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Monday, March 28, 2011

How long is the Amazon? This is a "40 cm"- long Amazon. The St. Vincent Amazon (Amazona guildingii), also known as St. Vincent Parrot. WWF maximum cards / maxicards / dorincards from St.Vincent.


"The St. Vincent Amazon (Amazona guildingii), also known as St. Vincent Parrot is a large, approximately 40 cm long, multi-colored amazon parrot with a yellowish white, blue and green head, greenish-bronze upperparts plumage, and violet blue-green wings."







"Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (pronounced /seɪnt ˈvɪnsənt æn ðə ɡrɛnəˈdiːnz/ ( listen)) is a country in the Lesser Antilles chain, namely in the southern portion of the Windward Islands, which lie at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean
It is also known as "Yurumein" amongst the Garifuna people[citation needed]
Its 389-square-kilometre (150 sq mi) territory consists of the main island of Saint Vincent and the northern two-thirds of the Grenadines, which are a chain of smaller islands stretching south from Saint Vincent Island to Grenada
To the north of St. Vincent lies St. Lucia, to the east Barbados
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is densely populated (over 300 inhabitants/km2) with its 120,000 people. 
Its capital is Kingstown, also its main port
The country has a French and British colonial history and is now part of the Commonwealth of Nations and CARICOM."

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Happy Blue Monday! (meme)





4 comments:

  1. Very Pretty!

    Please come see my Blues, have a nice day!

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  2. I feel as if I'd been on a trip; thanks. Thanks for sharing your blues.

    Happy Blue Monday, Dorin.

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