Canon 1D IIN, 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 USM IS lens.Photographers often attract a group of onlookers when they're shooting. Last night we had lots of people checking out the three beautiful young women we were photographing in the streets of a local outback city. This morning the outback photographer was shooting a small commercial job from a boat on the Murray River. While drifting downstream to get the shot, I noticed another group of onlookers. One seemed to be really interested in what I was doing, while the rest may have had a hard Saturday night out, as they seemed more inclined to just doze while I fiddled around in a boat below.
For those of you not familiar with our Australian bird life these guys go by a common name of Little Corella. They flock in large numbers together, spend the day foraging for seed on the ground, or high up in the tree canopy, doing their level best to rip every leaf from the tree.
Destructive little buggers, and did I mention noisy. Continuous high pitched screeching and chatter while they feed and play which rises to an almost deafening crescendo when they take flight on mass. Forming swirling and twisting clouds of white and soft yellow as they demonstrate their amazing aptitude for aerobatics and obstacle avoidance, while flying wing tip to wing tip continually changing direction in total harmony.
If you find yourself camping anywhere in the Australian outback it would be wise to check that your camp site isn't to close to a flock of these guys. Let's just say you won't get a good nights uninterrupted sleep.
For those of you who care the Little Corella has the rather grand scientific name of Cacatua sanguinea
For those of you not familiar with our Australian bird life these guys go by a common name of Little Corella. They flock in large numbers together, spend the day foraging for seed on the ground, or high up in the tree canopy, doing their level best to rip every leaf from the tree.
Destructive little buggers, and did I mention noisy. Continuous high pitched screeching and chatter while they feed and play which rises to an almost deafening crescendo when they take flight on mass. Forming swirling and twisting clouds of white and soft yellow as they demonstrate their amazing aptitude for aerobatics and obstacle avoidance, while flying wing tip to wing tip continually changing direction in total harmony.
If you find yourself camping anywhere in the Australian outback it would be wise to check that your camp site isn't to close to a flock of these guys. Let's just say you won't get a good nights uninterrupted sleep.
For those of you who care the Little Corella has the rather grand scientific name of Cacatua sanguinea
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