Blue-crowned Parakeet (Thectocercus acuticaudatus) ~ Ft Lauderdale, Florida
Florida, and particularly south Florida, is home to a good number of beautiful (& noisy!) non-native parakeets. This particular species, the Blue-crowned Parakeet, has eluded me - until now!
My good friend, and fellow bird photographer/chaser
PeterBrannon and I made a 4 hour trek down to south Florida to chase a very rare bird (Bananaquit) and as a big side bonus were treated to a small flock of these beauties landing in a tree near us, eating berries.