Wild Parrots in my backyard

**BarbySue** · 11-25-2012, 02:10 PM

thought I would share a little bit of the wild parrots that hang out in our backyard. There are about two dozen of them but these little guys were hanging out on the power line. Thought you might get a kick out of them. We just love them.

**TallGirl** · 11-25-2012, 04:04 PM

omgosh they are so beautiful I would love them on our lines. I just have big old crows lol

**Landon** · 11-25-2012, 04:12 PM

Oh, BarbySue, wait til Libertylady sees these!! I can't get over their colours!! What a delight they must be to watch. Birds just amaze me. Thank you for sharing this pics with us. We get a lot of Cardinals around here, they are really pretty too.

**kl1000** · 11-25-2012, 04:14 PM

I really LOVE parrots!! Where do they come from? Zoo?

**Val** · 11-25-2012, 04:42 PM

cute! thanks for sharing!

**Anaisa** · 11-25-2012, 05:30 PM

Beautiful! yes thanks for sharing...

**TGsDad** · 11-25-2012, 07:01 PM

Here's what I came up with after about an hour of researching. From your photos, they look like Nanday Conures. Here's a reference where you can investigate and learn more about them. ParrotFeather.com | Nanday Conure It says that they are usually in flocks of 10 or more birds. You could try feeding them fruits and nuts. Let me know if you are able to socialize them at all.

And, yes, I report bird counts to eBird.org on a regular basis.

**BarbySue** · 11-26-2012, 09:25 AM

I don't really know where they come from. As far as I know they are wild, and just hang out. There is another group of them that have all green heads with red around the eyes, but I haven't seen them in a while. These bigger ones may have chased them away. They love sunflowers. I'm going to plant some this spring so they will come in the yard and eat the sunflowers next year. They are so pretty eating the yelow sunflowers with their bright green bodies next to it. I'm so spoiled!

Originally Posted by kl1000

I really LOVE parrots!! Where do they come from? Zoo?

**Judi Gums** · 11-26-2012, 09:53 AM

Oh I love the parrots. We use to breed parrots years ago. These are called Nanda Conures and the one we had was the sweetest thing. We named him Walker Texas Ranger.....Walker Bird for short. (my husband love Chuck Norris, can you tell?) You are lucky to have them in your yard.
Thanks for sharing them with us.

Judi G

**kl1000** · 11-26-2012, 10:52 AM

You are so lucky! We have only simple birds here in city

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