Crimson Rosella
Since these parrots are so common in Victoria (can also be found in NSW east coast and in some parts of Queensland as well as Kangaroo Island), I have finally managed to get some better photos of them (these were taken by my husband). They can be readily found in Willsons Prom where ever since I was a kid we used to feed them - they're so friendly they'll climb all over you with their scratchy little claws to get at the sunflower seeds. Here we have two adults feasting in our backyard. Immature Crimson Rosellas are funnily enough, green.
Galah
Galahs are noisy. Not quite as noisy as a Cockatoo, but still pretty darn noisy. They're inquisitive and they're quite smart. It's related to the Cockatoo and is sometimes called the Rose Breasted Cockatoo. It's the most common of the Cockatoo family.
Attract them to your bird feeder with sunflower seeds. Beware however, they can scare away other birds and sunflowers can attracted Cockies.
Eastern Rosella
Very similar in size, shape and call to the Crimson Rosella, where you find one, you'll often find the other. This Eastern Rosella was feeding in our home made bird feeder. Fantastic colors make the mature Eastern Rosella easily identifiable. Crimson head and white cheeks, yellow front that almost fades into the green rump. Blue, green and yellow in the wings. A very bright bird that seems to be partial to sunflower seeds.
Rainbow Lorikeet
Noisey. Look in a flowering gum-tree and you'll most likey know they're in there... but amongst the green leaves and colored flowers you'll have to look carefully, and wait for your moment. Quick moving, these inteligent birds will chatter, fight, zip around, eat and then chat some more before flying to another tree and doing it all over again. They can be found in Perth, northern WA, northern part of the NT, northern and east cost of Queensland, NSW and Victoria. Can not be mistaken for any other parrot as no other parrot has a blue head and such bright, rainbow colors.
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