Feed the Lorikeets: Interactive attractions at the NM State Fair
Elizabeth Tucker Elizabeth TuckerElizabeth Tucker Journal Staff Writer
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One colorful exhibit to check out while exploring the fair is the Lorikeets.
Visitors can pay $5 to feed the exotic birds from Australia.
The birds perch on your outstretched arm and drink the nectar presented.
They are very friendly birds and come in rainbow, olive and musk varieties.
Lorikeets
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A rainbow Lorikeet licks Skyver Negrete's hand looking for necter in the Lorikeet exhibit at the New Mexico State Fair hosted at Expo New Mexico in Albuquerque Sept. 7, 2023 (Elizabeth Tucker / Albuquerque Journal)
Left, Steph Saenz and Skyver Negrete, both from El Paso, hold out their hands for rainbow Lorikeets to drink the nectar offered at the New Mexico State Fair hosted at Expo New Mexico in Albuquerque Sept. 7, 2023 (Elizabeth Tucker / Albuquerque Journal)
Left, Steph Saenz and Skyver Negrete, both from El Paso, hold out their hands for rainbow Lorikeets to drink the nectar offered at the New Mexico State Fair hosted at Expo New Mexico in Albuquerque Sept. 7, 2023 (Elizabeth Tucker / Albuquerque Journal)
Two Lorikeets groom each other in the feed the Lorikeets exhibit at the New Mexico State Fair hosted at Expo New Mexico in Albuquerque Sept. 7, 2023 (Elizabeth Tucker / Albuquerque Journal)
Two Lorikeets groom each other in the feed the Lorikeets exhibit at the New Mexico State Fair hosted at Expo New Mexico in Albuquerque Sept. 7, 2023 (Elizabeth Tucker / Albuquerque Journal)
A Lorikeet preens his feathers in the Feed the Lorikeets exhibit at the New Mexico State Fair hosted at Expo New Mexico in Albuquerque Sept. 7, 2023 (Elizabeth Tucker / Albuquerque Journal)
A Lorikeet preens his feathers in the Feed the Lorikeets exhibit at the New Mexico State Fair hosted at Expo New Mexico in Albuquerque Sept. 7, 2023 (Elizabeth Tucker / Albuquerque Journal)
Francisco Gomez, 19, watches two Lorikeets resting on his arm after they finished the offered nectar in the Feed the Lorikeet exhibit at the New Mexico State Fair hosted at Expo New Mexico in Albuquerque Sept. 7, 2023 (Elizabeth Tucker / Albuquerque Journal)
Two Lorikeets rest on a visitor's arm after they finished the offered nectar in the Feed the Lorikeet exhibit at the New Mexico State Fair hosted at Expo New Mexico in Albuquerque Sept. 7, 2023 (Elizabeth Tucker / Albuquerque Journal)
