Time for takeoff!

I caught our regular pair of Galahs this morning, resting just above the feeding plate where we put out seed for them. As mentioned before by Paladian, the Galah is a member of the Cockatoo family and is one of the most common and widespread Australian birds. As soon as they saw me, they prepared to take off. I got a great shot of the pair of them with their wings extended, but sadly it was too far out of focus to use for my blip. The shot that got away!

I would class them as medium-large birds and they measure about 35 to 38 centimetres in length, and weigh between 300 and 450 grams.

Their back and wings are grey and they have a pink face and chest and a crest of a very light pink. They seem to always visit us in pairs and make a distinctive high-pitched screech. Especially if the seed bowl is low to empty!

They are friendly, playful and intelligent birds and can become good talkers, though their talking ability is not usually as good as some other parrots such as Sulphur-crested Cockatoos.

Personally we would never put a bird in a cage or aviary. Let them stay free in the wild. You can really see the detail in the back feathers if you look at the large version of this photo.
The first version of the displayed photo was not as I had marked the TN, so here is a second attempt to show the bird on the right as the thumbnail.