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Two buddhist tibetan monks, in their red habits, are enjoying the sunset on the Royal Palace terrace of Leh, in Ladakh, India. The mountain range on the far side is the Himalaya.

Riviera del Sol, Spain

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Myiopsitta monachus, Parrocchetto monaco, Roma

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D 850 500mmf4+1,4X 1/640 ISO 2500

Monk Coniston jetty overlooking Coniston Water. Lake District.

50 sec exposure.

C/G ratio 5.47

2nd Place , Beautiful Capture of Week 37 , Jul 2019

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Macro

On Black Album Flickr DNA

Went back to visit this lady, trying to get a flight shot. Settle for a nice setting and perch.

Monmouth, NJ.

Caturrita

Monk Parakeet

Myiopsitta monachus

Psittacidae (Família)

Psittaciformes (Ordem)

FREE BIRDS

Pantanal

Barão de Melgaço

Mato Grosso, Brasil

Young monks of 'Bokar Ngedon Chokhor Ling Monastery' enjoying their recess before the afternoon prayer. This monastery is situated at Mirik, West Bengal, India.

Thanks for the visits, faves and comments its greatly appreciated.

Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Thanks for the visits, faves and comments its greatly appreciated.

Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Thanks for the visits, faves and comments its greatly appreciated.

Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Thank you for taking the time to visit, comment and fave - I appreciate it!

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Thanks for the visits, faves and comments its greatly appreciated.

Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Boring sky replaced in Photoshop .

Spain; Murcia, San Pedro 25/1/23.

Importation into Spain from South America has been banned since 2005. That said, importation continued, peaking at 18,980–21,455 birds in 2015. No wonder then that the species has been self-sustaining for many years now.

Ref. 'The Legal International Wildlife Trade Favours Invasive Species Establishment: The Monk and Ring-Necked Parakeets in Spain'.

Lucrecia Souviron-Priego, Antonio Román Muñoz, Jesús Olivero, J. Mario Vargas, John E. Fa.

Nyaung Shwe - Myanmar

Near Ganden Sumtseling Monastery in Zhongdian, in the furthermost northwest of the Chinese province Yunnan

Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan

A trio of Chedi in Ayutthaya dating back to the fourteenth century.

Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon is a famous Buddhist temple in Ayutthaya . It was originally built in 1357 during the reign of King Uthong, the founder of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, and was used as a monastery for monks ordained in the Theravāda tradition.

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Another "gone in 60 sec" moment.....the quality of the photo is not so good, I had to do it fast, and to stay unnoticed....I was somehow embarrassed to interrupt this moment...I had a feeling that i found myself in the middle of old flemish masters painting....

Bangkok - Thailand

Thanks so much for the visit!

A pair of Monk Parakeets agreeing to disagree.

Watching the monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery creating a sand mandala at Unity Church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. It is amazing to watch monks work on a sand mandala over a period of days. Their concentration and the creation of this sacred masterpiece is a prayer.

Parc De La Pau, Barcelona, Spain

Roses (Catalunya) Spain

Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) ~ Polk County, Florida

A monk parakeet hard at work building a nest. Amazing to watch them move these awkward twigs and branches!

Thanks for visiting!

One from earlier this year which I didn't get round to processing at the time. A misty morning at Monk Coniston Jetty January 2018 taken just as the sun was starting to burn off the mist.

Swayambhunath

slide scan 1989

Known to be invasive migrants... only because people originally imported these beauties to sell! Amnesty for them l say loudly!

24th December 1990

47187 heads west from Warrington nearing Monks Sidings box