A Visit from the Parakeets

A Visit from the Parakeets

The parakeets visited the tree outside my window again today, and this time I was ready for them.

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Here is a male (you can tell by the black stripe at his neck):

Here are two parakeets interacting. (I don’t know whether they were sparring or courting, actually. Or both, or neither.)

Here are three parakeets together:

We have liftoff!

Three parakeets, one with wings spread:

Finally, a shot of all six: