Australian Birds: Adult Crimson Rosellas (Platycercus elegans)

You've seen the juvenile. Now, take a look at these, and you'll understand why I had so much trouble trying to work out if it was the same bird or not. This is the adult. Apparently, it takes around two years for the juveniles to lose their greenish tinge and wear this red-and-blue coat.

The ones around my house are shy and pretty uncooperative.

If the tree hadn't had so much fruit on it, I doubt he would have stuck around,

but he took a good look at the camera,

and decided the search for food was more important.

Some of those berries can be downright hard to reach,

but well worth the effort.