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Post by inger on Apr 26, 2019 15:36:40 GMT -5
I’ll be damned...
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Post by domeplease on May 15, 2019 11:21:35 GMT -5
247wallst.com/economy/2019/05/15/parrots-escape-humans-live-in-the-wild-in-23-states/ Domesticated parrots are escaping their owners. The trend is so widespread that parrots live in the wild in many parts of the United States.
A researcher at the University of Chicago said that when he came to the city in 1988 he found one breed of parrots already lived in a large city park in the Hyde Park neighborhood. It dawned on him that the phenomenon might not just be in Chicago. Stephen Pruett-Jones, Ph.D., an ecologist, decided to find out how widespread the “parrots in the wild” trend was.
Pruett-Jones teamed up with several other researchers and found that feral parrots live and breed in almost two dozen states. “They found that there were 56 different parrot species spotted in the wild in 43 states. Of these, 25 species are now breeding in 23 different states,” according to their report published in Journal of Ornithology. The research was conducted from 2002 to 2016.
The data shows that the most common parrots that live in the wild are monk parakeets, the Red-crowned Amazon and the Nanday Parakeet. Not surprisingly, they live in warm parts of the country, particularly in Florida, Texas and California. If you like the birds, you should know the best places in every state for bird watching. READ MORE...
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Post by inger on May 15, 2019 14:51:50 GMT -5
That must be what we heard outside our window the other night. We kept hearing something that sounded like “DO ME PLEASE, DO ME PLEASE, PLEASE DO ME”. It was very frightening...
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Post by inger on May 15, 2019 16:24:11 GMT -5
May the bird of paradise fly up your nose May an elephant caress you with his toes |
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Post by domeplease on May 22, 2019 13:55:38 GMT -5
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Post by inger on May 22, 2019 17:38:39 GMT -5
Char-peis, chow-chows, and German Shepherds can tend to be a bit over protective to the point of getting nippy.
Also, the bullmastiff, which the article warns can reach 130 pounds actually has a “normal” weight of 130 for a male, and can reach over 200 pounds.
The bullmastiff I once had, Bruno, was 165, and Brandy, who is half English mastiff and half bullmastiff is a 150 pound female...The vet says her weight is fine, but she shouldn’t be allowed to gain more. I’ll let him tell her when she empties her bowl and then carries it back to me and throws it in my lap... (:
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Post by domeplease on Jul 29, 2019 9:59:25 GMT -5
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