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Mon, Jun 6, 05 at 11:18
| This little guy showed up yesterday and hung out in our mesquite for nearly an hour. Is he an escaped parakeet? Any ideas?
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- Posted by tomatofreak Z9 Phx USA (My Page) on Mon, Jun 6, 05 at 16:35
| He looks a lot like the peach-faced lovebirds that we had a big discussion about last year. There's a whole community over near Papago Park in Phx. Whatever he is, he's a handsome guy! Yes, if he was all alone, he probably has escaped from a cage somewhere. Did you try getting him to come to you? |
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| Oh yes, DH spent a good long while trying to coax him down and the bird looked like he wanted to but just couldn't bring himself to make the leap. I hope he can survive on his own. We have a bird feeder so he could always eat here. He seems to scare the other birds. Di |
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| Evidently their native environment is very much like ours, so much that there are some pretty large colonies (flocks, I guess) in the Phoenix area of ex-domesticates. Don't worry about him, he'll do great.
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| There's been a bunch of them in our area for years. I love seeing the flash of color they bring. |
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| We have breeding colonies in our Central Phoenix area, too. Since we have feeders and seed bells up, it's a rare day that we don't have groups of 2 to 8 coming in. In past years, the flocks were much larger, but I think that when the flock increases past a certain point, a new flock is formed to colonize other areas. They are great fun to watch. Di, your little guy looks paler than the standard adult Peachfaced. It may be a young one (although I see no black on the bill). Zill |
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