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| Orange-chinned Parakeets Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Orange-chinned Parakeets Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Fly-away Orange-chinned Parakeets Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
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| Orange-chinned Parakeets Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica |
These parakeets and some red-lored parrots fly over my house every afternoon going up the mountain, but seldom stop at my house. The Orange-chinned Parakeets did stop briefly today in a tree in my yard and a dead tree across the street. They were in the tops of the trees and very difficult to photograph with little good light. So this is my feeble attempt to capture them.
The orange chin is seldom seen unless in very good light, but I am sure of the ID because of the prominent brown shoulders and the little yellow dash below the shoulder in the bottom photo. Bird ID in bad photos is real detective work! 🙂
My BIRDS Photo Galleries
About Orange-chinned Parakeets on Neotropical Birds website
“A prayer for the wild at heart kept in cages.”
― Tennessee Williams, Stairs to the Roof
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Anyone considering a move to Costa Rica should read this article by someone who decided it was not for them. Why We are Leaving Costa Rica. As I have said before, living here is not for everyone and this is only one example. There are many other reasons people try it and decide it is not for them, like impatience with the slow culture, language, lack of infrastructure, “its not the way we do it back home,” missing family, and many more. But this article relates to something else I have always believed, that life is not about being happy but about having purpose and meaning in life. Only you can determine that and whether living in Costa Rica would help fulfill it. And certainly several long visits here before you make a move would help you find your place, both here and in life!