Viewing: green monk parakeets
August 14, 2014
La Sima de las Cotorras, Chiapas, México
Yet another natural wonder outside of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, the capital of the state of Chiapas, is la Sima de las Cotorras. This giant sinkhole in the earth is home to thousands of green Monk Parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus) which inhabit the trees down inside the sinkhole and create a beautiful ruckus every morning starting somewhere around 7am when they wake and stir and finally get airborne, zooming around the sinkhole in small and large groups as they ascend from their home…
Posted in Nature, Wildlife | By traveleptic