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feeding in a low tree
near the mango tree.
I shot one which squawked
much, and acted as a
decoy for the flying flock of
which Dad got three.
They are about the size
of a Pigeon and all
Green. They were feeding on
a sort of seed kernel.
They were everlastingly
noisy as are all the
Parrot tribe - Falcon or
I got another male to go in
by calling him and
watching where he lit.
They sit so very still
that they are hard to see.
The bird had been eating
fruit. The flight was
not duck-like but more
of a somersaulted flight.
They have quite curved
bill-tips.
This bird was not
as active sexually as
the others. There in
this spot I first saw
the bird and thought
it an out of the Scott
type. I believe the bird
are either local and not
coming far away.