Parrot

AzzaroAzzaro Registered Users Posts: 5,643 Major grins
edited February 16, 2011 in Other Cool Shots
From my archives...shot awhile back during a trip to the zoo.

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THANKS FOR LOOKING C&C ALWAYS WELCOME

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  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,325 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2011
    Outstanding shot, Gary. That is a beautiful bird that you captured very well. clap.gif

    Tom
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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2011
    Looks like a Scarlet Macaw! And it is lovely. GReat shot, Gary! thumb.gif

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    Don
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  • EddyEddy Registered Users Posts: 320 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2011
    Wooow factor ...luv it.. and the colors are all to sweet...
    E.J.W

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  • AzzaroAzzaro Registered Users Posts: 5,643 Major grins
    edited February 15, 2011
    black mamba wrote: »
    Outstanding shot, Gary. That is a beautiful bird that you captured very well. clap.gif

    Tom


    THANKS TOM..........:Dgary
  • AzzaroAzzaro Registered Users Posts: 5,643 Major grins
    edited February 15, 2011
    DonRicklin wrote: »
    Looks like a Scarlet Macaw! And it is lovely. GReat shot, Gary! thumb.gif

    clap.gif

    Don
    rolleyes1.gif

    THANKS DON......
  • AzzaroAzzaro Registered Users Posts: 5,643 Major grins
    edited February 15, 2011
    Eddy wrote: »
    Wooow factor ...luv it.. and the colors are all to sweet...[/QUOTE

    THANKS EDDIE..........:Dgary
  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited February 15, 2011
    Great job ... I like that you caught it doing something.
    Mary
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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2011
    Dogdots wrote: »
    Great job ... I like that you caught it doing something.

    Macaws are famous for chewing up the wood work, and anything else. :D

    Don


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  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2011
    DonRicklin wrote: »
    Macaws are famous for chewing up the wood work, and anything else. :D

    Don


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    Thanks for letting me know that ... I didn't know they did that. Think if I got one it would chew up my moulding .. I want new :D
    Mary
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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2011
    Dogdots wrote: »
    Thanks for letting me know that ... I didn't know they did that. Think if I got one it would chew up my moulding .. I want new :D
    Dogdots, check the ficus in this shot with our Scarlet Macaw at the EcoTarium, and this one three years later! :D Notice the stump in the lower right corner of the second image! Same ficus....... thumb.gif

    And the Tokay Vine has been chewed down more, too...rolleyes1.gif

    Don
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  • DogdotsDogdots Registered Users Posts: 8,795 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2011
    DonRicklin wrote: »
    Dogdots, check the ficus in this shot with our Scarlet Macaw at the EcoTarium, and this one three years later! :D Notice the stump in the lower right corner of the second image! Same ficus....... thumb.gif

    And the Tokay Vine has been chewed down more, too...rolleyes1.gif

    Don

    Wow Don .. they are chewers.

    Gary looks like you shot a photo of a very interesting bird thumb.gif
    Mary
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  • jirojiro Registered Users Posts: 1,865 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2011
    Awesome colors and sharpness, Gary. Very well composed, too. thumb.gifthumbthumb.gif
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  • AzzaroAzzaro Registered Users Posts: 5,643 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2011
    jiro wrote: »
    Awesome colors and sharpness, Gary. Very well composed, too. thumb.gifthumbthumb.gif


    Thanks jiro for looking and the nice comment.....:D
  • AzzaroAzzaro Registered Users Posts: 5,643 Major grins
    edited February 16, 2011
    Dogdots wrote: »
    Wow Don .. they are chewers.

    Gary looks like you shot a photo of a very interesting bird thumb.gif


    Hey Mary K....... Some horses will do the same thing.......It is called cribbing, some have been known to chew their corral to the ground.....

    Done by horses......
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