I am starting to get a bit of a collection of photos of Mallee golden ring necked parrots. After resizing them I have decided to share some of them. These are parrots that I find while on my usual walks around Peterborough SA.
Hopefully I have the pictures at a better size.
I have more photos of 3 birds in particular. Of them having a bath in a puddle. When I took the photos I thought every thing was ok until I saw what was in the background after I took the photos. Kind of spoils it. Darn litter bugs... On the up note I have 2 different Golden ring necks and an Apostle bird having a bath on a cold Autumn (seemingly Winter) morning.
I only have the Apostle bird in the first two photos due to it running out of the puddle to chase after another golden ring neck! It was quite happy to share with one parrot, but didn't seem impressed by another joining in.
Of the bathing I really took way too many photos... I had a major trigger finger. So hopefully I cut down the number enough while still showing plenty. :)
Nice shots of bath time. I have seen neither of those birds, so thanks for posting. That ring neck parrot is a beautiful bird, really like #6 where the bird is looking back at you from the fence
Always a nuisance when there is litter in the background. Sometimes its possible to crop the photo, or to clone it out. Good that you got a few without it in the background. Those with the reflections in the puddles are great.
These are two bird I have never seen before either , love the colour of the Mallee Ringneck and it looks as though it is really enjoying that puddle. I dont see alot of parrots where I am here in Perth bathing but I guess it may not be hot enough.
Also have you thought of making a flickr account instead of resizing your photos it is easier to upload them to here without having to resize and having doubles of everything. Just a thought.
Kerry - Perth, Western Australia.
Really beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing these pics. Great shots of the bath time
I walk past these birds quite regularly and I think I might be taking more photos of them soon. I love the colours on the golden ring necks and the antics of the Apostle birds... For example the Apostle bird in the photos was quite happy to bath with a parrot in the puddle, but as soon as another parrot approached the puddle it ran off at the parrot tail fanned in the air, raising it's wings and making a very loud noise to chase it off. Meanwhile though as the Apostle bird was distracted another parrot went into the puddle. I could spend all day watching these guys sometimes. Lol.
I'll have a look into the flickr account thing. Thanks for the ide. My camera tends to make photos too large for uploads... On the note of not being hot enough, it was quite a chilly morning when I was walking past these birds. Lol so it depends really.