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Below are some of the parakeets and
Macaws that I have photographed this past year.
I use a digital Olympus C-2100 camera. I hope you enjoy the
photos, and please
feel free to email me your comments at
dart@dartscape.com
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Chestnut-fronted Macaw. L 18" WS 30", with a very loud voice, harsh, screeching. Reddish underwing, long pointed tail and blue primaries. The photo was taken this winter (2002) on the campus of Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida. The tree is a Shaving Brush Tree. Don't you just love that smile?
Sibley Page 264
Blue-crown Parakeets.
L 14.5" WS 24" Voice: Low, hoarse, rapidly repeated "reedy reedy reedy". Blue forehead, pink upper mandible dark lower. Orange toned underside of flight feathers. These two playful birds were photographed this winter 2002 in a park near downtown Fort Lauderdale.
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Monk Parakeets. L 11.5" WS 19"
Voice a throaty rattling graaa and higher rasping skveet, both slightly rising. Dark blue-black underwing, pale gray forehead. These are numerous in South Florida, and are frequent if not daily visitors to my backyard bird feeder in
Pembroke Pines...
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Red-masked Parakeet L 13.5" WS 22"
Red entirely red, with red bend of wing.
This guy looks happy, doesn't he? He was photographed this past winter 2002 in a park near downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Yellow-Chrevroned Parakeet. L 8.75" WS 15". The voice is a high, scratchy krere-krere. They have yellow greater coverts, and dark remiges. This photo was taken this winter (2002) on the campus of Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida. These birds are always on campus, and at times one will hear about a dozen fly over like jet planes. The sight and sound is awesome!
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White-winged Parakeet. L 8.75" WS 15"
These birds look to me almost identical to the Yellow-chevroned parakeets. They sound similar too, although perhaps a bit mellower. You can see the white on the edges of the wings in this photo, but when they fly, that is when you can make a positive ID, as they have bright white secondaries and inner primaries. You can't miss the white. These are often seen on the campus of Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida, where this photo was take this past winter, 2002.
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Black-hooded Parakeet, (AKA Nanday Conure)
L 12" WS 23" Blackish head, black bill bright yellow-green underparts. This beautiful bird lives in Davie, Florida, and was photographed this Winter, 2002. There are several of them living in Davie.