Quaker Parrot/Parakeet at my feeders

[Bonnie]

This is for my quaker parrot friends.  The bird has been coming for over a month.  It eats from the nyjer feeder as well.  I did read that quakers like thistle seeds.  I tried to catch it last week, but failed.  I'll try again soon. 

 

[Annette]

This could be a Monk Parakeet.

[Bonnie]

Yup, monk/quaker are the same here.

[Dumpsterkitty]

If the quaker does NOT have a band..... it is probably wild born.  There are many flocks living wild over many of our US states & even in Canada.  Check out your area before you capture it to be sure it is an escaped rather than a free born bird.

One flock even has it's own web site...

http://www.brooklynparrots.com/

[Bonnie]

The bird is not banded, but it came into the cage.  Yes, I know all Quakers have to be banded in NYS.  I have a few birds I have raised and I investigated the law.  This bird could have come up the Hudson from Edgewater,NJ, but I suspect it was a captive bird.  It talks to me and is not so skittish around humans.

I have been to most of the wild Quaker sites around here, plus one that is secret.  I'll see what happens with this one.  It is very healthy.  And it can eat the grapes from my grapevines.

[Bonnie]

The bird will only live with me if it chooses.  I have 16 birds at my house right now.  One scarlet macaw is a guest for a year or so.  I have a friend of a friend who just lost his bird.  It may go there if it chooses.  I kind of watch what the bird does and we go from there.