Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius) Mallee form Bowra

[Rod Warnock]

Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius) Mallee form Bowra Station nr Cunnamulla Qld. Australia
Canon EOS 40D Lens 100-400mm L IS USM at 360mm ISO 400 F9 1/1250 fill flash 7 Aug 2009
Taken at Bowra Station at a lagoon where various birds were coming into drink. Bowra Station is some 14,000 hectares and is set to become a flora and fauna sanctuary by Australian Wildlife Conservancy see: http://www.australianwildlife.org/Bowra.aspx

Thank you for viewing

[Tony Whitehead]

Welcome, Rod. Lovely image for a first post. Nice colours and pose and interesting to see the bird in water. Only suggestion is a touch of CCW rotation - dropping a line from the beak to it's reflection is probably the easiest way to square it up. Looking forward to more of your birds.

[Harshad Barve]

Big welcome to BPN , nice first image to start with , Agreed with Tony here
TFS

[Leo Berzins]

Welcome to BPN Rod. A great bird to open with.
A lower angle would have made it even better but, of course, that's not always possible.
Looking forward to more birds from Bowra.

[Rob Drummond]

G'day Rod - you've really captured the vivid greens of this species, lovely shot. Do you have any spare room in front of the bird?

cheers
Rob

[Suzanne Huot]

Welcome to BPN,looks like you are goong to post some new and interesting birds for all to see,Nice to see some habitat around this colourful ringneck