Parrot's eye view

I'm going on hols for a while to a land far, far away.

Yes, I believe they have parrots in this magical place. So there'll be plenty of snaps of exotic parrots on my return.

The country I'm visiting is not specifically known for its parrots, more for its cockerels. Like this one-eyed supporter in the picture, I'll be flying the green and gold of Australia at the Rugby World Cup, which starts later this week.

Can you guess the name of the tres sportif land I'll be visiting, so far, far across the sea?

Oh, what the hell, it's France.

Until my return, au revoir to yar and yar and yar.

Flapping the gums

"Na, just up for a chat is all."

Parrot De Niro's squawking, squawking Italian.

"You talkin' to me? ... You talkin' to me?"

Walking with parrot saurs

... but, hey, as long as he's having fun, who am I to cast aspersions on his intelligence?

Parrot high on grass

... this thing, on the other hand, is only marginally brighter ...

Parrot parity?

As much as I love the whimsically-named pink and grey, I can't work out if it's as cute as the equally imaginatively-named 28.

I'll sit on the fence and let you decide.

Comments are good.

Life's great when you're 28, mate.

This is my favourite 28 shot of the day. By gosh, they love a grass seed.

It's hard to get them to face you when you're snapping them though. A more camera shy parrot there aint.

Tippy-toe! Tippy-toe! Wild parrots put on Kings Park show.

It's been a while since a Western Ringneck featured on Wild Parrots, so here's a couple in the foreground, snapped by me this arvy in Kings Park.

That's a baby galah in the background, happily grazing away under the negligent eye of his mum, but more on baby galah later.

Back to the ringnecker, which Western Australians know better as a '28', because that's the sound its rolling chirp makes. Either that, or 'tippy toe!', as George Costanza would say.

Grassias

... except if you're a turf-farmer.

Sprung today in Kings Park, Perth

From a distance, these Western Ringnecks (Barnardius zonarius) look sinister. But up close, they're pretty damn cute ...