More parrots...bird camouflage

[mo]

This subject may be getting boring...This little bird, a juvenile Crimson Rosella played hide and seek for about half an hour before it cleared the leaves for a semi decent picture.I got within roughly 2 metres of it by moving very slowly and pretending I was a tree...not hard for some to believe that I can be a tree as I can be very thick sometimes... I tried for some different pictures of its feathers which are the perfect camouflage.

#1 The cockatoo...he flew off as I got closer

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#9 finally it flew to a branch out of the foliage....I was almost to close for a good picture

#10 I did a lot of PP on this to bring out the color

[Willem]

Very exotic! I'd have to go to a zoo to see these birds...

[xjjohnno]

The second bird a young crimson rosella Moira? If so the blue plumage as it matures will look brilliant. Lovely pics.

[pich900]

You probably know how lucky you are to be abble to see this birds in your backyard (of almost!) ....
May be a lack of pop and sharpness but still be a great serie! What for lens did you use?

[Schnauzer]

They aren't boring to me. I love looking at them.

[Tervueren]

[Excalibur]

[Attila]

Such a good to see these , great pictures! My bird continuously want to go out , yesterday my wife went out , bird did fly to me and say , strongly "DAD" and some sentence on her language , it was heart breaking to keep a such nice creature in captivity just not right.

[Tervueren]

My wife's parrot hates me, I can't go in the same room if she has it out, bloody thing gives her kisses and lays on it's back in her lap so she can stroke it, if I go in the room it will fly over bite me and then go back to her, even the dogs are scared of it lol.

[Excalibur]

[Attila]

[mo]

Thanks for the replies,it is my Tamron SP500 mirror lens I tried a different lens the series 1 Vivitar 70-210 but it was too awkward and heavy, this Tamron suits my need being light and easy to focus..and I guess it wouldn't make the birds nervous.. I do appreciate the fact I can walk to the end of my driveway and see these birds in the right season.I will try to find out what the name of the tree is that they like to feed off...I wonder if you can grow it in England?

@John, I have just looked it up in my bird book and you are right it is a Young Crimson Rosella. If you can find this book Australian birds "A concise Photographic field guide" by Donald and Molly Trounson (ISBN 9780975242841),It has photos not sketches and is well worth finding.

One thing I have noticed with these parrots both Cockatoo and Rosella is when they get annoyed(well I think they are annoyed) they start wiping their beak on either side of a nearby branch (like what you do when you sharpen a knife) and fly off pretty much straight away after this display. Attila does your bird do this?

[Attila]

No, she say yes, yes, yes with hear head as body language if she want something badly

[xjjohnno]

Moira, a little website that is not always accurate but a useful online resource all the same.
http://birdsinbackyards.net/
We see a lot of crimson rosellas of all ages when we pop out to bushland areas just out of town. They aren't always that co-operative for getting their pictures taken.
Here's something you might find funny, when you get rainbow lorikeets feeding on eucalypt blossoms, grab a flower off the tree they are feeding on and they'll tell you off.

[mo]

I remember that website...but forgot to use it.We don't get many rainbow lorikeets around here.It is funny you say that as after I had taken my photos I started to pick the seeds off the tree and the bird just stared at me...then I made a few squawking noises (softly not loud) it flew to just above my head did the little warning dance and flew off.I am continually amazed at how close they allow you to get...they do keep a watch on you then go back to eating.

[xjjohnno]

Moira galah flocks feeding on the ground always have one or 2 sentry galahs watching to give the let's scarper order. The trick to get close up on them is to exploit the sentries blind side and when they look your way keep still.

[Yebisu]

Nice stuff.

You can see in the last two shots that he's a very messy eater