{"id":1809,"date":"2025-04-20T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yeo.id.au\/?p=1809"},"modified":"2025-04-16T07:15:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T21:15:39","slug":"rainbow-lorikeets-of-bababi-marning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yeo.id.au\/index.php\/2025\/04\/20\/rainbow-lorikeets-of-bababi-marning\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Lorikeets of Bababi Marning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rainbow Lorikeet<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Rainbow Lorikeet<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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Rainbow Lorikeet<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

On 14 April 2025, we decided try to look for birds at a different location. Bababi Marning, also known as Cooper Street Grassland Nature Conservation Reserve. This location was host to Robins last Winter but I wasn’t aware of it until the Robins have vacated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since there have been many sightings for Robin in locations around Melbourne, I have decided to pay Bababi Marning a visit to find out if the Robin have arrived in this location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadly, I did not observed any Robins but there were plenty of the usual birds that calls Melbourne home with the exception of Dusky Woodswallows. However, a much of Rainbow Lorikeets did caught my attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many people consider these birds as a nuisance as they often feed on fruits grown in gardens. Their calls can be very annoying; perhaps second only to the Sulphur-crested Cockatoos. However, they are undeniably a very beautiful bird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was fortunate enough that these birds in Bababi Marning posed for me. They perched on a dead tree trunk on a bank of Merri Creek. As the oppose bank of the creek was reasonably far away, there was good isolation of the subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While they were reasonably tolerant of my approach, they were flapping their wings while perched as if to increase the volume of their bodies to send me a warning. They really have no cause to be alarmed because there was a ditch separating me and them. When they depart their perch, I managed to capture one of them in flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rainbow Lorikeets may not be everyone’s favourite birds but they are without doubt one of the most photo-genic animals in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First: Nikon Z 9, Nikkor Z 800mm f\/6.3 VR S @ 1\/640s f\/6.3\u00a0ISO<\/em>1250<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second: Nikon Z 9, Nikkor Z 800mm f\/6.3 VR S @ 1\/3200s f\/6.3\u00a0ISO4000<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third: Nikon Z 9, Nikkor Z 800mm f\/6.3 VR S @ 1\/640s f\/6.3\u00a0ISO800<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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