Brockwell Park: Ring-necked Parikebana

Prettier a picker in large.
Extra: Stretching

These ring-necked parakeets often eat buds and blossom; I've seen it many times before, but not managed to catch it up close. Today I managed to record the whole process (series right from here): picking individual blossoms, snipping off twigs, manipulating them dextrously, stripping flowers from the held twig...

Also photographed mallard Pilates and fly bys, snoozy swans, and rails being psychedelic and surreptitious...

Others here (or right from Mallard Pilates).