The bird known as Prince...
The bird known as Prince...
and a colour scheme to die for! Prince, and his partner (who has a completely different color scheme but is very shy) are Australian King Parrots and sometime visitors to our backyard, where Prince will sometimes allow himself to be fed with sunflower seeds. Apologies for the poor picture, they usually visit in the late afternoon when the light is going.
If you're interested, there is some more information at this link (including an example of their call, bottom right of the web page - however Prince makes a much wider range of noises and is actually a bit of a mimic it seems to me): www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Alisterus-scapularis
[The bird known as Prince_2_IMG_1938]233v3f4c-pre-CC
The bird known as Prince...
The bird known as Prince...
and a colour scheme to die for! Prince, and his partner (who has a completely different color scheme but is very shy) are Australian King Parrots and sometime visitors to our backyard, where Prince will sometimes allow himself to be fed with sunflower seeds. Apologies for the poor picture, they usually visit in the late afternoon when the light is going.
If you're interested, there is some more information at this link (including an example of their call, bottom right of the web page - however Prince makes a much wider range of noises and is actually a bit of a mimic it seems to me): www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Alisterus-scapularis
[The bird known as Prince_2_IMG_1938]233v3f4c-pre-CC