Most of the wild parrots in the USA originated from wild caught birds
that were imported in large numbers until the passing of legislation -
the Wild Bird Conservation Act (I think that is the correct name of the
act) - in 1992 to stop the import of CITIES listed birds. The main
importation quarantine stations were in Florida and California and
occasionally escapes occurred - dropped crates breaking open etc. quite
apart form many purchasers finding the taming of a wild caught Macaw,
Amazon or Conure was too hard, and after running out of bandages would
eventually open the cage door. Being wild caught those birds had to
skills to survive.
Mike Owen
On 16-May-19 7:03 PM, Laurie Knight wrote:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190514162206.htm
Escaped pet parrots are now naturalized in 23 US states, study finds
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