Bugger, !! geez Jules be more specific ?? I thought you had found the Twins  

Well done getting the photo Jules, they don't sit still posing for the camera for long!

They're Australian Ringnecks, known as 28s or 38s because that sounds a bit like their call.

Jules, the bird is a Gouldian Finch or sometimes called a Painted Finch. The one in your photo is a young bird and the colors haven't fully developed. I used to keep and breed them when I was a kid. The head color can be red, black or yellow. You'll find more information on this site. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gouldian_finch  They are quite common in N. T. and northern part of W. A.

Here is a photo of a fully developed bird...

 

BG - Gerty says it is a ring necked parrot ? and there were not any others like the one you posted around anywhere - they have a vivid blue under their beaks, maybe on their head as well. ??

They call the 28's cos there is only 28 of them Jules 

 

The twins are in Townsville where they are appreciated Daz.

google is your friend


The joyous cry of the twenty-eight parrot and its cheeky tail wagging meant that it was always welcomed as a bringer of happiness by the Noongar people, who called the bird Darlmoorluk.

It was said that when Darlmoorluk was around, the camp was safe from evil spirits that roamed the bush.

Although twenty-eights were good to eat, the Noongar only hunted them in desperate times.

The attractive green, yellow and blue bird which frequents our parks and woodlands is known to the world at large as the Port Lincoln or ring-necked parrot, but has been given the colloquial WA name of twenty-eight because of its call, which some say sounds like it is crying "twenty-eight".

Interestingly, only the ring-necks in the South-West cry "twenty-eight". In inland WA, western South Australia and the southern Northern Territory they leave off the "eight".


Read more: www.watoday.com.au/entertainment/about-town/twentyeights-keep-evil-spirits-at-bay-20130325-2gpmt.html

unable (dumb) to copy picture but it is the same as op
brian

Of course I don't mind Jules I am happy that you take the time to read my blog

That one looks like it's dancing Marj.  Lovely High-kick there. 

Cheers,

Sheba.

They are called 28s as they call 28 28 28. Spend too much ammo shooting them. Would get 200 to 300 a day in traps. Needed to do that under permit otherwise they would pull up the crop as it was just coming through. Gave up with traps so used to feed them 3 or 4 bags of grain a day (hoping that they would get bloat and go away)for the first 2 weeks after sowing to get the crop established. It is amazing that they can go and pull up every seed in a hundred acre paddock over a week. That is lots of beaks working. They never ate much just left most of the seed on top of ground. 

If you are going to run over them you have to leave at least 2 wheels on sealed surface to add some fairness.

With all that in mind they are a beautiful bird and very funny things to watch playing. Just wish they wouldn't breed so much.

 

Neil

 

Used to live in SW WA, the 28's are sods with fruit trees, first eat the flowers, then the green fruit, then the ripe fruit and finally come back and bite the branches off !!

Happywanderer wrote:

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Definitely the 28 parrot, because their call sounds like they are saying 28, otherwise known as the Ringneck parrot.
I have dozens of photos of them taken all over WA.

This one taken at Kojonup.

 

-- Edited by Happywanderer on Thursday 23rd of October 2014 10:14:30 PM

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 That is indeed a nice photo Marj!

Thanks Red Dog - haven't seen you on for a while -we went to Dampier and saw the statue of Red Dog - had photos taken -not a bad place.

delapan wrote:

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Used to live in SW WA, the 28's are sods with fruit trees, first eat the flowers, then the green fruit, then the ripe fruit and finally come back and bite the branches off !!

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Wow.   I wonder what happened to their original food supply ?

Cheers,

Sheba.