Gemma's ~~~ "Greyscale Territory" ~~~~~~~ Poetic Songlines: Rainbow Lorikeets

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Rainbow Lorikeets

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Summer means time for rainbow lorikeets to invade my fruit trees in the Dromana Hills, Mornington Peninsula.
These birds are very colourful, so you would think that they are easy to photograph!
In fact, they like the shady parts of the tree and just peek out occasionally when they feed.
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World Bird Wednesday #7
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Rainbow lorikeets
Bold scavengers of fruit trees
Love shaded secrets
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World Bird Wednesday is hosted by Springman

12 comments:

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...: Oh Gemma! Wow~~~ so we have summer-like weather here in Florida (even though it's winter) but winter, spring, summer, or fall I have NEVER seen such gorgeous birds just flying around out in the wild....what a treat that must be. Great picture.; January 5, 2011 at 3:11 AM
theconstantwalker said...: What beautiful birds you have Gemma.Lovely colours.; January 5, 2011 at 8:14 AM
Sue said...: Well captured Gemma. They seem to sense when I've got my camera and scatter, shrieking to the whole neighbourhood. I hope they leave an apple for you.; January 5, 2011 at 8:37 AM
Unknown said...: What an incredible sight. You're lucky to have them. Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.; January 5, 2011 at 9:04 AM
Springman said...: Once again Gemma you lay down the trump card with your Rainbow Lorikeets. I would not have believed it without your wonderful photography. Fantastic! ;-)WBW; January 5, 2011 at 9:13 AM
mick said...: I have Rainbow Lorikeets in my yard too and I love them! They are noisy and and bossy and messy - and totally fascinating!; January 5, 2011 at 11:50 AM
Hilke Breder said...: Gorgeous colors! I wonder why tropical birds are usually more colorful than those in temperate regions.; January 5, 2011 at 1:36 PM
Empty Nester said...: Very nice capture! They are so pretty!; January 6, 2011 at 2:37 AM
Becky said...: What a gorgeous bird Gemma. How nice to see all that color while we're buried knee deep in snow.
Have a great rest of the week.
B.; January 6, 2011 at 2:52 AM
joco said...: How eviable to have such colour around. Lovely picture.; January 6, 2011 at 6:02 AM
tiptoethruphylsgarden.blogspot.com said...: I love these birds,have 4 parrots living with me!Thank you for sharing your beautiful photo,phylliso; January 6, 2011 at 11:07 AM
Anonymous said...: I love these Lorikeets - they are so unbelievably colorful!; January 7, 2011 at 11:26 PM

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A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. ~James Dent
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