Avian Camouflage
Had Kathy Jonokuchi not seen a Nanday Conure fly to one of the Western sycamores at the Peter Strauss Ranch in Cornell, she might not have been able to send photographs of them. Their lime green plumage is that well camouflaged with the chartreuse of peaking sycamore.
Until this past spring, the Peter Strauss Ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains NRA had been closed to the public since the Woolsey Fire of ’18 due to hazardous conditions. Western sycamore and live oak survived the fire, as did these naturalized parakeets which were busy devouring sycamore seed pods and occasionally squawking when another flock of conures flew by.
She captured a trio of Nandays inspecting a tree hole, one likely made by one of many acorn woodpeckers in the area.
Nanday Conures, Western sycamore, Peter Strauss Ranch, Cornell 11/14/22 Kathy Jonokuchi
Nanday Conures, Western sycamore, Peter Strauss Ranch, Cornell 11/14/22 Kathy Jonokuchi
Nanday Conures, Western sycamore, Peter Strauss Ranch, Cornell 11/14/22 Kathy Jonokuchi
Nanday Conures, Western sycamore, Peter Strauss Ranch, Cornell 11/14/22 Kathy Jonokuchi
Nanday Conures, Western sycamore, Peter Strauss Ranch, Cornell 11/14/22 Kathy Jonokuchi
Nanday Conures, Western sycamore, Peter Strauss Ranch, Cornell 11/14/22 Kathy Jonokuchi
- Peter Strauss Ranch, Santa Monica Mountains NRA, Cornell (790′) – Patchy to Near Peak (10 – 75%) Go Now.
