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Collecting nesting material
While an introduced species to North America, they are well adapted to the North American climate and ecosystems. They seem to be enlarging their range especially over the past decade in my area.
Recolectando material para el nido
Aunque es una especie introducida a América del Norte, esta especie se ha adaptado muy bien al clima norteamericano y sus ecosistemas. Parecen estar expandiendo su territorio especialmente desde hace la última década en mi área.
Quaker (Monk) Parakeet Description
The Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus), also known as the Quaker Parrot, is a species of parrot that originated in the temperate areas of Argentina and Brazil in South America. It is the only member of the genus Myiopsitta. This parrot is, on average, 29 cm long with a 48 cm wingspan, and weighs 100 g. Females tend to be 10-20% smaller. It has bright green upperparts. The forehead and breast are pale grey and the rest of the underparts are very-light green to yellow. The flight feathers are dark blue, and the tail is long and tapering. The bill is orange. The call is a loud and throaty graaa or skveet. Domestic breeds have produced colors other than the natural plumage; these include white and blue in place of green.
The Monk Parakeet is the only parrot that builds a stick nest, in a tree or on a man-made structure, rather than using a hole in a tree. This gregarious species often breeds colonially, building a single large nest with separate entrances for each pair. In the wild, the colonies can become quite large, with pairs occupying separate "apartments" in nests that can reach the size of a small automobile. These nests can attract many other tenants including birds of prey such as the Spot-winged Falconet, ducks such as the Speckled Teal and even mammals. Their 5-12 eggs hatch in about 24 days.
Unusually for a parrot, Monk Parakeet pairs occasionally have helper individuals, often a grown offspring, which assists with feeding the young .
Monk Parakeets are highly intelligent, social birds.
A monk practicing begging, which gives karma for the people who give him money, and gives karma to the monk for learning humility.
June 24, 2017 - We were only allowed to take pictures/videos with cellphones of the debating monks. This afternoon we had the opportunity to go on an optional tour of the Sera and Papungka Monasteries which I didn't want to miss. "Sera Monastery, one of the largest of the Gelugpa sect. In the Tibetan language, sera means "wild rose garden." The monastery earned the name for the opulent wild roses that grew all around the site centuries ago. At its peak, the monastery was the home for more than 7,000 monks. While the number of roses and monks have diminished with the passage of time, the monastery and its grounds have only increased in cultural significance and emotional power. Built in 1419 - the year that the sect's founder, Je Tsongkhapa, died-Sera Monastery features the largest tsokchen (main assembly hall) in the town, four stories high and with nearly 11,000 square feet of floor space. The monastery was built to house precious gifts from the emperor to one of Je Tsongkhapa's disciples." Previous text from OAT trip booklet.
Nestled in the heart of rural Sussex, Monk’s House is a tranquil 17th-century weatherboarded cottage inhabited by Leonard and the novelist Virginia Woolf from 1919 until Leonards death in 1969.
The Woolfs bought Monk's House for the 'shape and fertlity and wildness of the garden'. Today, the lovely cottage garden contains a mix of flowers, vegetables, orchards, lawns and ponds.
Taken from: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/monks-house/
4-5 декабря 2022, Память св. Михаила Тверского. Богослужения в Воскресенском кафедральном соборе (Тверь) | 4-5 December 2022, Remembrance day of the of St. Mikhail Tverskoy. Divine services in the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ (Tver)
Taxi services and all transport between Sitang Village and Yuban Village is by horse and this monk is using the local transport. This is also a section of the Pilgrim Trail that leads to the Sacred Waterfall from Mount Kawakarpo
A good number of people arrive on foot for the ceremony. Some of the monks arrive via trucks. They stand all throughout the journey in other to accommodate everyone.
Cheryl: The monk that was our tour guide and also led us in meditation in the temple behind him.
Damien: Cheryl took this photo, and it's my favourite. I think the zazen was actually my favourite part of the trip.. even though my legs fell asleep from the half lotus position, so when we did walking meditation I could barely move.
"Scriptures debating". Monks argue with each other over matters of Buddhist philosphy. Lots of hand gestures and clapping is involved in this ritual. Whenever a monk asks another monk a question, it is followed by a clap of the right hand into the outstretched left hand. Sera Monastery, Lhasa.
Luang Prabang, Laos
Feburary 2004
Wherever the monks are in S.E. Asia its a 'kodak moment.' With their bright orange or yellow robes they stand out as if illuminated.
SRI LANKA, Colombo, January 5, 2010 – Buddhist monks protest in Colombo against the arrest of Rev Dambara Amila Thero alleging political victimisation. The government says the arrest has no political motive and was based on public complaints to police. (Sanjaya Nalleperuma/Perambara)
Monks from Bhutan's Trongsa Monastery conclude their 8-day visit to New York with a performance of the Cham dance of liberation at the Statue of Liberty, Sun. Sept. 21, 2008, in New York. The monks were in New York to celebrate the exhibition 'The Dragon's Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan' at Rubin Museum of Art through Jan. 5, 2009.