This has been hanging around my workshop for 3 days now can anyone tell what type of bird it is ?



will try and get a better pic later

 

looks like a ring necked parrot

 

Yep looks like a ring knecekd parakeet like mine

 

why dont you ask him, most parrots talk


Sorry

 

lol i'll go ask it

 

here's some better pics of it,





its decided to start helping itself to the chickens feed etc

 

we have alot of them flying around the parks here usually the green ones..
can you get close to that one?

 

Didn't realise we had birds like that in the wild over here? Can you see whether it has a ring on its leg? Might be someones pet?

 

SURELY to fuck its an escapee! Hardly a common british species

 

The fact that it's hanging around makes me think it might be a little bit tame too.

I'd get someone out to look at that, I'd be gutted if I lost my Quaker, so would definately call someone if I saw something like that.

 

seems pretty tame and there is no ring on its legs

 

i would try to catch it,

 

I've just called the National Lost/Found register and am waiting for a call back. Hope you don't mind me muscling in! It's just that I know how much the owners of that would appreciate getting it back if it is a pet.

 

Its very pretty

 

A friend of mine lives in Coulsdon, Croydon. There's shit loads of them there. The trees fill with them at twilight.

Just found this-

http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/new...ikes_windmill/

 

Wow. Thats news to me.

 

i would hope if ever i lost my parrot someone would say they found it but i doubt very much they would

 

Awwww bless his heart!

If you can entice him towards you, it would be wise to catch him and call your local RSPCA and police station, as he may well be a a very missed pet.

Or, it isnt that uncommon for these parrots to be living in the wild to be honest.

If you can, make sure he has some feed near him, and put down some chopped fruit or veg if you dont mind giving him some.

 

Cute fella

 

well hes been eating the chicken feed and ive given him some sun flower seeds, plenty of water there also,

 

 

OMG I've been talking about getting a friend a parrot today! Actually thinking of getting him one for his birthday. I'd report it too.

 

well christian and becky have reported it so if nothing happens from that, will teh little fella be ok outside in these cold months or shall i build him a massive cage and keep him in the house ?? what shall i do i'll feel guilty now if it died !

 

Its really tough to say!

If he is used to being domesticated, then there is a high chance, he really wont survive being outside.... but if he's wild.... then he wont know any different!

Unfortunately you'llneed to spend a bit of time outside, and see if he is quite happy to come over to you! If you can get quite close to him without him being spooked, then the chances are he is a domesticated parrot!

 

Personally I am against keeping birds in cages, they have wings for a reason and its not to look pretty inside someone's house.

 

Well i do agree with that statement, but now i know its there i'd feel guilty if anything happened to it in a way

 

I did speak to the National Lost/Found register and the guy was shockingly shit.

Hopefully there is something else that can be done to absolutely confirm that this little fella is wild, or else, as others have said, he won't last long.

 

A friend of mine had a parrot like that one (He looks like a happy little parrot by the ways) and he had several perches screwed on the walls about the house. Parrot could zoom about and poop in a cat litter tray. Was well cool. Problem is parrots can live for a long time. 50 years isn't uncommon for a mcCaw.

If (s)he's not a missed pet, (s)he'd make a great friend if you can catch him.

Just remember, if you kill him, you've got to eat him.

 

deffo a ring neck there is actualy quite a few about down the bottom of the country will now but that looks like some ones pets got out

 

Or as some unscrupulous owners have been known, lost intrest and then just accidentally left the window open

 

There loads of these around london especially around perivale, noisy buggers aswell, apparently loads escaped in the 70's and bred like wildfire, you see them most days pretty common, makes a change from sparrows i suppose

 

But chickens have wings....so do ostriches and emus...and penguins although I agree, none of these would look pretty in a house...

Sorry, could not resist...