Some kind of parrot

[3stones]

I shot it yesterday with D2H and 70-200mm VR + TC17II,

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[Flew]

Now that is a nice capture. Was this in the wild? Great shot of a beautiful bird. :wink:

 

[dbirdsong]

That is a cockatiel, a very common pet.

 

[Keith]

Yep, looks like someone lost their pet. Cockatiels are very friendly and make great pets....
Nice capture!

Keith

 

[dbirdsong]

Yep, looks like someone lost their pet. Cockatiels are very friendly and make great pets....
Nice capture!

Keith

Can be very friendly.. but also can draw blood when they bite.. I know....

 

[Keith]

Well!!

Good point!!............like hand fed ones the best, goes with any bird. LOL!!!!

My sister just started breeding parrots, the god most ugliest looking babues until they get feathers. LOL.............

Keith

 

[3stones]

That bird was not someone's pet. I shot it in Ft worth Zoo. If you look at the top 1/3 of the photo, you can see some bokeh of meshes.

Here is another one,

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[3stones]

Dave & Keith, thanks for the ID.

 

[Gale]

Male and Female parakeets having a discussion :>)))

Male has blue on beak.

Pretty shots .....

Cockatiel is very pretty, really nice pose.

 

[3stones]

Gale, they were actually kissing each other. I thought this one was more implicit.