Parrot high in a tree

prowler13angler · Post by **prowler13angler** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:56 pm

The cold wind blew the decision of kayaking today right out of my mind...so we stuck around in some ponds. We seen some bigger bass hanging around on the banks as wells as a few gators.

We threw skitterwalks, and chug bugs for a while but the mid day bite in a lot of small ponds sucks.

On the way out of one fishing spot we heard a loud squawking and after a couple minutes of looking through huge oaks we spotted a beautiful parrot modeling for us...

Threw him a few crackers but he wouldn't come to us, he just flew around in circles about the tree letting me photograph!!

mikeB · Post by **mikeB** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:56 am

Nice shots. I would think that bird is worth some $$$. I see lots of the smaller green parrots around Pinellas County, noisy little bastads.

skinnywater · Post by **skinnywater** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:27 am

Big $$$$$$. You might wat to call around and see if any of the wildlife places are missing an inmate. Busch Gardens and Lowery both have free flight parrots in their shows.

Todd · Post by **Todd** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:05 am

Someone is missing a pet bird.

MrSpectaculous · Post by **MrSpectaculous** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:22 am

That bird is worth a couple of K..Try bird rescue on Redington beach...Nice camera work also.

americanrobster · Post by **americanrobster** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 9:25 pm

Cool pics. I know what you mean about the green parrots making alot of noise. They are called Quaker parrots.

Dustin · Post by **Dustin** » Wed Mar 04, 2009 10:39 pm

Jon,
I see you're putting the camera to good use. Those are nice shots 8).

ozmo · Post by **ozmo** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 12:53 pm

Nice shots.

How could you tell the parrot was high?

prowler13angler · Post by **prowler13angler** » Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:20 pm

Dustin,

I actually just got a D80, but don't worry, I sold the Lumix too my best friend who never really took pictures, but is a great fisherman. He digs it and it really did give me an advantage shooting with that, before getting the DSLR.