Technicolour Birdies

Our Grevillea tree is blooming again and with it comes the Rainbow Lorikeets :)

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wow!! nice captures MA

Wonderful colourful birds you have there, you would think this would be a disadvantage when it comes to survival. Nice work MA.

Lovely images MA...I especially dig the last one!:)
Are they after nectar or fruit or seeds?

Really colourful MA - well caught!

nice birds MA. I really like the last shot.

Beautiful shots of beautiful birds, M.A.!

As I said on Flickr! Great images. It's almost hard to believe those colours are real!

The colours are not only real IG, I didn't do a thing to them either. Levels I think only. Absolutely no saturation etc. They really are that bright.

It's 6.20am here and I can hear them out there in the tree this morning again.

Greg ... I guess in a flock, with all that colour it's hard for a predator to pick out a single bird. On the other hand maybe it just gets them more sex?

Casil ... nectar mostly. They will eat seeds also though.

Thanks everyone for the comments :)

Beautiful specimens, caught so very well in their natural environment.
Love that last one also, perfect catch on the eye.

Thanks HBG :)

Sigh. Makes me wish previous generations hadn't killed off our Carolina parakeets. Dumb asses.

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Originally Posted by Wicked Dark

Sigh. Makes me wish previous generations hadn't killed off our Carolina parakeets. Dumb asses.

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That is sad!

Wonderfully done, exceptional colors

Cheers Matt