Part of Burnby Hall gardens is devoted to a small aviary, with a variety of bird species, many of them originally from Australia, but also some from Bengal and the Canary Islands.
This shot shows a Rosella, which is one of six species of colourful Australian parrots in the genus Platycercus. Platycercus means "broad-tailed" or "flat-tailed", reflecting a feature common to the rosellas and other members of the broad-tailed parrot tribe. Their diet is mainly seeds and fruit.
Well, thank you all for your comments and favs, which put this on the trending and popular pages - I was a bit unsure about posting this because I felt that the focus was a bit soft.
Thank you both - interesting that you should both note the difficulty of getting a shot of these birds. This one is in quite a small aviary, so I was able to get quite close. It seemed quite happy with human company, perhaps because it has got used to it.
Far back in the past I use to grow them.
Well, thank you all for your comments and favs, which put this on the trending and popular pages - I was a bit unsure about posting this because I felt that the focus was a bit soft.
Ian
Thank you both - interesting that you should both note the difficulty of getting a shot of these birds. This one is in quite a small aviary, so I was able to get quite close. It seemed quite happy with human company, perhaps because it has got used to it.
Ian
Ferry, you are a man of many talents - I didn't know you had been involved in breeding birds.
Ian
Thank you Bob
Ian