We finally saw the Green Parakeets!

For eight winters we have heard the flock of green parakeets that sometimes hang out here in the Rio Grande Valley. We have heard their chatter as a flock flies overhead. We have heard people talking about seeing them. After all this "hearing" we finally got to "see" them too! 

One of the shorter palm trees just down the street from our motor home was chattering when Denisa rode her bike by. She raced home to get the camera, and spent the next thirty minutes taking pictures.

This was a rare opportunity to see them, and Denisa took full advantage of it. Many times the parakeets are flying high in the air, or perhaps they perch in a tall tree. But today they were closer to the ground in this short palm.

When she first approached the tree, she could only hear their chatter. Can you see them?

If you look closer, you can see that little green tree was covered with green birds that seem to blend in with the palm fronds.

A passer-by explained that they were probably eating the palm nuts. Sure enough, those nuts started turning up in the pictures.

While Denisa expected this to be a fleeting glimpse of the parakeets, they weren't interested in flying as long as the palm nut smorgasbord was open.

The tree was full of these very happy green birds!

A few birds left the palm fronds to perch on a nearby tree. Of course Denisa has to include some blue-sky-green-bird pictures.

Sorry for an entire blog about a single flock encounter, but Denisa was pretty excited about seeing these guys up close for the first time!

After years of hearing them, it was a special thrill today to actually see them so close! It feels like we have once again wandered into another of God's wonders!