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Blue-winged Parrot
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Blue-winged Parrot

by Rob Drummond

Gallery: AvianPosted March 28, 2012196 views9 comments
Flocks of Blue-winged Parrots were feeding in saltmarsh. As with many species of parrots, they were fairly easy to approach as long as you kept a very low profile. This is a female. The males were in moult and pretty scruffy

1DMk IIn 500/f4 1.4X
ISO 400 f7.1 1/250

cheers
Rob

Comments

9 comments
Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on March 28, 2012 at 11:00 AM
She's a beauty, Rob. I like the pose. Looks like she's modelled before. :toast:
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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on March 28, 2012 at 1:23 PM
Marvelous colouring and perfect pose. Not the tiniest nit from me.
Sandy
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Comment posted by Anand Narayanan on March 28, 2012 at 1:42 PM
Gorgeous bird on a gorgeous perch :toast:
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Comment posted by Matt Shellenberg on March 28, 2012 at 1:54 PM
Wow, what a beautiful bird, Rob. You have captured it extremely well. Nice pose on an interesting perch. Awesome image.
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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on March 28, 2012 at 1:59 PM
Great over the shoulder pose. Also love the perch and the BG. Great detail as always. Super shot.
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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on March 28, 2012 at 10:32 PM
Great composition and head turn Rob :toast:
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Comment posted by Ken Archer on March 29, 2012 at 3:17 AM
Sweet portrait of this beauty Rob :cool: The soft light works well here.

Ken Archer
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Comment posted by Charles Gangas on March 29, 2012 at 11:12 AM
Lovely pose and beautiful coloring-excellent capture Rob.
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Comment posted by May Haga on March 29, 2012 at 1:41 PM
Very nice image Rob.
May
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