Landing Gear Down - Galah

A galah coming to rest on the grassy area behind Coodanup Foreshore near Pinjarra in Western Australia....

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by Lesley Evered

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Landing Gear Down - Galah

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Lesley Evered

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Photograph - Photography - Pentax K30

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A galah coming to rest on the grassy area behind Coodanup Foreshore near Pinjarra in Western Australia....

This picture has been featured in the following 4 groups:
Australia In Pictures, 10th January 2022....
Trick And Treat Of Nature, 10th January 2022....
Western Australia, 10th January 2022...
Just Perfect, 16th January 2022.....

The galah (Eolophus roseicapilla), also known as the rose-breasted cockatoo, galah cockatoo, roseate cockatoo or pink and grey, is one of the most common and widespread cockatoos, and it can be found in open country in almost all parts of mainland Australia.
It is endemic on the mainland where its distinctive pink and grey plumage and its bold and loud behaviour make it a familiar sight in the bush and increasingly in urban areas. The term galah is derived from gilaa, a word found in Yuwaalaraay and neighbouring Aboriginal languages
Galahs are about 35 cm (14 in) long and weigh 270–350 g. They have a pale silver to mid-grey back, a pale grey rump, a pink face and chest, and a light pink mobile crest. They have a bone-coloured beak, and the bare skin of the eye rings is carunculated. They have grey legs. The sexes appear similar, however generally adult birds differ in the colour of the irises; the male has very dark brown (almost black) irises and the female has mid-brown or red irises. The colours of the juveniles are duller than the adults. Juveniles have greyish chests, crowns, and crests, and they have brown irises and whitish bare eye rings, which are not carunculated. (Wikipedia)....

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January 9th, 2022