Tuesday, February 9, 2010

U.F.O.

Here is another bird that showed up in my yard. I am not too swift when it comes to identifying our feathered friends. He looks like a giant Parakeet or some sort of small parrot. If any one knows what he is, let us know. I asked him and he kept requesting crackers.

23 comments:

  1. I"m going with a parakeet something or other.
    V
    PS Give him a damn cracker.

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  2. I think you identified him so now it is an IFO.
    Pretty bird though. MB

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  3. Gee, for a minute I thought it was somebody's lost parakeet. I took a photo in India of a bird very much like this, but darned if I know what he was.

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  4. Could it be a lorikeet? Highly coloured - I remember them in Australia. Maybe, as you suggest, it's a parakeet.

    Thanks so much for blog birthday wishes, b Squared.

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  5. I'm not ready to fly south like this guy yet. Infact I'm looking forward to more of the white stuff.

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  6. I am useless in this case...

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  7. A bird like that...I hope you gave him the Ritz (crackers).

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  8. Ask Abraham...he is an expert bird watcher, photographer and identifier.

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  9. Well, maybe if you gave him a cracker he'd give you some information!

    He's not one of the many green parrots that terrorize the neighborhoods; probably a pet that got loose.

    It's nice that you have facilities to feed him though.

    Re texting: It's not that you're getting old, my friend, it's that the world is getting more stupid!

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  10. He look like a big parakeet to me, but I'm not sure! I used to see them wild when I lived in Sarasota. I wish I had those on my feeder here, but it gets too cold.

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  11. his/her? colors seem muted to me, but I know nothing about such birds.
    Snow storm is starting with 10-15 inches predicted -- B glad you are in south!
    Shakespeare: do you the Canadian TV series called Slings and Arrows about a theater company, most certainly based on Canada's Stratford? It is probably the best thing ever done on TV (excepting maybe Sopranos for those who love/loath New Jersey).

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  12. Crackers, eh? Are you sure he was requesting crackers or was he insinuating that you are cr... NAH!

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  13. I am with Bibi, I thought someone's parakeet got loose .. maybe it did .. did you ask it 'pretty boy wanna cracka?'

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  14. he doesn't really look real, though. are you sure he's real? heheheee

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  15. I 'm not sure about his name, I'm not good with this things, but he is gorgeous,it's true!
    Léia :)

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  16. Monk Parakeet, I'm pretty sure. An "alien invader". His beady eye seems to be demanding that you put out something more substantial than birdseed to eat!
    Three Rivers Daily Photo

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  17. Now those we don't get but it looks parakeet-like to me, too.

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  18. A very interesting bird--I wonder if it's an escaped Pet or a naturalized or native bird. How big is it?

    Cool capture!

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  19. I see we have a lot of bird experts here, and I'm one of them. As near as I can get is "some kind of parrot thing."

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  20. Can a parakeet live in the wild down there? He's pretty, whatever he is!

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  21. Another gorgeous bird! Lucky you! :-)

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