Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!cognos!stewartw
From: stewartw@cognos.UUCP (Stewart Winter)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Wild Parakeets
Message-ID: <9594@cognos.UUCP>
Date: 1 May 91 22:10:49 GMT
References: <1991Apr26.120308.2658@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov> <1991Apr28.164957.1504@gp.co.nz>
Reply-To: stewartw@cognos.UUCP (Stewart Winter)
Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada
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In article <1991Apr28.164957.1504@gp.co.nz> gpwrmdh@gp.co.nz writes:
>In New Zealand we have two main species of parakeets (the red-crowned and 
>the yellow-crowned), which are also known as kakariki. They are not very 
>common on the mainland, but I thrive on some of the offshore islands. 

>They lay 5 to 9 eggs in a clutch, and both parents feed the chicks.

  Our friend's kakarikis is sitting on 11 eggs.  So far 4 have hatched.
I don't see how she could have sat on all 11 properly, (and the female
did almost all the sitting), but we shall see.

   The male talks (surprised me).  His mate's name is tui and he says
"hi tui, hi tui tui" when he goes into the nest box.

   Stewart
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