Look who came to say hello

[lotosha]

I took this picture this morning. There were 3 of them.
What kind of parrots are they?

 

[RavensGryf]

Indian Ringneck female or juvenile male. Wild outdoors? Where do you live? I think IRNs are very pretty birds!

 

[lotosha]

Indian Ringneck female or juvenile male. Wild outdoors? Where do you live? I think IRNs are very pretty birds!

Hey, thanks for answering. I think you are right they indeed look like IRN. I live in Israel, I've seen several wild flocks in my area. I think I also saw Quackers once.

 

[RavensGryf]

Hey, thanks for answering. I think you are right they indeed look like IRN. I live in Israel, I've seen several wild flocks in my area. I think I also saw Quackers once.

It's interesting to see what wild birds are seen in what country. Hmm, Asian and S.A. species in Israel. Wonder how they got there? Maybe feral populations of popular escaped pet species, though pets don't often survive in the wilds... Who knows, but interesting.
In my part of the US, we see several Amazon species and a couple types of Conures. Probably cause it's fairly close to Mexico and Central America.

 

[thekarens]

There's wild IRNs in Germany as well. We get Quakers here in Houston and amazons in south Texas.

 

[MikeyTN]

I think it's very neat to see parrots flying free and foraging outdoors. When I went to FL that was one thing I search all over for was the Quaker population. I was so happy when I saw a flock of them in a tree at Disney. I sat there and watch them for a long time before they fly off somewhere.

 

[henpecked]

Probably the nearest McDonalds ,They are always hanging out near fast food restaurants around here.

 

[MikeyTN]

LoL....that's where I saw the Quakers it was outside of a fast food place at Disney. They get their free fast food to go from places like that.

 

[lotosha]

Hey, thanks for answering. I think you are right they indeed look like IRN. I live in Israel, I've seen several wild flocks in my area. I think I also saw Quackers once.

It's interesting to see what wild birds are seen in what country. Hmm, Asian and S.A. species in Israel. Wonder how they got there? Maybe feral populations of popular escaped pet species, though pets don't often survive in the wilds... Who knows, but interesting.
In my part of the US, we see several Amazon species and a couple types of Conures. Probably cause it's fairly close to Mexico and Central America.

Maybe it started from wild caught pair who managed to escape.
Here is a picture that I took in the middle of Madrid:

 

[Blancaej]

Very cool to see IRN out and about. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Jayyj]

Ring necks seem incredibly adaptable birds. In the UK we have about 20,000 wild ring necks - a large flock in London, several in the South East and one local to me in Manchester. A friend of mine has an allotment where they occasionally pass through raiding the bird feeders. Legend has it the London flock was imported to Pinewood Studios for the set of a Lawrence Olivier film, and they escaped and multiplied. There's a nice little documentary about them here:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUSw_2LNuC0"]Parrot Facts - feral Ringneck Parrots documentary - YouTube[/ame]

 

[lotosha]

Thanks for that video, it was very interesting. Never thought they would live in such a cold climate.

 

[MikeyTN]

Hey, thanks for answering. I think you are right they indeed look like IRN. I live in Israel, I've seen several wild flocks in my area. I think I also saw Quackers once.

It's interesting to see what wild birds are seen in what country. Hmm, Asian and S.A. species in Israel. Wonder how they got there? Maybe feral populations of popular escaped pet species, though pets don't often survive in the wilds... Who knows, but interesting.
In my part of the US, we see several Amazon species and a couple types of Conures. Probably cause it's fairly close to Mexico and Central America.

Maybe it started from wild caught pair who managed to escape.
Here is a picture that I took in the middle of Madrid:

These are Quakers aren't they???? It's a bit unclear on my end but that's what they look like to me.

 

[Birdman666]

Hey, thanks for answering. I think you are right they indeed look like IRN. I live in Israel, I've seen several wild flocks in my area. I think I also saw Quackers once.

It's interesting to see what wild birds are seen in what country. Hmm, Asian and S.A. species in Israel. Wonder how they got there? Maybe feral populations of popular escaped pet species, though pets don't often survive in the wilds... Who knows, but interesting.
In my part of the US, we see several Amazon species and a couple types of Conures. Probably cause it's fairly close to Mexico and Central America.

IN PLACES WHERE WILD CAUGHT BIRDS ARE STILL COMMON, THEY WOULD HAVE WILD FORAGING SKILLS. THEREFORE, THEY ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO SURVIVE IF THEY FIND FOOD AND WATER.

Here, most of our feral flocks are decendents of the wild caught imports, with the exception of the Mexican amazons that are migrating north during breeding season.

 

[lotosha]

These are Quakers aren't they???? It's a bit unclear on my end but that's what they look like to me.

Yes, I also think that those are quackers.