[Tweeters] Escaped Little corella at Green Lake?!
Max Kingsbury
max.kingsbury at gmail.com
Sat Feb 4 19:05:41 PST 2023
Ah that makes sense. I looked around at the nearby walkers and nobody
seemed to be paying that close attention to the bird, but I didn't stop to
check so I likely missed them. Thanks for letting me know! I was really
worried about that little guy!
Max
On Sat, Feb 4, 2023, 17:38 Matt Dufort <matt.dufort at gmail.com> wrote:
> Max et al.,
>
> There's a person who walks around Green Lake with a free-flying pet
> corella. The bird often wanders far enough away that you'd think it was
> wild, but then returns to the owner. We had a similar experience to yours
> a few weeks ago, thought the bird was off on its own, then it flew back and
> landed on the shoulder of the owner as they continued on their walk.
>
> Good birding,
> Matt Dufort
>
> On Sat, Feb 4, 2023 at 12:51 PM Max Kingsbury <max.kingsbury at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey folks. I was just running around green lake and while passing the
>> pull up bars just north of the boat rental building, I saw what at first
>> looked like a large white pigeon/dove fly across the path. When I got a
>> second look I saw it had the distinctive crest and bill of a parakeet or
>> parrot! My wife and I just took a trip to Australia and it reminded me most
>> of the Little Corellas we saw all over the place, because it was pretty
>> much all white. I looked up a reference photo and I'm pretty sure that's
>> what it was. I was very intent on my run so I didn't stop to get a picture
>> of the bird, and it flew south along the path as I left, being chased by a
>> crow.
>>
>> If anyone else is out birding this weekend at Green Lake, please keep an
>> eye out and record the sighting. I imagine it's someone's pet and they'd
>> love information about its whereabouts.
>>
>> Regards
>> Max
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