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15-09-2008, 01:58 PM
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| |  Ring-necked Parakeets
Good Afternoon WAB'ers!!
Does anyone know the months that Ring-necked Parakeets breed between? 
I saw this pair earlier today, the lower one looking into the tree hole, bottom right.
They stayed on location for a while.
Take care,
Jason |
15-09-2008, 02:54 PM
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| | | Re: Ring-necked Parakeets
The RSPB site mentions breeding from January until June. Presumably that is the season for the UK.
I also found this document http://www.biology.ucok.edu/Personal...ler/thesis.pdf which mentions late February to May in Thanet.
Perhaps they were house-hunting?  |
15-09-2008, 02:59 PM
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| | | Re: Ring-necked Parakeets
Oh, so probably nt breeding, then.
Thanks for the research! |
15-09-2008, 03:11 PM
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| | | Re: Ring-necked Parakeets
I read somewhere that they commandeer nest holes very early, and as a consequence our native hole-nesting species are suffering.
Jim |
15-09-2008, 03:15 PM
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| | | Re: Ring-necked Parakeets
So, for September, could this pair have commandered this hole? |
15-09-2008, 05:01 PM
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| | | Re: Ring-necked Parakeets
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Originally Posted by Jason Green  So, for September, could this pair have commandered this hole? | They could well be prospecting for sites. |
15-09-2008, 05:04 PM
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| | | Re: Ring-necked Parakeets
Thanks Aeshna!
Though they're aliens, it'd be interesting to see them breeding.
I'll keep you posted. |
15-09-2008, 05:06 PM
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| | | Re: Ring-necked Parakeets
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Originally Posted by Jim Ford I read somewhere that they commandeer nest holes very early, and as a consequence our native hole-nesting species are suffering.
Jim | They do breed early in the year but there isn't too much evidence as yet that they are having a negative impact on native hole nesters, though there are implications this could happen.
In Richmond Park where there are large numbers of these birds, there has been a bird monitoring scheme for nearly a decade + the number of RN Parakeets has increased considerably, yet none of the other hole nesters have declined + some have increased. |
15-09-2008, 05:15 PM
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| | | Re: Ring-necked Parakeets
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Originally Posted by aeshna5 They do breed early in the year but there isn't too much evidence as yet that they are having a negative impact on native hole nesters, though there are implications this could happen.
In Richmond Park where there are large numbers of these birds, there has been a bird monitoring scheme for nearly a decade + the number of RN Parakeets has increased considerably, yet none of the other hole nesters have declined + some have increased. | Starlings will use tree holes won't they? Though obviously as the decline is national the parakeets are probably the last of their problems! |
15-09-2008, 05:22 PM
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| | Re: Ring-necked Parakeets
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Originally Posted by Gill Catton Starlings will use tree holes won't they? Though obviously as the decline is national the parakeets are probably the last of their problems! | They do indeed, but the Starling decline is a national thing + most of the RN Parakeets are in the London + surrounding areas, so I feel other factors are the main driving forces for this decline.
I'm not saying the RNP are having no effect, just that so far the scientific evidence doesn't seem to be there, just hypothesis. | | | |
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