TomKal foto

In the evening while we were planning the last day of our workshop Hans quite confidently suggested this species. Looking at the big parrots with bright red or yellow feathers underside the tail I had nothing against it, of course. They seemed to me very exotic and interesting. We had known each other to such extent that I could believe his promises as he generally hit the spot, and when he used the phrase "maybe" he meant it would happen most probably. Initially we took photos of parrots outside the city, in the hills. There was no problem finding them because of the noise they made. Usually they do not not stay quiet. They are often seen flying in  flocks of a dozen individuals announcing their coming all around (listen to the sounds added to the gallery). It was not easy to get closer to them what was related to the way they organize their feeding. One of the individuals, always an adult, usually sits high enough to observe the surroundings. In case of emergency it alerts, calls for flight and makes the whole flock rise into the air. Feathers of the underside of the tail  of adults are red, while of the young - yellow and orange. Even if I shorted the distance between us so that they picked up the flight, they did not flew away too far and the session could start again and again. Satisfied with the pictures I had taken, in the afternoon I returned to Tonsville and I was very  surprised seeing the same birds in urban lawns, in the green zone between the road and the sea. I took a few pictures but not as interesting as those taken in the non-urbanized area. Parrots weigh up to 1 kilogram, therefore do not belong to small ones. So they are quite big and it was hard, at least for me so far, to find them in Polish zoos or within breeding plants.