Category Archives: Parrots and Lorikeets

Winter antics in the flowering gums

Due to some good rainfall over recent winters many of the large Eucalypts flowered along the Elwood Canal (Elster Creek). Often the trees would be full of squawking Rainbow and Musk Lorikeets. I came across a few Rainbow Lorikeets hanging down from the lower branches, quite happily ignoring me as they fed on the nectar.

Rainbow Lorikeet, Elwood, Vic, June 2021
Rainbow Lorikeet
Rainbow Lorikeet, Elwood, Vic, June 2021
Rainbow Lorikeet (ii)
Rainbow Lorikeet, Elwood, Vic, June 2021
Rainbow Lorikeet (iii)
Rainbow Lorikeet, Elwood, Vic, June 2021
Rainbow Lorikeet (iv)
Rainbow Lorikeet, Elwood, Vic, June 2021
Rainbow Lorikeet (v)
Rainbow Lorikeet, Elwood, Vic, June 2021
Rainbow Lorikeet (vi)
Rainbow Lorikeet, Elwood, Vic, June 2021
Rainbow Lorikeet (vii)
Rainbow Lorikeet, Elwood, Vic, June 2021
Rainbow Lorikeet (viii)
Rainbow Lorikeet, Elwood, Vic, June 2021
Rainbow Lorikeet (ix)
Rainbow Lorikeet, Elwood, Vic, June 2021
Rainbow Lorikeet (x)