Long-tailed Parakeet

First & foremost, my apologies for the rather blur background...am still trying to perfect my shots..

Now for the story: Since it was a Monday and TTW is closed on Mondays(except Public Holiday), I and my fellow Ranger decided to take a walk through the Reserves to look for anything to shoot. When I say anything, I really meant anything...ants, insects & whatever...I'm that desperate...hahaha

Well, as I was saying, we were walking & lost track of time and lo & behold, it was almost 11.30pm, so I told my colleague to backtrack to RS to buy lunch as he needs to attend a briefing in the afternoon. So off he went & I carried on with my journey when I came to a clearing and heard some birds "screaming", I looked up and strained my eyes when suddenly to my delight, a flock of Long-tailed Parakeets came and perched on a dead tree to my right. As usual, frightened that they will fly off, I went snap snap snap(insurance shots). Then I tried going closer and to my surprise, they were not frightened or shy. Instead, they posed & looked back at me so I was able to re-adjust my settings and carried on shooting. When I was finished....(my arms felt like a ton and I was actually shaking like a hippo during the shoot, that's why some of my shots turned out like crab! If you need a demo how a hippo shakes, do find me & I'll show you..hehe) and turned away, they started their "scolding" going "cheet, cheet" before flying away. Thinking back, they were probably "scolding" me "cheat, cheat" cos they got nothing from me for posing...hahahaha

A little info about them: The Coco Island Parakeet is slightly different in colours from our range here in Pen. Malaysia & Singapore. In terms of voice, all have high, rather melodious pee-yo pee-yo, nasal quavering graak graak graak and scolding cheet notes. Habitat is more open lowland broadleaved evergreen forest, clearings, plantations & mangroves.