Red tail
Uploaded: October 23, 2010
Red-tailed female Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) feeding in my garden. They are very messy eaters, but I wouldn't complain :-)
Liz blahh October 23, 2010
What a beautiful bird, great capture! #1320207Paul E. Earl October 23, 2010
We only get the yellow tails here. A great thing to have visit. I wouldn't complain either. #8990790Tommy E. Burgess October 23, 2010
Another really beautiful bird and outstanding capture Barbara!! #8990796Barbara Mason October 23, 2010
A beautiful image Barbara - spectacular colouring we can forgive the messy eating habits #8990814Carolyn J. Connolly October 23, 2010
This girl is thoroughly enjoying munching on the gumnut, Barbara!! How fortunate for you to have this exquisite visitor to your garden!! Wonderful capture of this endangered beauty!! :o)
http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=67034
http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=25982 (south-eastern) #8990873
Michelle Alton October 23, 2010
Oh MY! This is the most magical! #8990886Gord MacEachern October 23, 2010
She is giving you a great pose Barbara, well done! #8990929Jean-Pierre Ducondi October 23, 2010
Gorgeous bird capture Barbara. Great clarity and composition.Carol L. Fowler October 23, 2010
Wow- a very beautifully patterned and colored bird! #8991417Tiia Vissak October 23, 2010
a cool capture! #8991446Rony Sagy October 23, 2010
Fantastic capture. #8991580Jane E. Kirn October 23, 2010
Did this guy just fly into your yard, or is it a pet? VERY NICE. I too would never complain about a messy bird in the yard. Love your gallery, it is so well done. #8991655Renata Gusciora October 23, 2010
Wonderful portrait,Barbara!You are very lucky having such lovely guests in your garden!:-) Beautiful image! #8991663John Connolly October 23, 2010
A beautiful Aussie bird and capture Barbara! I could handle an untidy yard if I had visitors like this! #8991710Phillip R. Connolly October 23, 2010
What a wonderful specimen, Barbara! We see the Black Cockatoo's on very rare occasions in our yard. Excellent capture!Phil #8991781
Stefania Barbier October 23, 2010
lovely capture Barbara! #8992212Tammy Espino October 24, 2010
I've never seen one of these!! What a traet!!! #8993502Brett Dolsen October 25, 2010
Great capture Barbara!!Our trees are too tall here and they are allways in the shady tops. #8993763Kathy Coombs October 25, 2010
What a beautiful bird and capture! I've never seen this bird! You are so lucky to have so many in your yard! #8995654Dianna Murphy November 09, 2010
I always wanted to see one, I've only read about them and seen them in bird book and here you have one in your back yard!!! Wow. An impressive shot. Are they endangered? #9023442Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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