During a recent road trip to London the subject of Parakeets entered conversation as one flew over head squawking - Did you see that ? -(@stu) ‘No’. Moments later several were making a racket in a tree. (@stu) "They’re crows’… The remainder of the trip Stu de bunked the ‘Myth’ of parakeets. The fact they are in my garden in Devon and have done extremely well colonizing everywhere is a moot point.
Of all the ‘origin stories’ the most pleasing is that Hendrix released two at the end of the 60’s in Carnaby street.
Have you seen a feral parakeet? Any ideas how to convince @Stu welcome
Unusual to see a decline, they seem to breed well (A shaming fact that spikes Mr. MWS jealousy no end) Of course if Stu is correct the Parakeets are actually trained pigeons from Beijing. Apparently when they reach sufficient numbers they are programmed to swarm and decimate UK farming.
None up here on the Lake District Peninsulas. We did have a couple of Parrot type things that escaped from the local Zoo, they ended up flying back to the Zoo, so grim is it up North!
Wallabies, we used have Wallabies but even they fucked off.
Why aren’t they just shot, invasive species that could be eradicated surely? Or do they do no harm to the local flora and fauna and can be welcomed.
Birds of prey would be no good to control them either. They’re social animals and will mob the hell out of anything they don’t like. I’ve seen a gang of 20-30 of them dive-bombing a kite (?) that made the mistake of gliding past.
