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Something unusual on the feeder today...
I looked out of the window and saw this...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobhobd...7633197988148/ Most unusual colouration. -- Regards Bob Hobden Posting to this Newsgroup from the W.of London. UK |
Something unusual on the feeder today...
On 08/04/2013 18:37, Bob Hobden wrote:
I looked out of the window and saw this... http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobhobd...7633197988148/ Most unusual colouration. -- Regards Bob Hobden Posting to this Newsgroup from the W.of London. UK Lovely. I wonder if it's the only one. I like the pic of the green one sat on top of the pole like a meerkat :~). -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
Something unusual on the feeder today...
"Spider" wrote ...
Bob Hobden wrote: I looked out of the window and saw this... http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobhobd...7633197988148/ Most unusual colouration. Lovely. I wonder if it's the only one. I like the pic of the green one sat on top of the pole like a meerkat :~). Never ever seen that colouration before, they are normally all the usual bright green. They usually make such a racket but they are always totally silent when feeding so unless you are watching you won't know they are around, until they leave. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
Something unusual on the feeder today...
Soft blue and even white variations also exist although the colour variants rarely occur in wild populations or last for long due to them being more easily targeted by predators. I had a blue male and yellow female many years ago - my intention being to breed them for whites. Their incessant screeching put paid to that plan and I passed them back to the breeder.
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Something unusual on the feeder today...
"Dave Poole" wrote ...
Soft blue and even white variations also exist although the colour variants rarely occur in wild populations or last for long due to them being more easily targeted by predators. I had a blue male and yellow female many years ago - my intention being to breed them for whites. Their incessant screeching put paid to that plan and I passed them back to the breeder. They are obvious in the winter with no leaves on the trees but it always amazes me how such a brightly coloured bird can disappear amongst leaves in the summer, if they kept quiet. Can you imagine what is was like at Esher Rugby Club where 4,000+ used to roost every evening. :-) -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
Something unusual on the feeder today...
On 2013-04-08 18:37:00 +0100, Bob Hobden said:
I looked out of the window and saw this... http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobhobd...7633197988148/ Most unusual colouration. -- Regards Bob Hobden Posting to this Newsgroup from the W.of London. UK We'd get very excited if we saw those! They haven't got this far yet! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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Something unusual on the feeder today...
"Martin" wrote
"Bob Hobden" wrote: "Dave Poole" wrote ... Soft blue and even white variations also exist although the colour variants rarely occur in wild populations or last for long due to them being more easily targeted by predators. I had a blue male and yellow female many years ago - my intention being to breed them for whites. Their incessant screeching put paid to that plan and I passed them back to the breeder. They are obvious in the winter with no leaves on the trees but it always amazes me how such a brightly coloured bird can disappear amongst leaves in the summer, if they kept quiet. Can you imagine what is was like at Esher Rugby Club where 4,000+ used to roost every evening. :-) Were there really 4,000? Claims that there were 600 parakeets in a Dutch park were checked by experts. 600 turned out to be around a dozen. Our parakeets seem to be quiet. Maybe because they don't roost in our garden. Their favourite food is unopened buds and flowers on our chestnut trees. Somewhere on internet I read that Europe's wild parakeets originate from a royal park in Brussels, where they were deliberately released to make the park more colourful. There are wild parakeets in Paris parks too. Yes, estimates were between 4 to 6 thousand birds. Certainly at the time we used to have flocks of 40 or 50 birds (I counted) flying over in the evening and it was a constant stream of flocks of various size for an hour or so. They seem to have changed their roosting pattern now. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
Something unusual on the feeder today...
"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 2013-04-08 18:37:00 +0100, Bob Hobden said: I looked out of the window and saw this... http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobhobd...7633197988148/ Most unusual colouration. -- Regards Bob Hobden Posting to this Newsgroup from the W.of London. UK We'd get very excited if we saw those! They haven't got this far yet! -- Sacha They haven't got to me yet either, but I'm not sure I want them! Tina |
Something unusual on the feeder today...
On 2013-04-09 18:33:16 +0100, Christina Websell said:
"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 2013-04-08 18:37:00 +0100, Bob Hobden said: I looked out of the window and saw this... http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobhobd...7633197988148/ Most unusual colouration. -- Regards Bob Hobden Posting to this Newsgroup from the W.of London. UK We'd get very excited if we saw those! They haven't got this far yet! -- Sacha They haven't got to me yet either, but I'm not sure I want them! Tina I know! I've seen people here curse them but for us they're exotic! I had lovebirds in my Jersey garden and that really was charming. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
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Something unusual on the feeder today...
"Martin" wrote
I can imagine that having 4,000-6,000 parakeets in close proximity like Bob had is a bit overwhelming, but one or two parakeets liven up a garden. On the plus side seagulls and jackdaws give parakeets a wide berth, although other birds don't seem to be frightened by parakeets. It's around ten years since we first saw parakeets in the area. The most we have ever seen in our garden was four and that was only once, normally we get one or two. Luckily I don't live that near the Esher Rugby Ground, it's about 12 miles away. Much too expensive an area for me. -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK |
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