I am pretty sure I have a book about Monk Parakeets (aka "Quaker Parrots") populating an area in Colorado (??Boulder??) in fairly large numbers. I'm in Steamboat and will post details when I get home. I remember the book was about why it is now illegal to breed and/or sell them in Colorado.
Keep in mind I purchased the book from "birdy camp" - a parrot boarding facility. Allison Hilf Denver, CO Currently in Steamboat Springs Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 28, 2014, at 12:02 PM, "Ira Sanders" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yep. 40 or so years ago the Chicago Park District was going to destroy the > nests around town and extirpate the parakeets but Mayor Harold Washington had > a nest in a park across from his apartment and liked the birds so he > prevented the Park District from destroying them. As a result, they are > established and are expanding a little but their biggest problem is building > nests on cell towers and the communications companies take down the nests as > a hazard to the equipment. They are in Jackson Park on the lake on light > standards at a sports complex and are on the Illinois list. > I don't know how they survive the winters. > Ira Sanders > Golden, CO > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 9:40 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [cobirds] Re: 499 & 500 [or 503] ? > > Several colonies of monk parakeets have lived on the South Side of Chicago > for more than 30 years. I think Ira Sanders would back me up in agreeing that > Chicago winters are far more harsh than anything in Denver. There may be > other reasons to not count monk parakeets in Denver, but hardiness is not one. > > Mark Obmascik > Denver, CO > > > On Sunday, July 27, 2014 5:38 PM, drchartier <[email protected]> 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]> 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]. > 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/5c47aa38-81ce-454b-885c-56097960189c%40googlegroups.com. > 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/SNT406-EAS360F404D6C0B7ABE5DE0860C1FA0%40phx.gbl. > 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/1406562018.99806.YahooMailNeo%40web142802.mail.bf1.yahoo.com. > 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/00a301cfaa8e%2425a8a140%2470f9e3c0%24%40com. > 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. 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