Parrots in Tampa!

[Mark & Da Boyz]

I have a couple of Nandays out back scoping out a nest hole! I hope they like it and move in. I thought the Kestrels were back but better Nandays! I'd love to see them raise a brood here! That's be something Nandays AND Quakers breeding in my backyard!

 

[Pixiebeak]

Wow!!!!!
I would love this also!

 

[faislaq]

How fun! I love their little red pants. I hope they move in!

 

[Kiwi's Dad]

How exciting!

 

[Shannan]

Wait...what.... are these wild nandays?????

 

[Mockinbirdiva]

How fun! I love their little red pants. I hope they move in!

Years ago I had a friend who bought one at a bird fair and she was in a quandary as to what to name him. My hubby suggested “Boston”. ( for Boston Red Sox”.

 

[Mark & Da Boyz]

Yep there are wild, not native, Nandays along with Quakers. I have heard but not seen there are Love Birds over in St Pete.

 

[Kiwi's Dad]

Yep there are wild, not native, Nandays along with Quakers. I have heard but not seen there are Love Birds over in St Pete.

I've also seen some blue-crowned conures

 

[Xoetix]

I didn’t know FL had quakers! I knew they were up in NJ and NY, I had no idea there were some down there. Aren’t there also wild (introduced) macaws somewhere?

I’m dying to go down there and go herping personally. Bring me back a tegu and a boa

 

[Mark & Da Boyz]

Well I think the Nandays are gone...The Kestrels have shown back up this morning to claim "Their" nesting spot. They were here last year and I thought I had seen the male so when I saw a couple of birds yesterday I dug out the scope and saw they Nandays I was hopeful. But looks like "Little Miss & Sir Hunter" are back. I do know the Nandays are mainly hanging out a bit west of me and with a mob of Quakers a block away they may have not been welcome here.

 

[Sparkles99]

I hope the nandays find a home too! It'd be awesome to see wild parrots, even if invasive.

 

[Kiwi's Dad]

I didn’t know FL had quakers! I knew they were up in NJ and NY, I had no idea there were some down there. Aren’t there also wild (introduced) macaws somewhere?

I’m dying to go down there and go herping personally. Bring me back a tegu and a boa

I don't know if the macaws were introduced or released by owners but there is a flock of B&G's

 

[Mockinbirdiva]

I don't know if the macaws were introduced or released by owners but there is a flock of B&G's

Wild macaw parrots need to be protected from poachers in Miami-Dade, residents say

Daria Feinstein said she is worried about the “magnificent” macaws in her southeast Miami-Dade County neighborhood. She said it’s nesting season and poachers are out like crazy.

www.local10.com

 

[Mark & Da Boyz]

There are a lot of "Bird Mills" here and some have said the birds got away or were released for one reason or another years ago. So the birds that are here and wild birds who are several generation wild birds. True or not I can't say but it makes sense.

 

[Xoetix]

Wild macaw parrots need to be protected from poachers in Miami-Dade, residents say

Daria Feinstein said she is worried about the “magnificent” macaws in her southeast Miami-Dade County neighborhood. She said it’s nesting season and poachers are out like crazy.

www.local10.com

I figured they were invasive. Do they cause any problems for native wildlife?

 

[Kiwi's Dad]

I figured they were invasive. Do they cause any problems for native wildlife?

From what I’ve heard they’re not too much of a problem. But boas are a different story

 

[Mockinbirdiva]

I figured they were invasive. Do they cause any problems for native wildlife?

I don’t know. They are susceptible to many avian diseases like any other native species but I don’t know if any studies have been done.

 

[Xoetix]

From what I’ve heard they’re not too much of a problem. But boas are a different story

Boas and pythons both. There are of course people who release animals (because they’re irresponsible [many expletive names]), but from what I gather the biggest culprit was a hurricane a number of years ago that took out a breeding facility. Burmese pythons have been the biggest issue, and unfortunately my favorite lizard, the tegu, has also been a major issue.

 

[faislaq]

Wild macaw parrots need to be protected from poachers in Miami-Dade, residents say

Daria Feinstein said she is worried about the “magnificent” macaws in her southeast Miami-Dade County neighborhood. She said it’s nesting season and poachers are out like crazy.

www.local10.com

I maintain that poacher poaching should be legal. At the very least they should come with a darned good bounty for arrests.

 

[Xoetix]

I maintain that poacher poaching should be legal. View attachment 421242 At the very least they should come with a darned good bounty for arrests.

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Yeah I’m definitely with you. There’s a difference between responsibly removing an invasive species and being the worst kind of human.