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Thursday, April 10, 2008, 11:52 am

Pretty boy

MORAVIA, COSTA RICA –

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I’d been watching a pair of Finsch’s Parakeets (Crimson-fronted Parakeets), Aratinga finschi, clambering around the outside of the neighbor’s apartment this morning, when one bird flew over and landed right in front of me. Wow!

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This attractive, engaging parakeet is endemic to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, but it is a common city and suburban bird around San José.

One Response to “Pretty boy”

  1. on 14 Apr 2008 at 2:26 pm 1.Jochen said …

    Ha!
    You’re back!
    Excellent!!

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