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Friday Parrot Blogging: Independence Day

grrlscientist | July 4, 2008

tags: companion parrots, Solomon Islands eclectus parrot, Eclectus roratus solomonensis, hawk-headed parrot, red fan parrot, Deroptyus accipitrinus accipitrinus, Friday Parrot Blogging Elektra (left), a 5-year old female Solomon Islands eclectus parrot, Eclectus roratus solomonensis, and Orpheus (right), a 1-year old male hawk-headed (red fan) parrot, Deroptyus accipitrinus accipitrinus. Images: GrrlScientist 4 July 2008 [Elektra, larger view and Orpheus, larger view]. Orpheus, especially, is camera-shy, and always manages to turn his head or turn his back on me when the camera comes out.…

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