alexandrine parakeet

The peaceful skies of Suffolk have recently been disrupted by the squawking of this parakeet - an Alexandrine Parakeet if I'm correct! My ID could be a bit suspect though as we don't see many parakeets here! This shot was taken yesterday evening and was very strongly backlit. I took several...

A casual shot taken of the Parakeet passing by late one afternoon in Nepal.

An old photo pulled out from the archives. Shot from the balcony of our fourth floor flat in Mumbai. Just love these guys.

Another from my collection old photos shot in South Mumbai.

Another oldie.

It is mealtime for this Alexandrine Parakeet. Enjoying the sweetness of almond fruit.

Alexandrine Parakeet or Alexandrian Parrot (Psittacula eupatria) in Chitwan National Park, Nepal

Now, Chris and Tac, it is time that you find the bird for me, lol.

I took your advise, Marian. I hav a flu-like syptom for the past 4 days with a King-sized Headach, may be an after effect of taking photos with handstand, lol.

Each morning around 5.30 to 6.00 three arrive in my garden heralding their arrival with their raucous calls. Today one sat on the tree tops badly lit with the rising sun behind a picture is a picture - the other guys here all two of them don't believe they exist never having seen them themselves...

The population of parakeets in Amsterdam is feasting on various seeds and berries. Cracking noises in a hawthorn gave away this individual. Normally they are way up in the canopy, never saw one on the ground. It turns out that there are two species of parakeets living around Amsterdam, the...