Bird

[Barbarian]

[Jeanne Lee]

How pretty!  Looks like he's staring right at me, checking me out. 

[JudyB]

He Looks like a cocatiel....I love birds, and would love to get a cocatiel again.

[geofft]

Nice shot. Yes it is a Cockatiel also known as a Quarrion.They are good talkers and whistlers.Have just had a red wattle bird looking at me  through my shed window as I type.He is looking for nesting material including spider webs.
Here is a link to a recent shot of one I took that was exploring for bugs on our front fence. Geoff T Adelaide South Australia

https://picasaweb.google.com/110025732481253590052/GeoffThompson?authkey=Gv1sRgCNbrnPPu0rDSWg#5637202368298537650

[Barbarian]

Very attractive little bird.   Are they common in your part of the world?

[geofft]

Yes they are a popular cage bird but not a bird you generally see in the capital cities and suburbs. They are birds of the outback and there are variations in their colours in captivity due to breeding.I have never seen them in the wild and I have spent a lot of time in the bush but I believe they are still relatively common in their habitats.This one looks like a female from my bird indentification book and it is the natural colour.I'm presuming you are talking about the Cockatiel not the red wattle bird.The red wattle birds are very common in suburbs where native australian plants are in abundance although in the 1950's and 60's they were rarely seen but people started growing more native plants in their gardens in suburbs from 1970's  which attracted lots of our native birds back into the suburbs. The red wattle birds are quite aggressive towards smaller native birds.I have been a birdwatcher since I was 12 , now 65.  regards Geoff T

[JudyB]

Thank you Geoff T