I think I got it right this time Ryu, they're probably our most recognisable parrot.
I recall from my childhood in Darwin, when a certain gum was flowering they'd mass in great numbers to feast on the nectar. They would eat so much that it fermented in their gut and they'd fall out of the trees drunk.
You could just pick them up and do what you liked with them - easy prey for predators.
Cheers
Denis.
Yes, very distinct and unmistakable :P
Always very photogenic too :)
Ryu
Canberra
Aiming for DSLR-quality shots with a bridge camera
I like the detail & light in the first photo and the pose if the second one.
Beautiful birds ... remarkable how colourful they are.
Isn't the one in Darwin the Red-collared Lorikeet?
You may well be right Woko.
But this guy is exactly what I remember 40 years on - the blue head and stomach are quite distinctive - or maybe I'm just confused.
The Red-collared Lorikeet only occurs in the far north of the NT and WA, and that area is also part of the Rainbow Lorikeet's much broader range, so I'm sure I saw both as a kid. We used to called them Blue Bonnets, a name we picked up from our many aboriginal schoolmates.
Until recently the Red-collared was actually considered a sub-species of the Rainbow.
Cheers
Denis.
That all souNds rather familiar, Denis.
Red-collared or Rainbow, they still would have been falling out of the trees drunk when when those trees were flowering.
And there were always plenty of big goannas and snakes around when it was happening.
Love the first photo. It looks as if he was caught in a rainstorm.