Red Browed Finch

**Mad Aussie** · 10-19-2009, 08:18 PM

These little guys are very hard to get close to and being so small, very hard to get a decent shot of.

I managed this effort this morning on a walk. You can see part of that grass seed stalk thingy in his mouth.

**Bambi** · 10-19-2009, 08:25 PM

beautiful bird and great capture!

**Mad Aussie** · 10-19-2009, 08:30 PM

I almost got this one too ... I had enough time to raise the camera and fire one off before she flew away ... and missed the focus so I'll have to tell everyone I was trying to show off her bum or something

This is a female Australian King Parrot

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**Bambi** · 10-19-2009, 08:31 PM

lol, it looks like she's giving you 'the bird'

**Mad Aussie** · 10-19-2009, 08:33 PM

Close but no .. .she was holding that piece of ... whatever it was and chewing on it

**casil403** · 10-19-2009, 08:34 PM

Nice shots...cool colours. The finch looks like he has on the red mask of Zorro!
Maybe the parrot had a thing for ya MA...Male catbirds out here show their red bums off when they are trying to impress you!
One did it for me this past summer while I was mimicking his call...lol!
I was wondering what he was doing and then I looked it up!