Look What I Got In Today ..

[starlinglover95]

Originally Posted by Grim

Very beautiful bird. I have a yellow nape who is about a year old and already talks up a storm and even sings opera. She is banded though.

awwwww thats cute

[Margarret]

Terry,

That is a gorgeous bird! I would lean toward thinking it is a captive bird that got out. It may have joined a wild flock. I have never seen the lilac crowned Amazons in any of the wild flocks in OC. We had a huge flock in Santa Ana where we used to live. I'm glad you have it. Our rehabber friend may have some knowledge about them as she has worked with so many over the years. Thanks for the picture.

Margaret

[Msfreebird]

Originally Posted by Trees Gray

I'm glad the bird has settled in nicely and that it is in under your care.

Don't people band these birds when they are domestic hatchlings, like we do for our pigeons? It amazes me how such beautiful pets can go unbanded.

I thought domestic bred parrots were suppose to be banded - to show that they weren't illegally imported.
If he settled in that quickly, by bet is he's an escapee. He's very cute

[TAWhatley]

Thanks for the comments, everyone. My thinking about the lack of band on this parrot is that it may have been wild caught or stolen from the nest and smuggled in from Mexico .. sad .. but it happens pretty frequently here in our part of the world.

This little parrot is a lean, mean, eatin' machine .. can't believe how much it is eating. If it was an escapee or releasee then I can understand how it would be starving, but sheesh, it devours copious amounts of food.

Terry