Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Green Pigeons on a Tree



Green Pigeons



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The Yellow-footed Green Pigeon (Treron phoenicoptera) also known as Yellow-legged Green Pigeon is a common species of Green Pigeon found in the Indian Subcontinent.  They forage in flocks. In the early morning they are often seen sunning on the tops of emergent trees in dense forest areas.

50 comments:

  1. [ Smiles ] That is one very beautiful bird!

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  2. Hard to believe, but we also have green birds living wild here in Chicago. They are escaped pet parrots that have gone wild and even stick around through our frigid winters. Great photos, by the way.

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  3. Yes, Its really different and beautiful.

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  4. Yellow pigeons! WOW! Never heard of it until I saw these photos. Pretty!

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  5. I am entertained by the specificness of the bird's name.

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  6. Absolutely striking! Lovely images-
    Thank you too for stopping by my blog-I appreciate it-

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  7. These photos are amazing. I never saw such a pretty pigeon before.

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  8. Thank you for liking my blog and leaving a comment. Oh how I envy you these beautiful birds ... what lovely colours and great photography !

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  9. Much more interesting than our boring grey wood pigeons.. :)

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  10. Wow! I love birds. I've never seen any like these.

    Thanks for coming by my blog!

    Nia

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  11. nice photos you have here and thanks for the visit.

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  12. I have seen this green cute pigeon near my house... :)

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  13. wow...they are beautiful! Nice photos...

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  14. What a beautiful pigeon! not something we love so much in the states. Love all the shots, but especially the one where there are 4 of them in 1 tree!

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  15. Vikey-Bautiful birds and beautiful photos! THANKS for visiting my “pun-ny” photoblog and leaving a “like.”
    --John R.

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  16. Thanks Robinson, your blog is really very interesting n beautiful.

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  17. Beautiful bird and photo v4vikey. Thanks for dropping by.

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  18. Very nice seeing them as I have never heard of them. great photo`s. we have a lot of beautiful looking birds here especially the Sun Birds that come to feed every day from the hanging bottles.

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  19. Beautiful birds, beautiful shots. In some it looks like if only they had cameras, what interesting shots they'd have taken of you!

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  20. Reblogged this on Wallpaper Tadka and commented:
    Green Birds/Green pigeon

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  21. Wow, what a beautiful bird...and the photos are incredible. Very well done!

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  23. They look big. Approximately what size are they? I like that they look fluffy. The color pattern is beautiful.

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  24. They are like a normal pigeon size.

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  25. So beautiful. Thank you so much for letting me see these lovely birds.

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