Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus) Murrays Beach NSW Australia
Canon EOS 7D Lens 400mm L USM ISO400 F7.1 1/1000 flash 17 February 2012
Part of a series at Murrays Beach I noticed that this Scaly-breasted Lorikeet after emerging from the nest hole paused then flew down to a near by Fig and proceeded to feast on the fruit. The fig is apparently the Port Jackson Fig or Rusty Fig ( Ficus rubiginosa ) initially I thought it may have been the Small-leaved Fig, (Ficus obliqua). Both species are Australian native flora and the fruit is used by Australian Aborigines as bush tucker and fibre from the tree used in baskets.
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Rod Warnock
Hi Rod, informative reading in your introduction. This fellow has striking colours, and love the hint of fig in the beak. Im fine with the busy leafy surroundings, but do wish the vertical leaf across the chest was not there. Since you have cut some leaves from the right in your comp, I would maybe come in a little more, so as not to place the parrot too central in the frame.