It is estimated the colony now numbers more than 500. There are various stories of how they got here, pet shipment overturned in a transport accident, someone let several pets loose, and even that several were let loose to see if they could survive. At any rate they are beautiful and as pets they have a reputation for being good talkers. The one negative is that they like to build on light poles with transformers and so the utility company is not happy with them and often it is rumored that they conduct "eradication" programs. I once wrote the head of the utility department (under the city here) asking about it and he denied such a program existed. Although, I myself once witnessed utility workers tearing down 2 nests that had babies in them. When I inquired they told me the babies would to taken to Humane Society (under the city here) but when I followed up and called, I was told they did not handle birds. So, I could guess what happened to the babies. Gloria
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