Boxing Day visitor

Yesterday I had a tree frog visit for Christmas. Today this Rainbow Lorikeet dropped in to my garden to feast on the Pohutekawa (New Zealand Christmas Tree) blossom on my trees beside the house. I love their red eyes and red beaks, which are hard to distinguish from the red of the flowers.

[Leonie Mogridge]

I love these birds. So enjoyed seeing them everyday when I was over in Qld.

[Tricia O'Donnell]

thats a great photo so much colour

[Jennifer C]

brilliant detail, love the flower too xx

[elkehochban]

Gorgeous!

[Yvonne]

He is just gorgeous. You have the most beautiful colors. LOVE IT.

[Lyn]

Unbelievable colors. . .just another reason that I have to get there someday!!

[Shirley]

Fabulous colours Robin - hope you are enjoying your visitors

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

What wonderful Christmas visitors!

[Mickey Anderson]

Great Christmas visitors and a beautiful shot of this Bird! Love the blending of beak and bloom!!

[Genny]

Gorgeous Robin and all the right colours for Christmas.

[Danny G.]

Wow, that is quite the colorful bird, great capture!

[Sue Wilde]

This is gorgeous Robyn

[Rach_who]

This guest is very colourful.

[Ness Santvoort]

beautiful capture, such vibrant colours,

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

Beautiful - I love your lorikeets.

[Dione Giorgio]

He is well camouflaged in that tree, Robin. Nice you found it and captured it for us to see.

[Carolyn White]

What a wonderful visitor to have!!! Awesome colors! :0)

[Peggy Sirk]

The colors are so brilliant and exotic! I love how your visitors all seem to be decked out perfectly in vibrant holiday colors.

[Lisabell]

Another gorgeous creature! Why did Australia end up with most of the world’s most beautiful and exotic flora and fauna? Just lucky I guess!

[Robin]

@lisjam1 Something to do with being isolated for millennia when it broke away from the European land mass. It used to be part of Gondwanaland.

[Megan Richardson]

lovely visitor - I don't see lorikeets in Canberra but I saw a few when I was on Phillip Island (got back to Canberra late this afternoon, after driving all day)

[Wendy Bowden]

Lovely capture

[Janelle]

Beautifully captured. I tried to take a photo of some of these in our palm trees that are flowering at the moment but they were to quick for me...next time. It looks like we have a similar liking for the same sort of photography :-)

[Robin]

@turning_40 Yes, I've noticed that as I go through your calendar. I actually have one of some lorikeets in our Bangalow palm somewhere in my project, a few months ago. They were hanging all up and down the strands of seeds. Not a great shot as they flew away when I got too near but they looked gorgeous, the way they hung there, like coloured ornaments.