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| Parrots in a Shoreline back yard Photo by Stefanie Gendreau |
The parrots have returned to Stefanie Gendreau's back yard for the second year.
From information received after we published her photos last year, it seems that there are several small flocks of parrots that remain in the area year round. Although parrots are tropical birds, the weather here is mild enough that they have been able to adapt. Parrots have been reported at Golden Gardens, Leschi, and, of course, in Stefanie's Shoreline back yard.
As they are so far from their homeland, bird experts believe that these parrots are escaped pets, who have found each other in the Northwest skies.
From last year's pictures, birders identified two different varieties of parrots.
These are Mitred Conure parrots. They have been previously Mis-identified as Red-fronted Conures by someone from Seattle Audubon who is clearly not a parrot person.
ReplyDeleteThese lovely birds spent a good deal of time in my Doug firs today in North City. Chatty ones.
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