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Brown-hooded Parrot

The Brown-hooded Parrot (Pyrilia haematotis) is a species of bird in subfamily Arinae of the family Psittacidae, the African and New World parrots. It is found from Mexico to Colombia.

The Brown-hooded Parrot is 8.3 to 9.1 inches long and weighs 5.1 to 5.3 oz. Adults have a reddish-brown crown, ear coverts, and throat, a pinkish red patch behind the eye, and white nares and eye ring. Their nape and breast are dull olive-yellow and their flanks red. Most of the rest of their body is green, with blue on the wing edge, blackish blue on the flight feathers, and blue on the tips of the tail feathers. Subspecies P. h. coccinicollaris adds some pinkish red below the dark throat that sometimes extends around the neck. Immature birds are much like adults but with a paler head, no red patch behind the eye, and a greener breast.

For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown-hooded_parrot

eBird: ebird.org/species/brhpar1

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Princess Alex
by Weekly Whiskers

Princess Alex

by Weekly Whiskers

A Nikon D750 — 1/250s ƒ/5.6 ISO 100 at 85 mm

N 27 B 672 C 11 E Apr 29, 2019 F Mar 16, 2024

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It’s still unimaginably difficult to fathom that within a nine-month span our four beloved kitties left me behind. Alex was our final cat to cross over one year ago today.

Alex was our hostess who politely greeted everyone who came for a visit. There wasn’t a soul who wasn’t lulled to love this irresistibly petite Main Coon princess.

She was exclusively loyal to my partner since my boys – mainly Kieran, Romeo and occasionally Hoya during his brief sojourns here with us – were my purrsonal entourage. She made certain to remind me who was my partner’s favourite “girl”. I knew my place.

I view Keanu as the link connecting the past four cats to the present when he and Alex briefly met before she left this realm.

Nearly 18 years of her lifetime she was the doting feline matriarch to the very end. I feel lost without my four senior cats now. What an emotionally challenging week this has been reminiscing about them all, but I treasure every one of the beautiful memories they’ve gifted to me their entire lifetime.

🌈 April 2005 - March 16, 2022 🌈

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