Such a beautiful species!
1/2000, f/6.3, ISO 1600, handheld
Canon R5, Canon RF 600mm f/4 L IS USM
I was snuggled at the edge of my favourite dam in the Little Desert, wishing that the sun would stay up a little longer, when this female Red-rumped Parrot landed on a stump in the water. Females don’t have a red rump. Such beautiful lighting, such a beautiful bird!
Happy birding, Kim
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Love that quote I will add to my special quotes file.
You only need to sit on a beach look out over the ocean and then look up at the sky, pick up a grain of sand and then realise how big the world is and the tiny footprint we can leave and then make sure we leave it in the best condition we can for all those who follow.
That is so true Barbara
I saw a flock of about 20 of these red rumped parrots down on a grassy patch of foreshore at Elwood beach just the other morning. It was such a thrill, because at first I thought they were rainbow lorikeets, then as they moved closer towards me – they were pecking at the grass – I realised they weren’t lorries, as they didn’t have red beaks, but were another species entirely. They are smaller than lorries, and have vivid green feathers with a lovely metallic sheen to their plumage – and of course, the red markings on the rear feathers – those bright red stripes are what gave me the clue to identifying the species, when I raced home and looked them up in my Aussie bird guide. Such a thrill to see an Aussie bird I have never seen before! I sat down in the grass amongst them, and they seemed unbothered by me, as they pecked along the grass, very close to me. They were grazing, and I was gazing – in rapture!
That sounds like a truly wonderful experience Deirdre, “grazing, and… gazing” sounds like the perfect way to describe it.
State government has taken control away from council and residents and stated ‘this is a development attached to the Suburban Rail Loop’. This, of course, is completely fictitious because as stated it was being planned in secret years ago! More lies from politicians in positions of power treating the public like ‘mushrooms’!
Most of those billionaires are too busy blowing up our amazing natural environments, digging massive holes and knocking down every tree and definitely do not have any interest in the precious, unique and amazing birds and wildlife trying to make a home for their children.
All those billions could solve poverty, homelessness and save our natural world, birds and wildlife. Thankfully there are people and groups life yourself determined to protect and save our natural environment and all need our support.
Enjoy your piece of paradise and all its amazing feathery residents and friends and keep finding places to snuggle and connect with all that Mother Nature provides.
Billionaires and politicians should listen to these two great people.
“Look deep into nature and then you will understand everything better.” Albert Einstein
“We won’t have a society if we destroy the environment.” Margaret Mead
You’ve made me think of the quote attributed to Chief Seattle: This we know:
The earth does not belong to us
We belong to the earth.
All things are connected
Like the blood which unites one family
We do not weave the web of life
We are merely a strand in it.
And whatever we do to the web
We do to ourselves
This the image I needed to see and enjoy as I have just spent the last week letting neighbours know that directly behind our back fence the Victorian State Government had decided, in collusion with developers, to fill a 7.5 hectare site with hellscrapers up to 20 storeys (originally 45 storeys), housing 4000 apartments and over 7000 people. At our back fence will be two skyscrapers one 8 storeys and behind that 16 storeys. Our houses will be in darkness. No sun, no natural light, no sky, no trees, no birds, no wildlife. The council and residents have been stopped from decision making and given no time at all to be informed and discuss, debate or challenge this destruction of our suburb. We live in low rise, single storey houses in a suburb, not a CBD!
Up the road the Council and residents worked together to develop a 20.5 hectare site and this site houses 700 apartments, 2000 people, a supermarket, theatre, retail shops and off street parking and the height of the buildings is between 4 and 6 storeys!!!
Compare and you can see that this is massive overdevelopment and our quality of life is destroyed. No trees, no nests, no birds, no bird song and living in the shadow of massive blocks of concrete with traffic, noise, pollution, lights and, of course, parking and infrastructure problems.
This beautiful Red-rumped parrot symbolises everything we will lose. Beauty, nature, seerenity and, of course, our feathered friends. The Victorian state government and politicians do not care about birds and trees!!!
To everyone who loves nature, wildlife, environment and, of course, these beautiful, amazing and precious birds keep an eye on everything happening in your backyard. Apparently this project was kept SECRET for over a year and only certain people knew what was planned and did not let anyone actually affected (eg RESIDENTS) know.
Kim thank you for again sharing these wonderful images as they always bring joy and a determination to never let our beautiful feathered friends disappear.
Power to the people and peace to the world.
Oh Barbara, what an horrendous situation. It sounds unbelievably awful to be going from an area of habitat to a comparative metropolis. Why on earth weren’t locals consulted and given the chance to make submissions? We’re currently fighting Boral’s latest proposal to expand the quarry in Montrose. Boral want to take out 100s of trees with hollows, along with habitat for so many birds and other wildlife. Boral calls it ‘overburden’. This is after the surrounding land was devastated in last year’s bushfire. I’m so glad I was able to get a covenant on my little tiny patch here. If only some of Australia’s billionaires would start buying patches of habitat and setting up friends’ groups.
Lovely bird and cracking shot Kim! Des
Thanks Des! Last week’s shots were from our tour with M and L.
So serene!
That describes it perfectly Alyssa, the only sounds are the sounds of nature.