Out my window this morning
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381960)
Rockingham, Australia
April 22, 2020 8:38pm CST
Two red-capped parrots came to the birdbath this morning. Aren’t they colourful? We have stopped taking photos of some of the birds as they come so regularly. We don’t see these so often so we were scrambling around, grabbing cameras. Of course, Vince had to change his lens. 
Then a ring-neck parrot came in and ousted the red-caps.
The red-cap ((Purpureicephalus spurius) is native to our area. It has a bright red cap (obviously, considering the name), green-yellow cheeks, and a distinctive long bill. The body is dark green, and the underparts a purple-blue. They are thought to be monogamous. In captivity, they are shy, anxious and difficult to breed. Its conservation is listed as ‘of least concern’.
Then a ring-neck parrot came in and ousted the red-caps.
The red-cap ((Purpureicephalus spurius) is native to our area. It has a bright red cap (obviously, considering the name), green-yellow cheeks, and a distinctive long bill. The body is dark green, and the underparts a purple-blue. They are thought to be monogamous. In captivity, they are shy, anxious and difficult to breed. Its conservation is listed as ‘of least concern’.36 people like this
38 responses
@Alexandoy (65302)
• Cainta, Philippines
23 Apr 20
Those are colorful birds that looked unreal to me. The only colorful bird we have here is what I call the yellow bird because of their color. Most birds here are black and/or brown.
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@Alexandoy (65302)
• Cainta, Philippines
23 Apr 20
@JudyEv it looks like we are the only place where birds are plain in color, waheehee. The African love bird is popular here because of the colorful plumes.
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@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
23 Apr 20
Oh my goodness they are gorgeous! I am envious of all the pretty birds people get to see. I love the birds we have, but my highlight of seeing birds is the chance to see a pigeon, no one gets excited over pigeons except for me apparently! haha!
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@JudyEv (381960)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Apr 20
Well, I guess some pigeons are pretty and even pigeons need people to love them. 
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
23 Apr 20
@JudyEv I think pigeons are gorgeous haha They come in so many different patterns and colors. They may not be extremely colorful, but seeing a brown pigeon is the highlight of my week haha
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
24 Apr 20
@JudyEv I kinda wanna add a bird bath in our yard
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@JudyEv (381960)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Apr 20
@Jessicalynnt It seems in many parts of the US, bird feeders are more useful to birds. Here, it is water that the birds get low on but there is always plenty of food. I'm not saying you shouldn't have a birdbath though. 
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@VivaLaDani13 (60812)
• Perth, Australia
23 Apr 20
@JudyEv Oh aren't they just beautiful!!!! The only birds I really see or hear the most around my house are crows or galahs.
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@JudyEv (381960)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Apr 20
@VivaLaDani13 We have quite a few around here. One sat on our flagpole one day. I'll add the photo but you can barely see the kookaburra.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60812)
• Perth, Australia
23 Apr 20
@JudyEv Do you see many kookaburras up your way?
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
23 Apr 20
that is amazing, i've only seen those in people's houses or zoos.
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
23 Apr 20
@JudyEv here in the DC area most of our parrots are on two legs and are roughly 3 years old! they do really well-repeating everything you say though!
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@snowy22315 (208819)
• United States
23 Apr 20
They are lovely. YOu do have the coolest looking birds in Australia.
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@moffittjc (128833)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Apr 20
Such pretty birds! I would love to have those around my yard!
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@moffittjc (128833)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Apr 20
@JudyEv I would love to see them here in north Florida out in the wild. I definitely would stop what I'm doing as well to watch them.
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
23 Apr 20
They are just so beautiful...I can look at them endlessly
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
24 Apr 20
@JudyEv yes...this is so true .anyone would spend hours just enjoying their activities
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
23 Apr 20
They are so colorful and beautiful. It's nice to know that they are monogamous. I was not aware of this fact that animals too can be monogamous. I always thought that they don't keep emotions in their way of choosing best genes for next generation.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
24 Apr 20
@JudyEv Oh! Yes. I remember reading that about white swans.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
25 Apr 20
You live in heaven on earth Judy
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@JudyEv (381960)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Apr 20
Thank you. I really couldn't argue with you on that one.
@cintol (11261)
• United States
23 Apr 20
Those are beautiful, you have such great animals and birds over there. I have a friend I talk to there and he and his mom feed the roos , wallabies, and all the others. They live in the outback he said. I would love to live with all those things.
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