[meteorite-list] OFF TOPIC - Unusual
From: Tom <michguy7_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:29:53 2004 Message-ID: <BB8393F5.10B1%michguy7_at_mac.com> > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3145962485_1347328 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable > Very nice pictures, I wish they were here in Michigan but I doubt it woul= d > never happened here. >=20 > Tom P. >=20 >=20 > WARNING: This is off topic, so, some/many of you may wish to hit > your delete button. >=20 > Yesterday (Sept. 8) a very unusual occurrence took place in my > yard: A flock of a dozen parrots came to eat my leftover sunflower > seeds!=20 > When I went out to pick up the paper at about 8 AM I was alerted > when a neighbor lady called out to me, "Mr. Blood, there are parrots in > your sunflowers!" And, to my delight and amazement, there were, > indeed, parrots feeding off the Russian Giant Sunflowers! I had left > most of them to dry in the sun, even though the birds had been eating > them=8A. but I had surely never seen parrots doing so. > In fact, there were twelve of them =AD an entire flock. And > beautiful they were, indeed. Most amazing, they were clearly > all the same species. > I grabbed my camera and went out to get some photos. You can see > most of the photos I captured of these beautiful creatures at: >=20 > http://community.webshots.com/album/89632975MfUNTL >=20 > (Particularly nice are photos # P16 & P15) >=20 > I later researched the species. They had beautiful blue > heads, orangish top beak and near black bottom beak with > a little blue in their underwing and red in the underside of > some of their tail feathers. Their legs and feet were flesh > colored and when I later examined their photos closely, I > could see no bands on any of their legs, indicating they likely > escaped bird importers in the Tiajuana area and/or have > bread in the wilds of this area. They turned out to be Sharp-tailed > Conures (Aratinga acuticaudata) which are native to Brazil, > Bolivia, Uruguay and Argentina. So, they are clearly an escaped > flock that have naturalized in the area. > It is very rare to see parrot flocks in San Diego, but one > hears of them appearing here & there on occasion. Usually, > however, such flocks are reported to contain mixed species > of parrots, presumably attracted to their own kind having > escaped captivity individually. This is the only occurrence > I have been aware of where an entire flock was the same > species.=20 > In any event, I will certainly be planting more sunflowers > next year!=20 > Best wishes, Michael >=20 > =20 >=20 >=20 > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list --B_3145962485_1347328 Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: [meteorite-list] OFF TOPIC - Unusual</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Arial"><TT>Very nice pictures, I wish they were her= e in Michigan but I doubt it would never happened here.<BR> <BR> Tom P.<BR> <BR> <BR> WARNING: This is off topic, so, some/many of you may wish to hit<BR> your delete button.<BR> <BR> Yesterday (Sept. 8) a very = unusual occurrence took place in my<BR> yard: A flock of a dozen parrots came to eat my leftover sunflower<BR> seeds! <BR> When I went out to pi= ck up the paper at about 8 AM I was alerted<BR> when a neighbor lady called out to me, "Mr. Blood, there are parrots i= n<BR> your sunflowers!" And, to my delight and amazement, there were,<BR> indeed, parrots feeding off the Russian Giant Sunflowers! I had left<BR> most of them to dry in the sun, even though the birds had been eating<BR> them…. but I had surely never seen parrots doing so.<BR> In fact, there were twelve of them – an entir= e flock. And<BR> beautiful they were, indeed. Most amazing, they were clearly<BR> all the same species.<BR> I grabbed my camera and went out to get some photos= . You can see<BR> most of the photos I captured of these beautiful creatures at:<BR> <BR> http://community.webshots.com/album/89632975MfUNTL<BR> <BR> (Particularly nice are photos # P16 & P15)<BR> <BR> I later researched the species. They had beautiful = blue<BR> heads, orangish top beak and near black bottom beak with<BR> a little blue in their underwing and red in the underside of<BR> some of their tail feathers. Their legs and feet were flesh<BR> colored and when I later examined their photos closely, I<BR> could see no bands on any of their legs, indicating they likely<BR> escaped bird importers in the Tiajuana area and/or have<BR> bread in the wilds of this area. They turned out to be Sharp-tailed<BR> Conures (Aratinga acuticaudata) which are native to Brazil,<BR> Bolivia, Uruguay and Argentina. So, they are clearly an escaped<BR> flock that have naturalized in the area.<BR> It is very rare to see parrot flocks in San Diego, = but one<BR> hears of them appearing here & there on occasion. Usually,<BR> however, such flocks are reported to contain mixed species<BR> of parrots, presumably attracted to their own kind having<BR> escaped captivity individually. This is the only occurrence<BR> I have been aware of where an entire flock was the same<BR> species. <BR> In any event, I will certainly be planting more sun= flowers<BR> next year! <BR> Best wishes, Michael<BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> ______________________________________________<BR> Meteorite-list mailing list<BR> Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com<BR> http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list<BR> </TT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE=3D"Arial"><TT><BR> </TT></FONT> </BODY> </HTML> --B_3145962485_1347328-- Received on Tue 09 Sep 2003 02:28:05 PM PDT |
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