Hi Ms.Raghavan, Nice photographs !!! Rose-ringed Parakeets [the female is featured here] eat only the seeds and discard the fleshy pulp. Regards, Neil Soares.
--- On Fri, 12/31/10, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: From: tanay bose <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:58337] Re: Averrhoa carambola To: "Padmini Raghavan" <[email protected]> Cc: "indiantreepix" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, December 31, 2010, 6:47 AM lovely parrot tanay On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Padmini Raghavan <[email protected]> wrote: There were two of them quietly hopping around and munching away. I only noticed them because I was standing under the tree getting some leaves composted and saw the half-eaten fruit fall down. There was no sound until they screeched and flew away together after their breakfast. Cheers, Padmini Raghavan. -- Tanay Bose Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) [email protected]
