Free flying parrots are all around us
MiamiHerald.com by Georgia Tasker

When they first arrived, I would stand motionless, lest I scare them. Even after weeks of watching them, I still pause whenever they appear.

They are gorgeous blue and gold macaws. One of them has raggedy tail feathers. Both have that unmistakable scream, deep throated and meant to be heard across the rain forest. From time to time, they set to work on the headless royal palm, ripping at the trunk with their beaks, teasing us with the thought that they might nest in the cavity they’ve created.

It has been a busy spring around the backyard, made even busier by the frondless royal palm. [LINK: Read On...]

Very interesting, I would still like to see instead of reading the Monk Parakeet does damage to crops.
Or any Parrot for that matter.
I am wondering what kind of crop they eat.
I am reading even the Great Blues can be found in the wild.
Now if folks would just let them be.

Wow! Holy cow I can't envision going out to my back yard and seeing 2 B&G's sitting there. You should have seen the comotion around here yesterday just when we had the girls in their outside cage for a while when we were gardening! Apparently everyone has been talking because they can hear them scream like 4 doors down the street lol.

That really must be something to see them just living freely like that. I'd have a hard time not trying to feed them or play with them...lmao.

What a beautful pair though!

Arty, that was my first thought when I read the article.

I loved that article! Thanks! Isn't there enough room on this earth for us and them?????

Media coverage sometimes does more harm than good.
I enjoy reading about things like this, however someone will do there best to exploit this issue.
Look at the Monk Parakeet, folks were coming out at night, climbing poles and trees to get in there nest to take them.
As soon as the Media reported there were but 2 (I think spinx Macaws) left in a certain area of the wild, someone captured one, now there's but one left in the wild.
I could be wrong about the species, it has been awhile.
I was reading an article not long ago, someone claims to have a Passenger Pigeon, this bird has been extinct for many many years.
If this is true, it won't be long until someone figures out a way to kill this bird just to have it stuffed.
When I read new and updated articles, I become afraid.