I found lots of terrific birds at my local pond this morning
Royal spoonbills
Royal spoonbill - lift off
Dollarbird - there are heaps around at the moment
Dollarbird - lovely blue on wing
Red-rumped parrots
Laughing kookaburra
Royal spoonbills and dollarbirds
Sat, 05/02/2011 - 07:48
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Birdgirl2009
Royal spoonbills and dollarbirds
Beautiful shots Birdgirl! Just saw them come through on Flickr so I had to get on here to say well done!!!
I love the Spoonbills and really love the dollar bird. you did well to get a close up of him and it brought the lovely colours out in his wings well. oh and red rumps!!!!! what a great day for sightings!!!!
Sunshine Coast Queensland
Lovely photos. You are very lucky to have such a variety of birds around you. I really like the Red-Rumped parrots but I've never seen one in the wild. Love the Kookaburra photo :)
Fantastic photos Birdgirl. I like the take off! I have a question, the Red-rumped Parrot, is the red on his back under the wings, or is some on his abdomen? Could it be, that I have seen some down here in Vic? My friend up the road tells me he has Purple-crowned Lorikeets, he sent me a photo, but now that I have seen yours, his looks more like a Red-rumped?
M-L
Thanks everyone. I saw even more - kingfishers flying around (I haven't ever noticed them there), butcherbirds, yellow thornbills etc. I only had the basic camera without the teleconversion lens, so I was lucky to get close ones of the dollarbirds.
Birdie, good to see that you have a bit of time to have a look. I hope to see some of your photos soon
Araminta, the red is just on the rump. Here are some photos I threw out, but restored so I could show you how lovely the marking is. In the first, he is holding his wings slightly open so you can see the red clearly. The breast and belly are yellow-green. The browner one is the female. There are lots of small flocks with male-female pairs of red rumps in our area, some even feed on the road
Wonderful photos Birdgirl. Love the Spoonbills.
Love the colours on the Red-Rumped parrot in the last photo you posted. What a sweet little bird. :)
Great shots Birdgirl2009. I love the take off shot of the spoonbill.
Nice one's Birdgirl. Love the spoonies.