Re: [cobirds] Parrot question

Peter,

It looks like a Jenday Conure ( Jandaya Parakeet) and should only be in Colorado for aviculture purposes.   

The only parrot I'm aware of that is/was??? breeding outside of captivity in the wild in Colorado was the Monk Parakeet.   Monk Parakeets are "technically" on the books as prohibited for sale, ownership, etc..   There are many states where they are invasive and people irrationally fear nesting behaviors can pose a danger to power lines, etc.   I believe this might have been the case years back in the Boulder area and might be why Colorado prohibits them.   Well, I have a handicapped "Quaker Parrot" (just don't tell the authorities it is the same as a Monk Parakeet).  She's at least 12 and has healed wing and leg fractures from previous home.   If I could play the cello my Quaker would be trying to take apart the bow and my African Grey would be sitting on my shoulder bobbing to whatever beat I'm attempting to play.   It's a good thing I play French Horn.

On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 12:04 PM Peter Gent <gent@ucar.edu> wrote:

All,

In these days of more birding from home, I thought the following clip was nice. It shows Boulder birder Thomas Heinrich playing his cello with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra with a Parrot holding onto his upper right arm:

https://www.bing.com/news/search?q=Colorado+Symphony+Plays+Ode+To+Joy&qpvt=Colorado+Symphony+plays+ode+to+joy&FORM=EWRE

The questions are: what species is it and did it get to Colorado by natural occurrence?

Peter Gent.

Boulder.

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