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A few months back, the folks from the blog City Parrots shared these beautiful photos with me of a wild parrot population (red-masked parakeets and Amazon parrots) in Ocean Beach, far from their native home in Mexico and South America. One of them (under the fold to preserve the mirage of decency…
tags: Red-Crowned Amazon Parrot, Amazona viridigenalis, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Red-crowned Amazon parrot, Amazona viridigenalis, at Elizabeth Street Parrotry, Brownsville, Texas.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 7 April 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/…
tags: Red-Crowned Amazon Parrot, Amazona viridigenalis, birds, nature, Image of the Day
Red-crowned Amazon parrot, Amazona viridigenalis, at Elizabeth Street Parrotry, Brownsville, Texas.
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 7 April 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/…
What's a kakariki? Other than an incredibly cool-sounding name, its a kind of parrot that lives in New Zealand and thereabouts. Apparently, the red-crowned kakariki is an extremely rare subspecies, one of which has recently been spotted on the island of Maungatautari. It was once believed to be…
I could be wrong, but I believe that is not a sandhill. It looks more like a black-necked crane.
Thanks, RM. I thought I remembered the label on the enclosure, but I wasn't sure. Thank you for pointing it out. I think I've got it right now, although some more ornithologically-minded person might still have a correction.