2.14——lovebirds

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Here in an umbrella thorn tree, in Tanzania Africa, some Fischer’s love birds are looking to a nice hollow in which to nest and raise their young. The lovebird is a small stout member of the parrot family. They are like humans and that location is a very important factor in finding a home. And sometimes if I adjust the right spot, they only discover is somebody else got there first.

Unlike humans, lovebirds will find their perfect tree hollow can be ** merely because another bird, like this Von der Decken's hornbill decides it might want to take a look. The hornbill pokes around a bit, but there’s no prey here, and this wouldn’t make a suitable hornbill home. So the resident lovebird moves back in. It’s getting to be the time for the lovebird to make love and to make eggs. First, she feathers her nest with some nice cushy fronts. Then, she and her mate for life pledge their union by, uh.. kissing.

To seal the deal, the male passes edibles to his beloved. The lovebird doesn’t get any better than this. Now they actually does get better than this. After foreplay, the real play. I mean they are lovebirds, don’t you know?...