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Agapornis roseicollis
Green under and upper-parts, blue rump and black primaries. The face and throat are yellowish-white for the juveniles, pink for the adults. Both sexes alike. The bill is short, curved, black on the top, bright yellow on the bottom.
Johannesburg city open parks with sparse trees to perch. The usual habitat is dry open range, including arid areas and mountains. A group of adults was used to come and perch at sunset and sunrise in the trees in my backyard, calling each other with very loud chirper. That was lovely.
What a surprise on this early morning... Something is floating in the swimming pool, half-hanged to the child protection net I did not reattach well the night before. Having a closer look, I notice this is a bird and try to rescue it. I don't know if it was more scared to drown or about me (eventually falling into the pool), but I finally managed to grasp it. I let it on the safe ground. It ran into the shrubs in the backyard and start to call loudly. Before long, I noticed 2 adults coming and perching in the trees and let the backyard free for them. They took 2 days to teach it how to fly properly ... and not to land in the pool. Ah, juveniles... Also called Peach-faced Lovebird
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I'm glad your story ended happily! Thanks for sharing it :)