scaly-breasted lorikeet

At home in the garden I would get maybe five or six of these Lorikeets at any one time . The other day at Sandy Camp Rd there were hundreds upon hundreds feeding on the blossom . A wonderful sight.

After we got back I was busy downloading and sorting my pictures from the day, when Ken called me out. A Scaly-breasted Lorikeet had arrived. I managed three quick shots before he went. However, Ken said not to worry, he'd likely come back again. But he didn't, sadly. Unfortunately my images...

Seen here feeding on the flowers of Grevillea robusta

Taken from the verandah on a dull morning .

Feeding on the flowers of the Golden Penda ( Xanthostemon chrysanthus )

Had six visit the garden early this morning for a feed.

Have been to two of my local areas today with no shots. Far too much water about all over and no birds coming in from the interior. Hans and Judy are off today to Bowra Station so hopefully they will have more luck in the Outback .Resorted to taking this shot in the garden.

Only took a couple of days for all of the birds to realise that I was back home again. Costing a fortune in food again LOL . Love these little Lorikeets.

Sue managed to catch this bird feeding on the grown, which I think it is unusual.

Although we get hundreds of Rainbow Lorikeets in the garden we have only just started to get one or two of these as regular visitors. This is the only Lorikeet with a completely green head

Our only Lorikeet with a completely green head.

Only Lorikeet with completely green head

This is the hybrid Scaly-breasted x Rainbow lorikeet. It was feeding the one on the left but it just seems like a normal Rainbow Lorikeet chick. Recessive genes maybe?

This is a hybrid, Rainbow Lorikeet x Scaly-Breasted Lorikeet. A very nice looking bird and it was even feeding a chick together with a Rainbow Lorikeet.

This inoffensive Scaly-breasted lorikeet looking more menacing than it could ever be

A few stragglers hanging around the garden, feeding off the last berries on the Lilly Pilly or the last few remaining flowers on the Coral tree.

The berry tree again, the Koel (from a previous post) spends all of his time during the day chasing away Rainbow and Scaly-breasted Lorikeets, Satin Bowerbirds, Figbirds and Wattle Birds. He leaves the tree just after sunset and the Scaly's arrive in force. There were aapprox. 50 to 80 birds in...

Enjoying an early morning breakfast on a Coral Tree flower.