Unknown bird
May 31, 2017 11:13:31 #
May 31, 2017 11:22:53 #
MCHUGH wrote:
Don't know what I did wrong but I will try again
A little OOF. It looks like a small Parakeet (Budgie). Not a wild bird but a lost pet.
May 31, 2017 11:40:14 #
May 31, 2017 11:42:47 #
Here on Long Island we have plenty of small parrots that have gone feral. They nest around transformers on telephone poles to stay warm in winter.
https://wildparrotsny.wordpress.com/tag/long-island/
https://wildparrotsny.wordpress.com/tag/long-island/
May 31, 2017 11:57:56 #
MCHUGH
Loc: Jacksonville, Texas
Thanks everyone. I thought it was an escaped pet. I doubt it will last long in my neighborhood due to the local cat population, but nature has a way of taking care of its own much better than most people can.
May 31, 2017 12:23:10 #
That far south it could very well be wild. My Uncle use to raise them in Southern England (Sussex). He kept them in an outdoor flight cage and roost and they did quite well, even in the winter. Lot's of feral parakeets and parrots in all over Florida.
Jun 1, 2017 01:46:28 #
WayneT wrote:
That far south it could very well be wild. My Uncle use to raise them in Southern England (Sussex). He kept them in an outdoor flight cage and roost and they did quite well, even in the winter. Lot's of feral parakeets and parrots in all over Florida.
By "wild" I meant Feral but not a Native species wild bird. Budgies (small parrots) are native to Australia. The big American Carolina Parakeet is extinct https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_parakeet. There are likely other large Feral and even Naturalized Parrots in Florida. Where I am in Southern California we have large flocks of "Latin American" species of feral large Parrots. Some have probably become Naturalized to many parts of California.
Oh, that one the OP photographed is not even a naturally occurring feather coloration. Wild-type ones are Green-Yellow-Black-Whitish. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budgerigar. The next most common types were with Blue for the Green. There are many color mutations today. I used to have a few too ages ago and Cockatiels too.
Jun 1, 2017 07:13:33 #
Jun 1, 2017 08:22:17 #
MCHUGH
Loc: Jacksonville, Texas
Well there is sad news about the bird. I found it dead in my yard late yesterday afternoon. Guess it was too domesticated to make it in the wild.
Jun 1, 2017 08:46:22 #
MCHUGH wrote:
Well there is sad news about the bird. I found it dead in my yard late yesterday afternoon. Guess it was too domesticated to make it in the wild.
Oh, no. Sad. Hopefully it died only from "exposure" or Cat abuse and not to some disease. Do be careful if you handle the body, Parrots can carry diseases that human's can catch; Parrot Fever and Avian Tuberculosis come to mind.
Jun 1, 2017 10:44:07 #
I had a parakeet show up at the bird feeder a couple years ago. Don't know what happened to him.
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-317450-1.html
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-317450-1.html
Jun 1, 2017 21:14:37 #
lamiaceae wrote:
Oh, no. Sad. Hopefully it died only from "exposure" or Cat abuse and not to some disease. Do be careful if you handle the body, Parrots can carry diseases that human's can catch; Parrot Fever and Avian Tuberculosis come to mind.
Ah Iam sorry to read this, poor baby
Jun 1, 2017 23:08:54 #
lamiaceae wrote:
A little OOF. It looks like a small Parakeet (Budgie). Not a wild bird but a lost pet.
I agree--Parakeet
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