galahs

going back to last year, for those of you who like our birds. These galahs were on a playing field down the road from me, and I had a lot of fun with them over a few trips. They are extremely comical, and love to play, rolling over and doing funny stances. I didn't get the chance to look this year,except the other day, but the playing field is all ploughed up, probably because of the floods from early this year, but I hope it means they will be returfing. It was at least 8 metres under!

40D and 400mm

What clowns! Very entertaining shots, Tina.
Al

Heh Heh, those are great shots cat, the one rolling over is great, it is still bringing a smile to me, Thanks. Quite beautiful birds they are, do they ever get in the trees or some kind of perch? They would make for some beautiful portraits.
Well done!

Those are just great! What a cute little bird! Love the birds Down Under! Would love to go back there someday.

Excellent captures and they look like fun subjects to photograph.

Great shots Tina, they're such beautiful birds. I sure wish they were flying around wild over here.

The fella makes me laugh ! These are much better than the one i posted not long ago Tina. You captured these "Characters" beauitfully!

They look like they could occupy a photgrapher for hours w/their antics Tina; and what a blast to shoot. Your shots certainly capture some of the "spcial character" of these guys.

Gorgeous birds! The detail and colors are quite beautiful... The guy playing "dead" is a real comedian... Nice work Tina... Happy New Year.

db

Excellent! Great captures, well done!

Wow, Tina, these are wonderful! And what great looking birds. They do seem to have fun out there!

thankyou everyone for your lovely comments, glad they made you smile!
Bret, yes, they are in trees etc, but they feed of the grass seeds, which is why they were on the ground. And yes, I spent hours with them, so much fun.
happy new year everyone!

A beautiful bird and they do look like a lot of fun to photograph. Great set.

Thanks for those very entertaining shots, Tina! Happy New Year to you too.

Fantastic series Tina. I'm SO envious of the beautiful species you have there and these make me miss our pet Galah Petey, who has found a new home now. We also had a Crimson Rosella years ago, another beautiful bird from the Aussie gene pool.

Happy New Year, I hope it's filled with great photo ops.