…we had a good day ducking at the Birding Center pond. We stood and stared at a couple thousand ducks, recognizing a few different species, (and missing the one we were after).
This week, we decided to go parroting at a park in the Valley where parrots fly in to roost in the evenings. We were there, not to find a specific bird, but to revel in the spectacle (and to see how many species of parrots we could identify). So at 5pm, binoculars and camera in hand, we watched a great (and loud) flock of Red-crowned Parrots arrive.
Those are the native parrots here, Red-crowned Parrots. They live in a few flocks in south Texas, and mostly in Mexico.
We also managed to pick out three other species in the flock.
Red-lored Parrot…
White-fronted Parrot…
..and Yellow-headed Parrot.
(Parrots fly in to their roost at dusk, so it’s hard to get good pictures in the evening light.)
Who knew there were so many parrots flying around?
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