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From: wayne@tcs.com (Wayne Caplinger)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: ferals (was: Indoor Antics)
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Date: 19 Jul 90 02:05:20 GMT
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In article <332@spam.ua.oz> wvenable@spam.ua.oz (Bill Venables) writes:
>2) Have any Australian birds managed to establish themselves as feral
>   populations overseas?

Here in the San Francisco bay area, we have at least one feral parrot
flock.  Some claim that the flock is breeding successfully here.
Not sure of species.  I sighted a pair of green (South Am?)
parrots flying over Mountian View last year.

Cockatiels do quite well most of the year.  I put up a sign when I
lost one of mine.  I got a flood of calls, and was offered several
"captured" (actually: lonely, looking-for-people) birds.
I'm surprised that breeding flocks have not appeared yet.
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