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Published: 2010-12-31 22:27:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 451; Favourites: 30; Downloads: 0
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This was taken last year inside the Lorikeet exhibit at the Cincinnati Zoo. Some young kids were feeding the birds with the seed sticks (the only way that I can describe them) that they use now. The Zoo used to feed the birds necter but now they use these sticks. Anyway, I think his blue head feathers are simply gorgeous!Location: Cincinnati Zoo
Date: 7/7/2010
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I usually use seed stick to as a sweet for my hamster
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Thank you! I especially love that shade of blue! The contrast with the orange really makes it stand out!
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Yes, I was being "chastised" by the population for only having a camera! One bird was, I'm sure, cussing me out! 
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Maybe you need to put some seeds on your camera,then everyone will be happy 
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Hey, now there's a thought! That could bring some interesting images!
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A seed holder at the minimun focal distance of your lens
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I should design that and then get a patent on it for photographers! Good idea!
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I want half the royalties!!!!
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Thanks, Patty Ann! Perhaps State Fair....I don't know....the geese are also in the running...
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I think the colors are stunning! Really eye catching. It could do well at the fair.
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Brushtongues like lorikeets should always be offered nectar, because that's what they eat in the wild, among squishy fruit and seed offered at people's feeders. Lorikeets, cockatoos, cockatiels, budgies, king parrots and rosellas, among other parrots, are as common in Australia as backyard birds as sparrows are in America.
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Yeah, I know. Wouldn't it be great to be in Australia and have these guys outside our backdoor? I didn't know the part about the nectar and I don't know why the exhibit took the nectar away. Perhaps they use the nectar to keep the seed on the stick.
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They use molasses to 'glue' the seeds to the stick, and the molasses is as tasty as the seeds. To the birds, I wouldn't know. OR WOULD I? LOL
But for brushtongues like lorikeets, nectar makes up a large part of their diet in the wild. They feed off the same flowers that bees, hummingbirds and butterflies do, as well as fruit with soft flesh. Seeds and nuts are part of their diet, but their tongues are specially formed to gather nectar from flowers and fruit; they have bristles on the tip of their tongue, which makes it look like a brush. Hence the term brushtongue.
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I wouldn't put it past you to have tried it!!!!
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LOL I haven't, but if I was hungry enough I would brave cracking a tooth on the millet in the molasses.
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Wow amazing pic again!! Even the contrast in the blue feathers is so diverse.... really well captured.
The look and expresion is like... don't you dare take my meal..hehe...... a camera is a safe way to get close right?? haha
Happy New Year!!!!
ps if we all could fly once in a lifetime... mmmm
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Yeah, thankfully he was concentrating on that seed and not choosing to come after me! It was fun being in this exhibit this day because, since I didn't have any food (only the camera), I was getting royally chewed out by a huge bird population!!! 
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Hahahaha yes I can see you duck and crawl...
Guess that's the trick yes...see and not to be seen!!! hehe
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Hahahaha! I took this one photo of this bird just yellin' at me! It's not good enough to post but it sure makes me laugh! Man, was he mad!
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hahaha yes they sure can have an atitude sometimes... but it's very funny to see them upset, being this small comparing to us. Now is that brave or what??? hehe
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"Size matters not." This they truly embody!
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TuT so pretty, the detail that your camera captured is just wicked man!
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You're welcome and you did a fantastic job :'D
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I appreciate your words more than you know!
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You're welcome
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His feathers look so neat!! Man, why can't people be that cool?
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Don't ya just love that blue??? Yeah, why couldn't I look that good when I get outta the shower in the morning?! LOL!
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LOL on the other hand, people could look PRETTY scary all covered in feathers... o.o
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