pet parrots do get away from their owners quite often. the people buy the birds with their flight feathers clipped and do not realize the birds will moult the cut feathers as though they were broken and grow new ones.

the owner is out side with the bird and all of a sudden the bird tries it's wings and it is gone. professionally trained birds can be trained to free flight and return to their owners, but it is not something birds usually do. they are basically wild animals.

as they fly around they are looking for another bird of their specie and the next thing you know, over a couple of years you have a flock that flies together.

toby and i went to monrovia where birds seemed to have settled and you can see pairs of keets, cockatials, macaws, and flocks of amazons that hang around the trees near the library because people feed them there.

i would not try to touch one of these. they have reverted to their natural state and are wild and will bite.

it is a fasciating city to visit if you like to see wild birds really wild.

you're paranoid. it's a picture of two birds.

but note how their eyes follow you.

Maybe I'm paranoid but they're laughing and staring at me aren't they?!

yes...even now as you are sleeping...they are outside your window....staring at you....wherever you go..they are there.....staring at you.....

sheesh don't those stupid birds have anything better looking to stare at!

I'm the tall one on the right sitting down, Rick is the small one on the left standing on his shine box.

JonR

How are your hummingbirds Rick, damn I miss those little guys in California, we have them in Ohio, but not the abundance that they seem to have in California.

Charlie

i am no longer on their flight path. i see one on occasion, but the big flocks are no longer visiting me.

Can you send me a sample of the cigar you were smoking when you said that?

And, yes... yes they are.

Think about it. :o)