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06-11-2010, 05:48 PM
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| | | Lincolnshire Parakeet
Spotted my first Parakeet today in north lincolnshire  think it was a ring necked but it was flying at the time I saw it |
06-11-2010, 06:12 PM
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| | | Re: Lincolnshire Parakeet
Was it noisy?
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06-11-2010, 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Wild-Woman  Was it noisy? | Yes very, thats the only reason I spotted it |
06-11-2010, 07:24 PM
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| | | Re: Lincolnshire Parakeet
They do make themselves noticeable don't they! Fast flight, pointed tail and noisy!
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06-11-2010, 07:42 PM
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| | | Re: Lincolnshire Parakeet
Interesting obsevation.
I wonder how far they (I'm guessing it was a rose ringed/ring necked parakeet) have spread.
About 30/40 years ago they were found close to Harlequins rugby ground in SW London but they have spread to other areas in the south east.
This year they made it to east London. In the last 30 years we have seen them about 15 times and at least 12 of those sightings have been this year.
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06-11-2010, 07:55 PM
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| | | Re: Lincolnshire Parakeet
Kent has a large population. In their thousands.
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06-11-2010, 08:06 PM
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| | | Re: Lincolnshire Parakeet
Yep, we get 'em in our garden pretty much every day now. Personally I'm still very ambivalent towards them. Sure they're an attractive bird but they just don't belong here and don't seem right somehow. Fact of life now though.
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06-11-2010, 08:35 PM
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| | | Re: Lincolnshire Parakeet
A friend emailed me from Chicago last week about Monk Parakeets there
that lived near the Mayor's house and he regarded them as good luck mascots.
I have no idea how a bird like that can make it through a Midwest winter but
apparently they did and do. |
06-11-2010, 08:37 PM
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| | | Re: Lincolnshire Parakeet
We see them every day as well over our garden. I heard people in Kent don't get on well with them as they eat all the fruit that's being grown!?! :-D
Nice bird, but yes out of place.
We also have Monk Parakeets breeding nearby which is a nice difference every now and then :-) |
06-11-2010, 08:49 PM
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| | | Re: Lincolnshire Parakeet
I was in Jandia,Fuertaventura a couple of weeks ago and
enjoyed their antics there,flying up and down the beach and
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