Fine Art Portraits & Wildlife Art by Artist Tim Niall-Harris

For a week we stayed down in the Karri forests in the southern part of the state. it was not an area of WA I had visited before and the giant trees of the area around Albany was on my list of places to visit. With luck during a stop at the Gloucester Tree National park it was also an ideal place to get up close to a number of bird species. I have included a few images of species here and the rest will be found in paintings of the future.

banksia flower. Western Australia 2009. Field trip to paint Australian parrot species

Western Australia Rosella 2009. Field trip to paint Australian parrot species

Western Australia 2009. Field trip to paint Australian parrot species

28 ring necked parrot Western Australia 2009. Field trip to paint Australian parrot species

Western Australia 2009. Field trip to paint Australian parrot species

Western Australia 2009

Species included.
28 ring necked parrot.
The Australian Ringneck (Barnardius zonarius) is a parrot native to Australia. Except for extreme tropical and highland areas, the species has adapted to all conditions. Traditionally, two species were recognised in the genus Barnardius.
In WA the sub species is known as the 28 parrot.
B. z. semitorquatus
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)
Found in the south western forests of coastal and subcoastal Western Australia.
Identification: The red band and green belly distinguishes it from the Port Lincoln Parrot.

Western Rosella
The Western Rosella Platycercus icterotis, less commonly known as the Stanley Rosella, Earl of Derby’s parakeet or Yellow-cheeked parakeet, is the smallest species of rosella and is found in the South West of Australia. In Eucalypt forests and timbered areas. Just under 30cm (or one foot) long; they are red from the head to the breast with white or beige-ish yellow cheeks and blue and green patterned wings with males being slightly larger and having a more vibrant yellow cheek colouring. Their bills are a grey ‘horn’ colour like most Australian parrots.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The base of the Gloucester Tree, inviting climbers.
Climbing the Gloucester TreeThe Gloucester Tree is a giant karri tree in the Gloucester National Park of Western Australia. At 72 metres in height, it is the world’s tallest fire-lookout tree, and visitors can climb up to a platform in its upper branches for a spectacular view of the surrounding karri forest. It is owned by the Shire of Manjimup.

Built in 1947, the Gloucester Tree was one of eight karri trees that between 1937 and 1952 were made relatively easy to climb so that they could be used as fire lookout spots. The suitability of the tree as a fire lookout was tested by forester Jack Watson, who climbed the tree using climbing boots and a belt. It took Watson six hours to climb 58 metres, a difficult climb due to the 7.3 metre girth of the tree and the need to negotiate through limbs from 39.6 metres up.