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Galahs in flight        Images © Mark A. Chappell

Galahs are among my favorite parrots.   Almost comically goofy when perched in a tree or sitting on the ground or walking with their short legs, they have a surprisingly graceful and powerful flight.   They exploit those talents with buoyant airborn displays involving swoops and dives and exaggerated wingbeats (it looks fun).   I took the photos at Fowlers Gap, a research station in arid northwestern New South Wales.

Pictures of perched galahs can be found here.

  • Canon 1D3 or 40D, 500 mm IS lens plus 1.4X extender (2009)