In pictures: Flocks of red-green parakeet over paddy field

Gumaibeel of Rangunia, a well-known Chittagong granary, is Bangladesh's second largest beel after the Chalan Beel. It has now been buzzing with the arrival of flocks of red-green parakeets.

During the season of ripe rice, everyday thousands of red-green parakeets gather here mostly in search of ripe rice and food.

Farmers estimate that 15,000-20,000 parakeets' dwell in one flock. They consume all of the rice on the land where they sit.

Farmers say that the parakeets eat the paddy in flocks most of the time beginning in the afternoon. 

The photos were taken by freelance photographer Prokash Majumder in collaboration with Dhaka Tribune