Wild Lovebirds in Arizona
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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…
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.”
“…”
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.
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.
I can’t tell if they’re siblings or mates or what.
The fledgling and adult bird again?
Perhaps it’s the avian equivalent of a cougar?
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.
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.
They really seem to like the birdbath now that I’ve started hosing it out and refilling it daily.
Very cool pictures. Is that just a wall behind them?
No. What’s behind them is the street – asphalt in direct sunlight, while the birds are in the dappled shade under the trees.
It did a good job of letting them stand out.
It looks like they’re having a happy chat around the pool.
It totally does. You have suburban housewife lovebirds.
After a screeching debate over who gets to use the birdbath…
…they seem to have reached an uneasy peace:
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