Re: PESO - A Pair of Birds

[Peter J. Alling]

They have a breeding population now.  Wild turkeys were more or less 
extinct in Connecticut, a few pairs were re-introduced, (I can't 
remember maybe 20 years ago), to a rural/forested part of the state.  
There seems to be a flock of 20 or so every couple of square acres...

Jostein wrote:
LOL
Seems like some people will never understand the risks of introducing 
foreign species.

These days, in Bergen, they are hunting for four racoons. Illegally 
imported as pets and currently on the run...:-)

Jostein
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: PESO - A Pair of Birds

Hi,
However, I randomly spied a couple of birdies up in a tree and got a
few shots. http://cowfish.org.uk/paw/birds.html is my favourite (270kb
I'm afraid...)

Although what rather tropical looking birds like these are doing in
Gunnersbury Park in west London in December I'm not sure.

If that's a pear tree then those must be partridges. Otherwise they
must be descended from Jimi Hendrix's pet parrots.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/3869815.stm
during the summer I saw a couple of exotic birds on a pavement in
Southwark. When I approached them they flew up a tree where they
remained for quite a long time before flying out of sight. They were
not parrots, but had (iirc) blue, red, green and yellow plumage.
The sparrow population in England has collapsed in recent years.
Perhaps they all evolved into something exotic and we never noticed.
Bob


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