Blue-cheeked rosellas

I noticed that there weren't any Rosellas on the Blip Big Year bird challenge list yet, so as I managed to catch this pair on one of my little conifers this morning, I thought I'd blip them.

I know the quality is not that great, the images are very heavily cropped - I had my macro lens on the camera and had to crawl on my hands and knees to get a bit closer to them! (I know they will fly off if they see me, as I have had this happen with these two several times!)

They love eating the little pine cones and are making quite a mess of the tree, scattering bits of tree everywhere and bending the branches down. This pair is an adult (the rather scruffy mostly red one) and a juvenile, who has a lot more green on it - but both have the distinctive blue cheeks. There are several varieties of rosella in Australia, with either white, blue or yellow cheeks.