Fly Overs

Twice a day we have been on the travel route for parrots crossing the island.  Rick took this photo of 8 of the 30 some parrots that were resting on the power lines. 

The fly overs occur in the morning and evening and are accompanied by high pitched loud squawking from all of them. 

It was such an amazing sight that neighbors were calling to alert us to the event that they were seeing.

The Flamboyant tree in our garden, blooms with red flowers year around.  It attracts humming birds and parrots.  The parrots eat the seed pods on the tree by hanging on the limbs upside-down. Part of the fly overs include feeding on the the seed pods since there are no ripe mangos on the tree.

Even though we have had Mango Wars with the parrots, it is always an amazing site to see them in the wild.  They are very vocal birds and always travel with their mates. We always hear them coming before we see them.