This striking image of the young wild Indian Ring-neck parrot at the Peacock tree, shelling the pods and splitting the seeds with mouth and claws, is a wonderful reminder of their incredible dexterity and abilities through the generations of nature and nurture. Likewise, I caught this male Brown-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis) applying himself diligently…
The Indian Ringneck parrots continue to create life and vibrance in my garden as they perch and preen on the upper reaches of the bamboos. Meanwhile, another parrot, somewhat gruff in the face, and perhaps a little worse for wear feed precariously on the upper reaches of the peacock tree. Such is life in the…
Caught our pair of Indian ringneck parakeets as they revisited and this time, it was possible to photograph the pair of birds individually, one greener, with a brightly painted beak, and the other, more subtle hued, with a faintly faded red beak, busily feeding, and calling out to each other, they launch themselves heavily with…
A pair of Indian Ringneck Parakeets have been visiting my garden daily for a long time, feeding on the pod seeds of the yellow Dwarf Peacock or Caesalpinia pulcherrima – but it is on Christmas Eve that we finally encounter them (and photographed one), as the worries of the world is set aside, to spend…