Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Male King Parrot

I've been birdwatching in my friends' house in Mount Nebo, a mountain community just to the north-west of Brisbane.
Believe it or not, Blogger has washed out the colour on this picture. The red and green in reality are so vivid and saturated, the detail of the feathers isn't nearly as apparent as it is here. These parrots are so tame they just hop down from the rainforest onto the deck and will eat out of your hand.

4 comments:

Julie said...

They are smashing, yes? Your colours here seem pretty good to my eyes. The poor female of the species is a dull sort of green where this bloke is crimson.

Bloody sexist nature ...

Leif Hagen said...

Polly want a cracker?! The Tallahassee, Florida blog has also been featuring these birds in the last few days. Beautiful bird - great snap!

Tim Pasqualone said...

Nice photo Cara

Leeds daily photo - Paul said...

Washed out or no he really is a beauty. Would love to have such colourful birds in the neighbouhood here.

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