Lovely! While living in the Sydney suburbs in the 1980s, I was visited daily by a pandemonium of rainbow lorikeets. They came to drink from a pan of water I placed on the balcony. Occasionally, they would venture a few feet into the apartment to have a look. Of course, that was Australia and you didn't have to venture far to hear the sound of birds. In visiting Adelaide, I recall that galahs, pink and gray cockatoos, were as common a pigeons in NYC parks.
This is fascinating info to learn! I saw a parrot on a power line near our house in Portland three winter's ago. It didn't have much coloration and wasn't huge, but it's beak and green color was a give-away. Probably a monk parrot, judging from the photos in your article. I remember being very worried how such an obviously tropical bird would make it through the winter! I hope it did!
Oh wow that's amazing!!!! I actually looked to see if they made it to Maine yet and found almost no records-you probably saw one of the earliest pioneers! I wouldn't worry, they're already well established in Chicago, between climate change and the urban heat island effect Portland should be fine. I hope they establish a breeding population!
Lovely! While living in the Sydney suburbs in the 1980s, I was visited daily by a pandemonium of rainbow lorikeets. They came to drink from a pan of water I placed on the balcony. Occasionally, they would venture a few feet into the apartment to have a look. Of course, that was Australia and you didn't have to venture far to hear the sound of birds. In visiting Adelaide, I recall that galahs, pink and gray cockatoos, were as common a pigeons in NYC parks.
Awesome!!
This is fascinating info to learn! I saw a parrot on a power line near our house in Portland three winter's ago. It didn't have much coloration and wasn't huge, but it's beak and green color was a give-away. Probably a monk parrot, judging from the photos in your article. I remember being very worried how such an obviously tropical bird would make it through the winter! I hope it did!
Oh wow that's amazing!!!! I actually looked to see if they made it to Maine yet and found almost no records-you probably saw one of the earliest pioneers! I wouldn't worry, they're already well established in Chicago, between climate change and the urban heat island effect Portland should be fine. I hope they establish a breeding population!
Me too!
But surely they’re displacing native species?