Healesville Hoodies

Vintage travel poster from Healesville Australia. Visit Healesville the world famed tourist resort. Published in 1927.

This Scaly Breasted Lorikeet must have had some late nights - he's got a bad case of red eye! These gorgeous native parrots live in the Land Of Parrots at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia.

Close up of head and neck of bush stone curlew bird in Melbourne, Australia, at Healesville Sanctuary.

The Red Browed Finches at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia, usually breed in Spring, but I took this shot in mid-Summer. I think it was either running very late - or having a second go!

Alby, the Osprey, is part of the Spirits Of The Skies show at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia. His speciality is diving into a small pond to catch a fish - which takes only a few seconds - so this shot is quite tricky!

Alby, the Osprey is part of the Spirits Of The Skies show at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia. His specialty is diving into a small pond and catching a fish. He does this in just a couple of seconds - so getting a sharp photo is tricky. I fired off over a dozen shots on high-speed continuous - to get just 2 with his head in focus!

Bobby and Ebony, the Red Tailed Black Cockatoos, have been a couple for a while. Now they're house hunting - so maybe we'll hear squawking of a little beak soon! Bobby and Ebony live in the Land Of Parrots at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia.

Tasmanian Devils (Sarcophilus Harrisii) are famous for their ferocity - but this one is trying to show how cute they can be. At Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia, part of the captive breeding program.

Jasper, the Whistling Kite, shows off his skill at catching and eating his food on the wing at the Spirit Of The Skies Show, Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia.

Close up of red tailed black cockatoo at Healesville Sanctuary, Victoria, Australia.

The Rainbow Lorikeets are making themselves at home in the Land Of Parrots at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia. These 2 have taken over this nest hole - the male is checking the sky for rain!

Head, neck and breast of bush stone curlew bird, close up, at Healesville Sanctuary, Victoria, Australia.

Highly colourful rainbow lorikeet on branch, this stunning Australian bird would make a stunning canvas or framed print or even looks great on merchandise and clothing, check it out.

Helmeted Honeyeaters are almost extinct in the wild, so I can understand why this one was watching me carefully at Healesville Sanctuary's Fighting Extinction aviary in Victoria, Australia.

The Flight Arena at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia, is training a new Wedge Tailed Eagle. His name is Valla and he has quite a stare!

Just caught this Black Breasted Buzzard coming in to land at the Flight Arena at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia. Look at those beautiful feathers!

The Flight Arena at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia, is training a new Wedge Tailed Eagle. His name is Valla.

Orange Bellied Parrots are rare and endangered in the wild, so Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia, has a captive breeding program for them, and every year some are released back into the wild. This male bird has the orange belly which gives them the name, but can only be seen if the parrot is perched above you!

River, the Black Kite, usually opens the Spirit Of The Skies show at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia. Here he demonstrates his soaring and gliding skills.

Close up of koala eating gum tree leaves in Victoria, Australia.

Close up of koala with legs dangling in bare gum tree branch with green foliage behind in Cape Otway, Victoria, Australia.

Koala climbing bare trunk of gum tree with grassy background in Cape Otway, Victoria, Australia.

This is about as close as you would want to get to a Wedge Tail Eagle - that beak could do some damage! Taken at the Flight Arena at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia.

Don't you just love the way Koala joeys hug their Mum! This is Steve, the latest addition to the family at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia. He's almost as big as his Mum, Prickles, but still likes to climb on her back.

Summer is mating season for Koalas - so Benni is making sure the girls know he's looking for love! Benni lives at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia, and is already father of 2 boys and a girl.

Magra, the Wedge Tailed Eagle, looks really impressive when she takes off! Magra lives at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia, where she is part of the Spirit Of The Skies show.

The Rainbow Lorikeets were introduced to the Land Of Parrots at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia, just before Christmas. They are really settling in now - and checking out nesting holes!

This Superb Parrot lives in the Fighting Extinction Aviary at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia. He was hiding in the bushes and got quite agitated when I tried to get closer for a clear shot!

The Star Finches are new to the Woodland Aviary at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia. Four of them were really enjoying a bath in the pond while this male kept lookout.

Sleeping koala with leg hooked over gum tree branch with green foliage in background in Cape Otway, Victoria, Australia.

The Budgies at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia, are a randy lot - always looking to chat up the females!

Emus can be quite curious - so when you point a camera at them - they may well come and check you out! This one came to say hello at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia.

The Bush Stone Curlews at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia, have been very busy. Dad was rushing around trying to feed this fluffy chick - while Mum was sitting on another egg!

There is a family of these gorgeous Gang Gang cockatoos in the Woodland Aviary at Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia. They are quite shy - but can be tempted with an almond!

These Lorikeets are different species - but seem happy to share a small container of nectar. On the left a Scaly Breasted, and on the right a Musk Lorikeet. Taken at the World of Parrots, Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia.

This female Gang Gang cockatoo is looking very happy - she'd just had a little treat from me! Healesville Sanctuary in Victoria, Australia.