These were shot last Xmas at Elwood (near Melbourne) before I had my long Olympus 'birding lens'. There was a pandemonium of them feeding in a flowering eucalypt but mostly they were hidden. These were the best of a sorry lot.
Lorikeets
Mon, 08/06/2009 - 08:55
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tarkineus
Lorikeets
Regards, "Tark" - Olympus 4/3rds colour
Very colourful, aren't they ? I never tire of seeing these birds. Thanks for sharing, Tark. A pandemonium is the perfect collective noun for these birds.
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Cheers,
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George
Cheers,
George
Melbourne, VIC
Nice ones Tark.
Thanks George and Tassie. I can't claim authorship of "pandemonium" as a collective noun for parrots ... I googled for it.
Regards, "Tark" - Olympus 4/3rds colour
good colors tark :)
Thanks aa, all had one helluva lot of Photoshop to correct exposures and pop the colours. Well, I did say they weren't shot with my Oly, didn't I! ;)
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The colours are great - the pink branches give an arty effect
Thanks Birdgirl, but the branches are red before I ramped up the saturation just a tad perhaps.
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Nice ones Tark. Do you find you get other types of Lorikeets in with the RAinbow's? We've currently got Scaley-breasted and Musk Lorikeets in amongst them feeding on the flowering Eucalypts here in Sydney.
Can't really answer that Gelmir. These specimens were shot at Xmas while I was in Melbourne, and I can't say yet whether we have any species of lorikeets in Tasmania at all. I'm only in my first year of birding and I'm a slow learner! :(
Regards, "Tark" - Olympus 4/3rds colour
Hi Tark
You ought check out the "Bloggers" in Tasmania. There are a few of them.
Alan Fletcher publishes "Birds in Tasmania" as a blog.
http://tassiebirds.blogspot.com/
He has a species list there, which includes the Musk Lorikeet. I have heard reports from other bloggers of Rainbows now "invading" Tasmania.
Worth while monitoring their postings.
Denis
Denis Wilson
www.peonyden.blogspot.com
Hi Denis, thanks for the drop on Alan's blog, it has a wealth of info relevant to my location. I have it bookmarked and will leave a comment for him later (mentioning that you referred me, if that's OK?).
Regards, "Tark" - Olympus 4/3rds colour
Hi Tark
Yes, that's fine.
We bloggers try to help eachother (like birders).
Cheers
Denis
Denis Wilson
www.peonyden.blogspot.com
I can confirm we used to get Musk Lorikeets over at Dodges Ferry, Tas, and also saw a few rainbow lorikeets.
Denis, thanks again. :)
zoidbergI don't get down there that often but that's interesting to know.
Regards, "Tark" - Olympus 4/3rds colour