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Living here in California I think it helpful to state that the USA is not exactly swarming with parrots. Here in Northern California several small flocks of Red-masked Parakeets famous for the film the Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill are present. Otherwise there are none. Southern California urban areas certainly have parrot populations but I hope it's helpful to mention that the US is nothing like Australia with its rich populations of parrots everywhere. I just returned from leading a tour for 9 people to see Australia's parrots and once again I came away enriched and overjoyed at the beauty of these birds and their prolific status in your beautiful country. - Don K
On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 1:32 PM Mike Owen <> wrote:
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
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> Escaped pet parrots are now naturalized in 23 US states, study finds
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