Saturday's Critters # 464

Welcome to Saturday's Critters!

Hello and happy Saturday!

 If you love all God's creatures like I do and also like to blog about them and take critter photos this is where you can share your critter post. Link up your post and share your critters, join in with my critter party ! You can share any kind of critters the real ones, pretend ones, statues and paintings, a new or old post!

I am still making my way through our Kauai trip photos. One of my favorite birds to see was the Rose-ringed Parakeet. I am a fan of Parrots, Parakeets and Macaws. It is sad that this bird is considered an invasive species in Kauai, they are native to India. They are known to destroy crops, such as corn crops and fruit trees. Kauai residents are not happy with thousands of these birds coming in screeching loudly and leaving behind their droppings. I knew I would never be visiting India so I was a happy birder to see hundreds of these Parakeets fly in at sunset to roost in a large group of palm trees near a Mexican Restaurant called Monico's in Kapa'a. 

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1. Sept 27, a mosiac showing the Rose-Ringed parakeets in Kapaa Kauai.

2. I loved seeing all the parakeets, it was a sight to see and hear these birds come in waves and land in the palm trees. 

3. Photos are NOT the greatest, the sun was setting and we were a distance from the palm trees. 

4. With the sunset, the lighting was not the best for taking photos of the birds. I did try to brighten the photos some for better viewing. 

5. This is a view of the palm tree across the street from the restaurant, the birds landed at the very top of these trees. 

6. When I said there were waves of these Rose-ringed Parakeets flying in, this was one of the waves.  You can imagine the sound coming from all these birds, I enjoyed the show. 

7. There were times the Parakeets got lost in the palm leaves, I was able to see some of these pretty birds out in the open. 

8. We enjoyed our dinner at the Monico's Mexican Restaurant in Kapa'a , I loved seeing the Rose-ringed parakeets flying in to roost for the night. 

Coming soon, more scenes and birds from our visit to Kauai. 

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I am also linking up to Heidrun's Mosaic Monday . I hope you check out all the Mosaic posts with the hostess Heidrun. 

I am also linking up to Anni's blog party found here I'd Rather B Birding   Anni always has some beautiful birds to be seen on her blog, check it out!