Despite the abnormally cold January with heavy snowfalls, Ashgabat has not reduced the number of feathered inhabitants, among whom residents and guests of the city can see exotic bright green parrots with red beaks.
A. Bagramov of the Turkmenistan Nature Conservation Society told the Turkmenistan: Golden Age online edition that the pair of exotic birds was spotted in Ashgabat Park four years ago. Since then, the number of individuals has increased significantly. You can see them in different parts of the city.
Parrots have adapted to the climate of Turkmenistan and have learned to find their own food. The winter diet of tropical birds consists of the seeds of mahogany "cones", by spring the "menu" of parrots significantly expands - they begin to eat buds of trees and brushwood of Japanese Sophora.
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