Captives - Major Mitchell

[Lance Peters]

Hi - thiis the first of a couple of captive birds - really just to show you some of the harder to find birds.

Not really posting these for a crtique as such, they are really only snapshots.

Shot in the great flight avery at the royal melbourne zoo, viewing angles are extremely limited.

Major Mitchell Cockatoo - had a lot of other shots but nothing showing the fine head feathers.

Hope you enjoy.

[Alfred Forns]

Marvelous looking birds lance !!! Must be a treat to watch !! btw I like the peek a boo look here !!! Cute !!!

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Lance: Beautiful bird. Love the pose and detail in the whites. Thanks for showing it to us. Uncle Gus

[Gus Cobos]

Good looking fellow lance...:) Did you give him a cracker?:D:cool:

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Lance,
Beautiful bird - looks a little bashful to me - must be that long lens of yours...:D:eek:
Regards,
Nicki

[Desmond Chan]

I like that peek-a-boo look, too. Cute!

[Harold Davis]

love the peek a boo too!!! looks like you found a fairly clean bg for the zoo!! thanks for sharing!

[Anita Rakestraw]

I loved seeing this Major Mitchell too, Lance, and agree that you got a cute pose and a clean one for a zoo setting! These guys have such beautiful crests!

[Oscar Zangroniz]

A lovely bird indeed. Love these Cockatoos. I have a 23 year old bear eye that lives at my mom's house. He's a screamer and it was him moving out or the both of us. My wife could not stand it any more. Have never seen one of these.
Your image is very sahep and I like the composition.
Regards,

[Kristin Brown]

Lance,
Very nice for a "snapshot". By the way, I have 6 captive, and very loved, parrots myself. I think they have so much personality and your shot demonstrates this clearly...at least to me. "hey what are you guys looking at"!! Thanks, Kristin