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Post subject: Wild Lovebirds in Arizona
 Posted: 06.09.2010 21:00
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I had no idea until recently that there's a sizable population of Peach-Faced Lovebirds in the Metro Phoenix area.
I've got a few shots up, will be trying to get some better ones over the next few days... |
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Post subject: RE: Wild Lovebirds in Arizona
Posted: 06.10.2010 07:26
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That's a great picture.
Perhaps even as awesome as the name of the bird itself!
(Really? Peach-Faced Lovebirds?)
Anyway, seriously a nice picture. Is the male the one on the right, trying to impress the female?
"Hey, baby, look at the size of MY wingspan!"
"Meh, I've seen bigger on a sparrow."
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Post subject: RE: Wild Lovebirds in Arizona
Posted: 06.10.2010 07:37
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| Our version of the wild parrots in L.A., I suppose. I see them every once in a while. There's a couple other unique birds that I'd not expect to find in the wild in Az that I see as well; don't know what type they are, though. Very nice shot. |
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Post subject: Re: RE: Wild Lovebirds in Arizona
Posted: 06.10.2010 08:44
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LeicaLens wrote: Anyway, seriously a nice picture. Is the male the one on the right, trying to impress the female?
"Hey, baby, look at the size of MY wingspan!"
One of our local birders tells me that the one on the right is a fledgling - a juvenile - and appears to be trying to get the adult to offer food by doing "nestling" behavior. |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Wild Lovebirds in Arizona
Posted: 07.05.2010 23:40
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Wild Lovebirds in Arizona
Posted: 07.06.2010 03:03
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The fledgling and adult bird again?
Perhaps it's the avian equivalent of a cougar? |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Wild Lovebirds in Arizona
Posted: 07.06.2010 09:43
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I'm pretty sure these aren't the same birds in that later image - the dark band on the beak is missing.
In any case, I counted eight of the little bastards in the front yard over the weekend. They're occasionally hard to spot in the trees:
That's one of the fledglings, as noted by that dark band on the beak. |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Wild Lovebirds in Arizona
Posted: 07.06.2010 11:12
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I thought it was the paler pink around the head that meant they were fledglings (I was guessing; I know nothing about these birds).
They are very pretty though, and rather more exotic than the sparrows we get around here. |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Wild Lovebirds in Arizona
Posted: 07.07.2010 23:19
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They really seem to like the birdbath now that I've started hosing it out and refilling it daily.
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Wild Lovebirds in Arizona
Posted: 07.07.2010 23:31
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| Very cool pictures. Is that just a wall behind them? |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Wild Lovebirds in Arizona
Posted: 07.07.2010 23:53
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| No. What's behind them is the street - asphalt in direct sunlight, while the birds are in the dappled shade under the trees. |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Wild Lovebirds in Arizona
Posted: 07.08.2010 00:07
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| It did a good job of letting them stand out. |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Wild Lovebirds in Arizona
Posted: 07.08.2010 06:48
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| It looks like they're having a happy chat around the pool. |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Wild Lovebirds in Arizona
Posted: 07.08.2010 11:11
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Wild Lovebirds in Arizona
Posted: 07.10.2010 11:55
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After a screeching debate over who gets to use the birdbath...
...they seem to have reached an uneasy peace:
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