Tony Thulborn, More than Colour (May theme: Texture)

Eliminating the overwhelming colours of the Rainbow Lorikeet and you reveal a wonderful array of textures - everything from soft brush-like feathers to stiff quills, smooth hard bill with growth lines, wrinkled leathery skin and tubercles around the glistening wet eye.

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