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From: brian@ncrorl.Orlando.NCR.COM (brian)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Indoor Antics
Keywords: Loose Flocks by Night...
Message-ID: <1086@ncrorl.Orlando.NCR.COM>
Date: 12 Jul 90 14:10:20 GMT
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Reply-To: brian@ncrorl.orlando.NCR.COM
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Here in Florida on the Atlantic Coast below KSC there are wild flocks
of parrots.  I'm sure they had names like Houdini, escape-artist, etc, etc...
In the mornings the flock of about 15-20 now-wild parrots
flys from the mainland across the river to the islands and in the evenings
return.  Apparently they roost on the mainland and feed over on the islands!
The way all this was observed is because a friend of mine has a house on
the flight-path!  Wanna talk about a sight out of place???

As far as parrot native homelands, there are 3 distinct regions which
they issue forth from; Australia, South America and Africa.  The Australian
group actually comprises most to SE Asia.  Most of the green based parrots
originate in SA.  And as those are the most well known, perhaps that's what
your thinking about.  With the keets & cockatiels being Aus. then I'd
have to venture that they are the greatest of population.

By the way, on the antics topic, BIG question:::  How many people
out there have birds that call them by name???  One of my parrots,
my traveling companion, has gotten into that habit.  Whenever I'm around,
but not in site, she lets out in her little girlish Double Yellowhead-type
squawk, "Brian, come here Brian!"  When I first got her 9 mon. ago when
she was 6 months, the only thing she said, beyond the standard gammet of
dribble, was "Wow, look at that!".  SO tell me, does your bird
broadcast your name to the whole neighborhood???

brian
"His job is to shed light, not to master!!!"

of the imports nowadays.