From: Christian > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> In a message dated 8/9/2007 6:50:33 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> I found this guy in my backyard.... >> >> http://tinyurl.com/36h4fp > =========== > He has a band on, does that mean he's an escaped pet? Or just banded? > (Maybe > to track populations/migrations?) > > Now makes me curious, how often do you see banded birds? > > I see a ton of banded wild birds. I'd suggest that this little > budgie's (parakeet to Americans) band is from the owner or the pet > shop/breeder. I'd "assume" that if a birder or Natural Resources > biologist caught the little guy they wouldn't release it back into the > wild (and I know some birders that would destroy it on sight!). These > guys have - unfortunately - established sustainable breeding colonies > in Florida and other parts of the South. > I think the original post indicated the backyard is somewhere in Maryland, so I expect it IS an escaped house pet. The band is likely for identification especially so a lost pet can be returned. However, there was a parrot native to North America, the Carolina Parakeet.
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