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February 22, 2006
Wild Parrots
Wild Parrot in Tree
Our friend Larry that you've read about on these pages as someone with great advice and excellent Spanish is also a painter and photographer. He took these photographs of the wild parrots that wander through our neighborhood every day to eat things from the trees.
Wild Parrot in Tree
These are Lilac-Crowned Amazon Parrots, one of the favorite parrots to have in captivity. On any given day, you can walk outside and see a number of them (usually at least ten) in the trees like this.
Wild Parrot in Tree
Their average adult size is 13 inches, and each wing is 7-8 inches long.
You have to be a little careful around them, as they drop the shells from the nuts and sticks from the tree as they eat.
Wild Parrot in Tree
They are not at all spooked by people walking around, even though they are wild birds. After their meal, they fly off somewhere else to do who knows what, but to see a bunch of wild parrots in your trees for even just ten minutes a day is quite a trip.
Posted by crispy at February 22, 2006 03:27 PM
Comments
They probably fly off to find more fruit loops, and then poop on them!
Posted by: akira at February 22, 2006 05:57 PM
How cool is THAT?!
Posted by: carolco at February 22, 2006 06:38 PM
Hah! The wild parrots of Shawn&Crispy's hill.
I used to have a parrot (which I think was an escaped pet) in my neighborhood, and it drove me crazy with it's squaking.
Wasn't as bad as the mina bird that would imitate the sound of my neighbor arming his car alarm though. That thing would start randomly beeping at 3am.
Posted by: b at February 24, 2006 11:36 AM
Joseph found one in the neighborhood that could bark like a chihuahua.
Posted by: Chris Coen at February 25, 2006 11:41 AM