It's all about the fruit

The neighbours have a mandarin tree - the fruit from it tastes wonderful - we think so and so do the cockatoos - you have to be quick to beat these wily birds!

[Judith Barnett]

He is so Handsome!!! ... a wonderful pose!!

[Nadiya Bilovodenko]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!! coooooooooooooool!

[Caroline]

He is so cute!!! I wish it were all about the fruit for me... Wouldn't hurt to eat a bit more... :)

[Simply Amanda]

It would be hard to be mad at this beautiful thing. I love mandarins.

[william wooderson]

Fab shot! The couple next door have a cherry tree but never get the chance to eat the fruit - there are parakeets that get there first!

[Babs]

Fabulous, he is gorgeous.

[Rosie Kind]

He's lovely - Fav

[vstap]

Cool shot

[Clare Gadsby]

great capture and processing

[HTGT]

All the while keeping his eye on you!

[Kerri Michaels]

sweet.. fav

[Paul J]

Beautiful, love mandarins too.

[Taffy]

Amazing to see the bird in the wild, not in a cage. Very very cool.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

and when you see them flock in destroy a whole tree of fruit at once you realise you lost ... terrific shot and fav

[sally agnew]

Yummmmm :)

[Maggiemae]

Well there would be lots of mandarins to spare so Mr Cocky can enjoy too! Good photo! fav

[Dave59]

It's definitely claimed that one. Great choice of crop and processing:)

[Annie D]

@maggiemae he wasn't the only one lol
at least a dozen ☺

[Dawn]

Cool image

[Wylie]

they're devils aren't they! they would eat my entire mandarin crop and leave the skins hanging on the tree! Nice treatment of this shot.

[Sheralee S]

Great capture of this cheeky thief. Love how he's really tucking in :)

[Francoise]

now I understand the usual suspects line better!

[Annie D]

@francoise hahahaha

[Phil Howcroft]

this is just fabulous annie :)

[Marnie]

Not wrong!! We took out a mature walnut tree because these wretched birds stripped it bare at the green-nut stage every year. And the noise!!!!!!!!