These Monk Parakeets lived near our backyard in Colorado Springs--huge nest on telephone pole in a nearby alley way. We saw at most seven of them. They did breed in that nest. We got local media involved to prevent their capture ... :-( ... they use to come to our feeders daily and were highly entertaining!
I remember why wife saying to me "I just saw three green birds flying over our house". Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ Mobile: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m On Sunday, July 27, 2014 5:38:23 PM UTC-6, Snowy Owl wrote: > > A pair of monk parakeets built a nest in a Colorado Springs neighborhood > in the mid 90s. Escapees, I'm sure. I believe they were captured and > incarcerated at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. > > > > > Sent with the Samsung Galaxy Exhilarate™, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone. > > Chuck <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > A pair of Monk Parakeets inhabited our Potter Highlands neighborhood and > frequented our feeders for at least two years in the late eighties until a > neighbor, tired of their calling, shot them with her BB gun. Gail had > called the Rare Bird Alert when we first noted them and was told that they > were not reportable because they were escapees unable to survive and breed > in our climate. > - Chuck Lowrie, Denver > > On Sunday, July 27, 2014 3:30:10 PM UTC-6, ouzels wrote: > > None of the speculators about Colorado’s 500th bird(s) > addressed one possibility: It already happened. > > Over the years the CFO Records Committee has looked at 1000s > of records with professionalism, thoughtfulness, and thoroughness. To > crack the barrier the Records Committee only has to re-visit some rejected > records. > > CAROLINA PAROQUET: 1805. > When the Pike expedition (was it Pike?) saw these birds along the Arkansas > River, had they crossed that magic line? > > PILEATED WOODPECKER: 1940s or 1950s. > Reported near the Maroon Bells by Justice William O. Douglas. Can you > doubt the word of a Supreme Court justice? But – he didn’t submit a Rare > Bird Form. > > MONK PARAKEET: 1983-1985. > When we lived in Denver, a Monk Parakeet spent a whole winter in the > Congress Park neighborhood. This wary bird even built a nest along the > alley at 11th & Clayton. It showed up at our feeder on a 20-below-zero > winter morning. > 1970’s: Two seen along Platte River bikeway for a couple of > months. > > RED-BACKED HAWK: 1987-1994. > For eight years a Red-backed Hawk/Buzzard summered on a ranch north of > Gunnison. It mated with a Swainson’s Hawk and produced at least one young. > Observed by dozens (hundreds probably) of people including former President > & wife, Jimmy & Rosalind Carter. > > BLACK-HOODED CONURE: 1995. > No RBF, probably. Attended feeders in a subdivision south of Chatfield for > 2 months in 1995. Observed on a Fall Count. > > > Hugh Kingery > Franktown, CO > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <javascript:> > . > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/5c47aa38-81ce-454b-885c-56097960189c%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/5c47aa38-81ce-454b-885c-56097960189c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/fceffa4f-4a5b-40a2-b8ca-7ede2e9ac5f0%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
