Photo By Frank Bierings This picture was taken 14-12-2006 left at the entrance gate of Old lagoen on the road to Lagoen Hill. I made more pictures that show the termitenestnest....... If you have spotted someting nice please feel free to post a comment, or send a picture to add to this album
This picture was taken at a poolconstructionsite on Sabalpalm. I was standing in the empty pool when I heard a lot of screaming. I was very close and they couldn't see me. Lucky for me I had my camera with me...
Photo By Frank Bierings
Caribbean Parakeet (Brown-throated) Aratinga pertinax xanthogenius 2 nests located Ap., 2000 both excavated in active termitary (JCL). Pairs of adults seen at two termitary in W/S National Park, 11 and 13 Jan., perhaps were examining potential nest sites, (JCL); nest in hollow tree with entry surrounded by termite mound found 24 April, 2001, near dive site, Jeff Davis Memorial, (largest tree along shoreline) and one adult flew from entrance and both adults were very reluctant to leave site; Family groups of 4 commonly counted during mid-May, 2001 (JCL). During last half of July,2002, several aggregations of parakeets were observed to be gathered together feeding a young bird, and in some cases, two young were observed being fed and giving a peculiar begging call, wing flapping behavior that immediately alerted me to them. This begging by young of the year persisted into the middle of Sept., 2002,showing a rather lengthy dependency of the young toward the adults (JCL).Begging of young heard first on 8 August, 2004 when 5 different groups of 4 or 5 individuals made up the family group
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