Eastern Rosella by onewing

Eastern Rosella

I managed to get this photo of an Eastern Rosella, in the garden, just before the rain poured down and the thunder storm swept through.

It is very warm and humid now. Going to be a very uncomfortable night I think.


Today's main album photo http://365project.org/onewing/365/2014-02-19 Black and white back to back.

Lucky you Babs, they are such timid birds I can never get close enough to them to get a decent shot. We have heard them around here for the last few days but we don't normally see them.

The rain has ceased at the moment but it has been very heavy and the humidity has been awful. I have had to strip off (well not quite).
February 19th, 2014  
@elaine55 Thanks Elaine. I was so lucky with this shot. I don't usually manage to get a photo of them either, as you say they are so timid. As you can see he was getting ready to run!! He was in our frangipani tree and I had quite a bit of zoom on this.

Know what you mean about the humidity. We had torrential downpour and thunder storm this afternoon and I think the humidity is now up to about 90% I am almost stripped off too!! Going to be a very humid night I think.
February 19th, 2014  
I have not seen a Rosella for ages. Good capture Babs. Come to Cairns the humid is high and wet every day...lol
February 19th, 2014  
just like the one that visits here everyday - their call is beautiful - great shot Babs
February 19th, 2014  
Beautiful shot they are so colourful and cheeky
February 19th, 2014  
@leestevo Thanks Lee Ann. don't think I could cope with high humidity every day.
February 19th, 2014  
@annied Thanks Annie. We have got a lot of rosella's at the moment and lots of other birds too. We have an olive tree in our garden and they are having a great time eating all the olives.
February 19th, 2014  
Great capture Babs, we have both Eastern and Crimson R.osellas, they are so timid. Good luck with the rain :-)
February 19th, 2014  
@onewing how wonderful - we always get lorikeets and very often Eastern and Crimson Rosellas, the occasional galah and sulphurs always around
February 19th, 2014  
@hermann Thanks Sally. More rain and thunder today, very humid now. We don't get crimson rosellas here, only the eastern. We used to get crimson in Melbourne.
February 19th, 2014  
@tracelee Thanks Tracey, this one had been eating the olives off one of our trees.
February 19th, 2014  
You are so lucky to see so many stunning birds, great shot
February 19th, 2014  
wow... love it!!!
February 19th, 2014  
I used to have an eastern rosella as a pet. Love this photo. Great capture of a cute bird.
February 19th, 2014  
What great colours - love it.
February 20th, 2014  
Beautiful colors - nice shot!!
February 20th, 2014  
@joeyc @lafish @cassiejoy @iwatts @mabuss Thanks so much. I was very lucky with this shot as rosella's are so timid and this one was already thinking of flying off.
February 20th, 2014  
Fabulous colors and capture!
February 20th, 2014  
@sunraye Thahnks Raye. I was lucky to get this shot. They are so timid.
February 21st, 2014  
Lee
Very colourful looking bird.
February 26th, 2014  
@gamelee Thanks Lee, they are so beautiful but so timid. Not easy to get a photo of.
February 26th, 2014  
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