You can grow bananas when you see these birds

momoese · 01-13-2008, 12:14 AM

I think when you have these birds around it's ok to grow bananas. We have a rather large population of these in Southern California but rarely do they land close enough to get decent pictures. These were taken in front of a friends house and about 10 blocks from my house.

Here is some info on them.
http://www.californiaparrotproject.o...et.html#photos

klemmthamm · 01-13-2008, 12:22 AM

Neat... wish we had some around here, they are really pretty birds.

Richard · 01-13-2008, 12:24 AM

If you have those birds around, you need all your naners and fruit trees in a greenhouse for protection

AnnaJW · 01-13-2008, 12:42 AM

Beautiful birds, and awesome pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lagniappe · 01-13-2008, 01:11 AM

They 're flyin in some sort of attack pattern in that second pic . Gives you the feeling that you're bieng bombarded .
Remember the classic Hitchcock movie "The Birds" ?

microfarmer · 01-13-2008, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by momoese

I think when you have these birds around it's ok to grow bananas. We have a rather large population of these in Southern California (snip)http://www.californiaparrotproject.o...et.html#photos

I guess you can grow bananas in Brooklyn, New Jersey, and Chicago. All have populations of wild parrots...

http://www.brooklynparrots.com/2006/...arrots-of.html

...and Yacolt, Washington...

http://www.brooklynparrots.com/

Lagniappe · 01-13-2008, 02:07 AM

I saw a group of quaker parrots here . According to the homeowner , they had been feeding in the same cluster of pecan trees for several days .

STEELVIPER · 01-13-2008, 02:24 AM

There are a few wild parrots out in my area. Not sure what species, but they are very fat and healthy.Lots of fruit trees in the area, so i assume that they are eating good.

island cassie · 01-13-2008, 04:04 AM

Nice pictures Mitchell. We have a number of species here but they are very wild and fly high and fast to avoid the trappers - often hear them screaming as they fly overhead! In the Staines area in London there are several thousand parakeets that live alonside the River Thames. They are the descendants of a few that were released about 30 years ago.

Cassie

SteveW · 01-13-2008, 04:30 AM

We've got a population of ringed tail lorikeets in the UK.
They're mainly seen in and around London and the surrounding areas just outside of the city,but I've started seeing them a few miles from where I live now.They've got a very distinctive call so you allways know when they're nearby.
Fantastic looking birds,they'd definately add a tropical feel to any garden.

musa_monkey · 01-13-2008, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by SteveW

We've got a population of ringed tail lorikeets in the UK.
They're mainly seen in and around London and the surrounding areas just outside of the city,but I've started seeing them a few miles from where I live now.They've got a very distinctive call so you allways know when they're nearby.
Fantastic looking birds,they'd definately add a tropical feel to any garden.

I have a colony of parrots living in the wood next to me. The local legend is that a pair escaped some years back and have bred. They have survived here for the last 5 years i know of but we haven't had a bad winter in that timeframe. It is good to see and hear them though,still a very rare site in the UK.

CookieCows · 01-13-2008, 09:17 AM

Pictures can sure put a smile on your face!!

I never knew there were wild parrots in the U.S. !!

Deb

Lagniappe · 01-13-2008, 09:46 AM

We should all be glad that they're birds and not macaques !
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7055625.stm

Taylor · 01-13-2008, 11:04 AM

I haven't ever seen a wild Parrot here but it sure is cool that they are around there!

I love The Birds, seen it many times. Creepy thought, eh?

magicgreen · 01-13-2008, 11:58 AM

Thankyou, that was a real ni-iceeee picture! Put a smile on my face too!

SteveW · 01-13-2008, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by musa_monkey

I have a colony of parrots living in the wood next to me. The local legend is that a pair escaped some years back and have bred. They have survived here for the last 5 years i know of but we haven't had a bad winter in that timeframe. It is good to see and hear them though,still a very rare site in the UK.

The lorikeets are supposed to be a tough as old boots,thats why they're slowly moving out of London and into the surrounding countryside.I live at least 30/40 miles out of town and I saw them just a couple of miles away in Cobham.i'd guess that if I were to look in the local woods that they're probably already here.It'd be fantastic if they are.
Theres a small population of green parrots in London aswell,they regularly go one of my old customers garden in Bromley.When I was fitting their kitchen a few years ago they told me about the flock of lorikeets that came every morning to feed at first light.Obviously not believing them I went to look outside,didn't see the lorikeets,but did see a couple of green parrots in one of the trees.Very surreal

dablo93 · 01-13-2008, 02:43 PM

we have also birds like that here, they don't live normally here in the netherlands but Amsterdam and Amstelveen (even sometimes in uithoorn, my village!

) are full of that birds and I like them

the only difference is that they are completly green

Ahava · 01-13-2008, 03:37 PM

Wow beautiful birds. That's neat I had no idea they came up as far as LA. That's awesome!

SteveW · 01-13-2008, 04:47 PM

Looks like I got the name of our UK parrots abit wrong.lol
They're actually called ring-necked parakeets and they're over 5000 birds living in the SE of the UK,how cool is that
I just read up a bit on them on the RSPB website
http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/bird...et/history.asp

MediaHound · 01-14-2008, 01:51 AM

We have wild Quaker parrots here, they nest in the powerlines.
There's also various Macaws as well, and even sightings of the Hyacinth...

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