by jadel <delcolja@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Oct 6, 2008 at 09:38 AM
On Oct 6, 12:12=A0pm, The poster formerly known as 'The Poster Formerly
Known as Nina DiBoy' <m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Pete L wrote:
> > This morning I watched a stork flying past my window. It was
> > surrounded by squawking parrakeets. The stork flew on and was then
> > swarmed with crows and seagulls. They were obviously trying to chase
> > the stork away.
>
> > Anybody an idea of what was was going on? Why should smaller birds see
> > off a stork and are storks any great threat to other birds? I live in
> > Cliftonville, just next to Margate, Kent, UK. We have quite a large
> > colony of parrakeets here who have lived in the local park for about
> > 30 years now.
>
> What kind of parakeets? =A0We have the same thing here is Northern IL,
> USA. =A0I have a colony of Monk parakeets 5 or 6 couples strong which
lov=
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> to feed at my feeder.
Britain has a surprising number of feral parakeet species. The BBC
website had an article about them some time ago.
J. Del Col
