Rainbow lorikeet on a treebranch by Yvonne

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26-AUG-2009	Yvonne

Rainbow lorikeet on a treebranch

Watching me and telling his small flock that there is fresh seed in the dish.
There is a "pecking order" on who eats first, working in pairs, and
the lorikeets are the boss over numerous larger birds who come to our
seed bowl.

Canon EOS 40D ,Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
1/100s f/5.6 at 300.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

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Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)		17-Dec-2009 06:31
Excellent in every aspect! V+ Paolo

Guest		29-Aug-2009 22:38
The 'pecking order' you describe has operated at our place too, so much so that now I place seed in separate small dishes fairly close together but not able to be dominated by any particular bird. It's now more entertaining to watch as more birds come simultaneously but they continuously swap and change to see if another dish has a better offering!

laine82		26-Aug-2009 23:44
They're out and about here too...aren't we lucky to have such fine feathered visitors

Ann...		26-Aug-2009 20:10
They are very beautiful and very noisy. This is a lovely shot of him.

Chris		26-Aug-2009 20:02
They are real beauties but also very noisy! Nice catch. Chris

BAS Photography		26-Aug-2009 17:57
Lovely! ~V~

Gerard Koehl		26-Aug-2009 14:53
Il est superbe... V

Mairéad		26-Aug-2009 14:09
He's so colourful I'm not surprised he rules the roost.

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