Saturday, January 17, 2009

Alexandrine Parakeet

Its been quite some time since my last posting, I was sailing on the high seas on a tanker and hence without any net access. During this time I did manage to Photograph a lot of birds and marine life, which I will start regularly posting from today. As before I will be posting on every odd date on this blog and the even dates are reserved for my other photography blogs.
On the day I was suppose to join this ship, I got a days halt at Mumbai and I used the opportunity to visit Hanging gardens (A park in South Mumbai) where I saw a colony of these Alexandrine Parakeets (Psittacula eupatria). The distinctive feature of the bird is its maroon patch on each shoulder. The one photographed above is a female the males have a rose-pink and black collar  around their neck. The birds were very noisy and the entire park was filled with their chatter.
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5 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 17, 2009 at 3:01:00 PM GMT+5:30

    Attaboy Delson. Great to hear from you again. You have captured the shoulder patch well in the first photo.
    - Fr. Luke sj

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2009 at 4:17:00 PM GMT+5:30

    the capture is good. parkit I call it in my country. There is red parakeet too.

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  3. JoeJanuary 23, 2009 at 10:38:00 AM GMT+5:30

    Completely awesome!

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 5, 2009 at 5:07:00 PM GMT+5:30

    very beautiful, I liked the pose of the parakeet very much..keep cliking..keep posting..

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  5. SreosiMarch 10, 2011 at 5:45:00 PM GMT+5:30

    I too have one; yet to know whether it's a male or a female. the picture you clicked is very beautiful. so plz keep clicking and sharing... :)

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