj64
Wonderful Jon! Like me colours here! ..Jozef
JonRussell replied
Many thanks Jozef!! :-)
GerryMac
fantastic capture!
JonRussell replied
Many thanks Gerry!! :-)
reflector
A great find, and a very well timed and captured shot !
JonRussell replied
Many thanks for your kind comments!! :-)
Karen Tillotson
What an amazing capture! Wow!!!! Such beauties!!!
JonRussell replied
They sure are beauties ;
) I was so lucky Karen they just stayed there looking at me, it was almost like ‘which way would you like us to turn our heads’ Lol!! Thanks Karen :)TracyD
Just love this! gorgeous colour!
JonRussell replied
Thanks so much Tracey! ;-)