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Originally Posted by ColonelBlimp  I'll be extremely surprised if the RP Parakeets don't do damage to the native flora and fauna as they expand, especially as I read somewhere that they displace other hole-nesting birds.
I hope they aren't going to turn into dare I say it a grey squirrel-type problem in the future!  |
Here in Kent they are doing all the above and more. Without exaggerating, we have thousands gathering every evening, before leaving for, what appears to be, London. They arrive in groups of 50 or more and hang around for others to join them. Once the flock is a couple of hundred strong they head off W.N.W this continues for a couple of hours.
Often just before dark, a straggler group will come across the fields, very low and very very fast, just like racing pigeons.
They are breeding more or less, for 12 months a year, I know this for a fact, I rather stupidly errected some nest boxes about 8 years ago
Last year a small flock were responsible for a complete change of my phone line. It was funny watching their antics, swinging and playing on the line, until I found out why the phone and computer wouldn't work.
It took 8 weeks to discover the fault and rectify it
On our main lawn we have an old apple tree, the main trunk is only 4ft before the branches start. A Green Woodpecker knocked a hole in this a few years ago and successfully reared a brood or two. Early last year, before the woodies came back, a pair of ring necks took over the site and have been breeding in it ever since, talk about defend it too.
Tell ya what though, I dont dislike having them around