Crimson Rosella

Then, ín Victoria, I found Crimson Rosellas pretty common - even if I did not recognize them for the first couple of times. When flying, they look pitch black and it took our guide Maria a couple of times to persuade us they are rosellas indeed. Later, I had a glimpse into their personal life. On the camp site I observed a red and a green one, the red one chased by the other one now and then. First, I believed it was something about mating. Then, I learned this was a stadium after mating - it was a parent giving lessons to the offspring on how to find food on a camp site. The green one in that more camouflaged plumage is the rosella chick up to enter an independant life.