I finally got a good view of the little parrots that fly around this part of Costa Rica. I’d caught glimpses before, but usually just as little green streaks beating their little wings furiously to try and head in some direction not immediately downwind. The parrots here are small, about the size of a pigeon, and green except for a little patch of yellow on their head. I’d seen them in groups of maybe half a dozen at a time far off, until Elani and I were walking back from where the bus dropped us off to our room. There was whole flock, several dozen birds, in the tree on the sides of the road. Elani snapped a picture of them (light was getting low, so the pictures aren’t the best).
Taken by Elani
ENHANCE!
Taken by Elani
I always love seeing new animals on my travels, and I get a special thrill when they’re animals that I’m familiar with from zoos or nature documentaries (or pet stores in this case) but have never seen in the wild. So, to see a flock of these little guys while on a stroll back to our room was pretty exciting for me.