red-capped parrot

.... personal. I couldn't resist... was close enough that I needed to zoom right back to get him all in, so thought... well why not? So I did... brought you a head shot instead. I don't often do these!

... well ... ladies don't wear caps, do they LOL Such lovely parrots these Red-caps, and she sat rather nicely on the fence.

And just along from where the honeyeater was one of the handsome Red-capped Parrots came in for a feed too. Nice-looking birds these.

Back at the house, high up the top of the trees Judy pointed out a juvenile Red-capped Parrot! I didn't realise they had fledged already. An awkward angle of course, so not the greatest of pictures.

After Alex had put the bowl of food on the grass, it attracted at least 7 Red-capped Parrots as well as the Laughing Doves and Common Bronzewings (but they didn't get much of a look in!) There was much coming and going of these parrots, so I couldn't resist the opportunity of taking some flight...

Red-capped Parrots are mostly seen along the coastal areas of this corner of Western Australia around the Albany area. The females and immature birds are much less showy than the brilliantly coloured male.

... take your pick please. Actually there's quite a few definitions of Redcap when you do some research LOL. Hope you don't get bored with seeing these guys, they were such a novelty for me, and I only saw them in Alex's garden. Such handsome parrots too. They have a very similar tail to the...

.... or whatever the feminine term is for a Goblin LOL. Thanks to Jonno, who found that a Redcap is also a goblin from the Borders (Scotland/England... particularly Northumberland) folklore. She looks rather benign, really, not the described .... malevolent and murderous!!! I didn't see so...

Back at home after our leg stretch, more joys awaited, the first of which was a Red-capped Parrot. Big, and colourful and wonderful and a joy to see throughout my stay with Alex and June. Re the caption: The Military Police here are nicknamed Redcaps as that is the colour of their berets. I...

Taken in my garden when all travel was banned due to Coronavirus fears. My only opportunity to take some photos and record some of the 70+ species that have visited the garden .

Taken in Lesmurdie,WA just outside my back door. This an endemic WA species which is so common in my garden you sometimes forget how beautiful they are. The beak is pointed to feed on Marri tree nuts.They pierce the cap with the long spikey beak and " drink" the seeds inside .This...

Young Red cap.

One of the many that come in to the feeder.

Waiting to be fed by mum and dad who are above at the feeder.

I have the food bowl wired at a set distance from the top pot to stop the pigeons feeding The Red capped Parrots and Rosella's can still get in to feed. Any movement brings them around for a look.

Male Red-capped Parrot in the garden

Red-capped Parrot in the garden.

Red-capped parrot Purpereicephalus spurius Photographed Mary Carroll Park, Gosnells, Perth, WA

I have been trying tp photograph this bird for a month but it always stays well hidden!