Cobalt-winged Parakeets
These two Cobalt-winged Parakeets seem to be sharing a tender moment next to a clay lick near the Napo Wildlife Center. People used to think that parrots ingested clay to counteract the toxins in some of the food they eat. But now the thinking is that they do it in order to get sodium, because they are far away from the ocean.
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Cobalt-winged Parakeets
These two Cobalt-winged Parakeets seem to be sharing a tender moment next to a clay lick near the Napo Wildlife Center. People used to think that parrots ingested clay to counteract the toxins in some of the food they eat. But now the thinking is that they do it in order to get sodium, because they are far away from the ocean.
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Uploaded on December 31, 2018
Taken on September 11, 2013