Air kissing: Parakeets give one another a peck on the beak in mid-air
- The parakeets were photographed mid-air in Gurdaspur, Punjab, northern India
- The male and female duo can be seen brushing past each other before clashing
- At the end of their ‘lover’s tiff’, the pair plant a peck on each other’s beaks
A pair of parakeets have been photographed giving each other a peck on the beak in mid-air.
The image, taken from a series of dramatic photos from photographer Vishesh Kamboj, 37, was taken in Gurdaspur, Punjab, India.
The male and female parakeet can be seen squaring up to each other, before clashing in mid-air but finishing their quarrel with a peck on the beak.
According to the photographer, the male and female parakeets were sat on a branch ‘looking fairly happy’ before a flight broke out between them.
Pictured: The parakeets peck each other on the beak after a passionate confrontation in Punjab, India
Pictured: The parakeets square off against each other in Punjab, India. The images were captured by photographer Vishesh Kamboi, 37, who saw the birds near his home
Pictured: The parakeets clash mid-air in Punjab, India. The male and female parakeet can be seen brushing and swirling past each other before flying upwards and pecking each other on the beak
One of the parakeets swoops up into the air in Punjab, India, in what the photographer called a ‘lover’s tiff’
‘Then, they suddenly flew up into the air,’ Vishesh said.
‘Even though I was at some distance from where the action was going on I didn’t hesitate and tried to start snapping as quickly as I could.
‘The fight might have taken place because of a dispute over food, territory or perhaps a mating issue.’
Pictured: The parakeets clash mid-air in Punjab, India. Vishesh said the parakeets ‘were perching on a branch looking fairly happy’ before the fight
Pictured: The parakeets clash mid-air in Punjab, India, in what could’ve been a ‘dispute over food, territory or a mating issue’, according to the photographer
Pictured: The parakeets square up to each other mid-air in Gurdaspur, Punjab, India
Vishesh added that capturing the tiff was one of the highlights of his time in lockdown during the coronavirus epidemic so far.
He said: ‘Initially I felt frustrated being at home and not being able to go out and photograph birds.
‘But, had there been no lockdown I probably wouldn’t have been able to have got this unique picture so close to home.’