Hello, Hivers and Feathered Friends!
Happy week! This is my first participation in the #SMaP Show Me A Photo Contest which is now in its 138th Round! And this week has a free theme for the choice of the bird.
Yesterday we were gathered at my aunt's house for her birthday. We were sitting at a table near the balcony window when suddenly two of the thousands of macaws that usually fly across the city sky, especially in the early morning and before sunset, landed at the window.
And one in particular seemed to be an unexpected visitor to the birthday party. It peeked inside the house.
They are so striking with those vibrant colors and also quite noisy.
It's been a while since I've seen them up close.
This is the photo with which I am going to participate in the contest. 👆
I'm sure this one was asking us to feed it. In Caracas, many people give them food when they perch in their window, but my aunt had no bananas for them yesterday.
Something always surprising about these colorful birds is that they don't run away when you approach them.
Here it looks like saying, what do you say?
The macaws that we usually see flying over Caracas are not native. I don't remember there being macaws when I was a child. I'm not sure how they got here because there are many stories out there. They were probably brought as exotic pets from other parts of the country and some escaped.
Although they are very beautiful and striking, they are not in their natural habitat here. And they are not pets.
At my aunt's house, you can see them perched on the roof of the building across the street late in the afternoon but rarely perch on her balcony, so this time we were lucky.
After a couple of pictures more, it flew off to meet the others. And I was a little frustrated that I couldn't capture a shot of it flying, but that will be another time.
Thank you for reading.
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© CoquiCoin
October 16, 2023
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