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Aug 30, 2005 2:02:32 GMT -7
Post by sarah67 on Aug 30, 2005 2:02:32 GMT -7
saw the most fantastic thing yesterday,my husband is a train driver and he was telling me about a flock of ring necked parakeets that he had seen roosting in the trees near the train station in Ramsgate in kent,well he took me there yesterday and there must be at least 200 birds and the noise they make in incredible. they dont seem bothered by people or trains so it is an awesome sight.got some great pics to.
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Aug 30, 2005 4:53:19 GMT -7
Post by lidiam on Aug 30, 2005 4:53:19 GMT -7
Please post some of the pics, I would LOVE to see them! That sounds like a happy ending for a lot of escaped pets!
Lidia
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Aug 30, 2005 5:55:27 GMT -7
Post by tweetiepie on Aug 30, 2005 5:55:27 GMT -7
Apparently the ring necks are becoming a problem... of course we wouldn't say that cos we loved our winged angels, but they are eating in vast quantities the stuff the smaller wild birds eat, such as sparrows and swallows etc, that the ring necks are driving them away! Someone said that ring necks attached sparrows etc but i dont know how much truth was behind that.
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Aug 30, 2005 6:05:58 GMT -7
Post by Jane on Aug 30, 2005 6:05:58 GMT -7
I have heard about the colonies of ring necks. I believe they are becoming quite common in parts of the south east.
Jane
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Aug 30, 2005 20:15:48 GMT -7
Post by haani on Aug 30, 2005 20:15:48 GMT -7
ring neck is our local bird and it has been reduced by a large number due to capturing and illeagle export and another factor is cutting trees . 4 or 5 years back it was very normal to see flocks of ring necks flying. even i used to see them daily in my house on the tree eating guava but now i hardly see them and some time they come when they hear my ringnecks . i wish old days come back ....
haani khan
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Aug 31, 2005 0:09:33 GMT -7
Post by spookyhurst on Aug 31, 2005 0:09:33 GMT -7
Has anyone seen the documentary, "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill"? It's about a flock of wild conures that live in San Fransico. It sounds quite good, but being an independent film, I haven't been able to locate a showing in my area.
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Sept 1, 2005 1:41:06 GMT -7
Post by tallus on Sept 1, 2005 1:41:06 GMT -7
Apparently the ring necks are becoming a problem... of course we wouldn't say that cos we loved our winged angels, but they are eating in vast quantities the stuff the smaller wild birds eat, such as sparrows and swallows etc, that the ring necks are driving them away! Someone said that ring necks attached sparrows etc but i dont know how much truth was behind that. Magpies are doing that too, as far as I know they are not native fauna in Ireland I have personally seen a Magpie killing a starling one day in work. so I wouldn't be too worried about a concentration of ringnecks in one area, once they dont go nationwide
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Sept 1, 2005 2:02:42 GMT -7
Post by lidiam on Sept 1, 2005 2:02:42 GMT -7
Still, it would be nice to see wild ringtails, budgies, etc, here too, a little bit of exotica goes a long way! About magpies: www.birdweb.net/magpie.htmlIt's not their fault there is a songbird decline (if, indeed, there is a decline)! Lidia ;D
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Sept 1, 2005 2:22:55 GMT -7
Post by tallus on Sept 1, 2005 2:22:55 GMT -7
I totally agree. A friend of mine told me there are a few amazon parrots around the devils glen area of wicklow, but ihave yet to see them.
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Sept 1, 2005 2:26:44 GMT -7
Post by lidiam on Sept 1, 2005 2:26:44 GMT -7
It's really very good to know that those who lose parrots and don't find them again don't necessarily have starved and dead birds on their consciences!
I have just joined a birdwatching group local to Dublin and I will ask around about the parrots thing. Wouldn't it be amazing if there were viable colonies of parrots in Ireland!
Lidia
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Sept 1, 2005 5:08:25 GMT -7
Post by tallus on Sept 1, 2005 5:08:25 GMT -7
Aye it would, I wonder what they eat to survive.Very interesting
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Sept 1, 2005 5:10:12 GMT -7
Post by tallus on Sept 1, 2005 5:10:12 GMT -7
Psittacus Hibernius maybe our new species hahah
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Sept 1, 2005 14:52:01 GMT -7
Post by spookyhurst on Sept 1, 2005 14:52:01 GMT -7
Where I live (Arizona), there are lovebird colonies that are thriving. I haven't seen any in my part of the city though.
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Sept 8, 2005 15:12:38 GMT -7
Post by Adele on Sept 8, 2005 15:12:38 GMT -7
I live near San Francisco so I visit atleast one a week. I have seen a flock of parrots. It is very easy to hear them as they are extremely loud. They are beautiful and mostly green in color. I wonder if it is the same one that the documentary was made for. They are definetly some type of small parrot and in the flock was around 200 birds, maybe many more. I have only seen them twice but they were in the same area both times.
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Sept 8, 2005 16:57:13 GMT -7
Post by spookyhurst on Sept 8, 2005 16:57:13 GMT -7
I live near San Francisco so I visit atleast one a week. I have seen a flock of parrots. It is very easy to hear them as they are extremely loud. They are beautiful and mostly green in color. I wonder if it is the same one that the documentary was made for. They are definetly some type of small parrot and in the flock was around 200 birds, maybe many more. I have only seen them twice but they were in the same area both times. Very likely the same birds. Here's a link to a picture: www.wildparrotsfilm.com/
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