The Knysna Loerie........

seen at Birds of Eden near Plettenberg Bay. It is the worlds largest single dome,free flight, multi-species aviary. There are roughly 3,500 birds in the park and compromise of over 200 species. It is partly dark as in a rain forest, so I had problems getting all clear shots, so please excuse the quality of some. I will post1 a day.
For those interested: www.birdsofeden.co.za

[judith deacon]

Great capture and that sounds an amazing aviary, would love to see that.

[Valerie Chesney]

Wow, I would so like to visit there!! What a beautiful bird...

[Kahsia]

What a great place to visit.

[Richard Brown]

Strange looking fella. Sounds like a nice place to visit :)

[Connie Little]

Sounds like an amazing aviary. Thanks for sharing this one as I have never seen nor heard of this bird before.

[Lynda McG]

How unusual- great shot

[Margo]

What a beautiful & unusual bird

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh how lovely!

[vonski]

What a bird , super photo

[Poppo Livy]

As a bird lover, that sounds fantastic Diana. And what a strange looking bird this is.

[Carole Sandford]

Sounds like a great place to visit. A strange but beautiful bird.

[sally agnew]

Wow, thank you for sharing this unique looking bird :)

[gloria jones]

Great shot of the neat looking bird...such cool markings and feather colors

[Diana]

@judithdeacon @happysnaps @moonmtn @rjb71 @littleconnie @lyndamcg @777margo @koalagardens @ilovelenses @terryliv @carole_sandford @hermann @seattlite Thanks for the lovely comments, it really is a very unique bird only to the Knysna area.

[Jennifer]

lovely markings - especially the eye!

[Sally Ings]

Such beautiful birds. We saw a couple at the Storms River mouth a couple of years ago. Sadly they were in dense bush so absolutely no way to get any photos.

[Suzanne]

What a beauty

[Elyse Klemchuk]

What a colorful bird and that sounds like a very interesting place to visit!

[Rachel]

A gorgeous bird, I like the red eye-liner.

[Diana]

@jesperani @salza @suzanne234 @kchuk @888rachel Thanks fot the kind comments, much appreciated.

[Diana]

@salza We have been playing golf in Knysna for over 20 years Sally, only once have I seen one. That only as it flew out of a bush and has these wonderful red feathers underneath the wings.