Budgeridgars

 

A male budgeridgar in front of a nest and a female budgeridgar in a bush. There were of course lots of budgies in the birdpark we visited in April 2019.

Notice the blue waxy cere in the male and the brown cere in the female. Young birds are often lilac on the cere and one can not be certain of the sex if you get them at a young age. Both these birds are the original green color but pet birds may be different shades of blue, yellow, white, grey and lilac. More bird pictures at The BIRD D’Pot and Saturday’s Critters.

Sleepy parrot

A sleepy parrot at Birdworld in April 2019. More bird pictures at The BIRD D’Pot and Saturday’s Critters.

Parrots in Kensington Gardens

Parrots flying around my daughter who offered peanuts and an apple.

My daughter had visited Kensington Gardens before and met the parrots living here and wanted to show them to me. We were lucky and the parrots came forwards to partake of peanuts and an apple. No one knows why they are here and many different theories exist. But somehow a few parrots have been let loose in southeastern England and it is estimated that there is something like 8600 breeding pairs. They may be considered an invasive species and they were certainly the dominant species in comparison to the doves and the magpies we also saw in the park as well as lots of grey squirrels. They provided great entertainment and a great show for the price of a bag of peanuts and an apple and we had great fun .More animal pictures at Camera Critters and Saturday’s Critters and more bird pictures at The BIRD D’Pot and Wild Bird Wednesday.

It is not easy to see with a parrot causing her cap to slide forward.

Apple tastes good.

But a peanut is portable to fly into a tree with.