A Blue Parakeet in the Park – Nature 67

We have talked about Green parakeet, also well known as the Monk parrot at previous post.

Image 1- A Blue Parakeet on twigs.

You may read the previous post of Green Parakeet:

- The Rainbow Before Evening : Green Parakeet in Our State – Nature 46

Blue Parakeet also known as Blue Budgerigars has scientific name Melopsittacus undulatus, native to Australia.

This little critter was seen in our neighborhood park recently. As reported by Kai Kupperschmidst in Science (2017: How this Popular Pet Store Bird Got its Sky-blue Hue) that this blue color parakeet is very rare in nature.

Image 2- Illustration only

Hence, this lonely Blue Parakeet is highly possibility not wild one, but belong to someone as a pet. Who know that the bird escaped from its “convenient” cage, then lost the way or doesn’t know to return home.

The bird looks pretty with striped white and blue with vibrant black spots and stripes.

Image 3- A lonely Blue Parakeet in the wild

Have you seen this kind of bird as a wild bird or pet?

# Previous postings:

- Rainbow Evening : I Got a Covid 19 Vaccine Shot Recently – Part 1
- Rainbow Evening : Important of Microorganisms in Food Industry – Healthy Life 1
- Rainbow Evening : I Got a Covid 19 Vaccine Shot Recently – Part 2
- Rainbow BeforeEvening : Wild Flowers in the Backyards – Nature 1
- The Rainbow Before Evening : Wreaths for Mardi Gras in Louisiana