At 09:08 AM 2/14/97 -0800, you wrote:
>I am interested; although, I think last year's conclusion was they were
>one group (of eight last year). I will post when they come to my
>neighborhood.
>
>Jane
>Jane Stewart
>Research Center
>Foster Pepper & Shefelman
>206.447.2811 t
>206.447 9700 f
>stewj at foster.com
>
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>>From: David Paul Meyer[SMTP:paulmeyer at seanet.com]
>>Sent: Thursday, February 13, 1997 6:46PM
>>To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>>Subject: Re: Parrots in the North End
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>>At 08:30 AM 2/10/97 -0800, you wrote:
>>>I spotted 5 green parrots in the Mapleleaf neighborhood on Sat 2/8. they
>>>arrived with much noise and preened in a big doug fir for an hour. I
>>>wonder if these are the same birds reported frequently from Seward Park
>>>area.
>>>
>>>Gary W. Elmer, Ph.D.
>>>Associate Professor
>>>Department of Medicinal Chemistry
>>>Box 357610
>>>University of Washington
>>>Seattle WA 98195
>>>Tel 206-543-2055
>>>

Parrot sightings near Seward Park, Feb. 14 thru 18:

Feb 14: Two on our feeder about 8 AM

Feb 15: Two in the trees near our house at 7:30 AM. They sat in two trees
squawking to each other, came to the feeder for about three minutes, then
went back to one of the trees and sat close to each other, grooming. The
larger bird has red on its head the smaller almost none. The birds left
about 8:20.
At 4:00 PM they were back at the feeder (we feed black sunflower seeds).
The larger bird flew to a tree after a few minutes. The other stayed, feeding
for about fifteen minutes, then joined the other. After a short time they both
left.

Feb. 16: 8:05 AM, two at the feeder. Both flew to a nearby tree after five
minutes. A Steller's Jay might have scared them to the tree. They sat a few
minutes then left. At 2:50 PM the pair came to a nearby tree and squawked at
each other. They left after ten minutes.

Feb. 17: 12:17 PM, four parrots in nearby trees. Two came to the feeder,
the same pair that had been coming. The other two sat and squawked. After
a time one from the pair in the tree came to the feeder. The three ate for
a while but the competition was too great. The two and then the lone feeder
came and left. The four birds sat in the trees, but all left when a flock
of crows came by. Birds gone by 12:28.

Feb. 18: 7:28 AM until 7:38--two parrots sat in the tree and squawked--did
not come to the feeder. At 10:00 AM, they were at the feeder. They stayed
until
10:00.

As you can tell from this, we have a pair of regular visitors and an
occassional
pair with them. We speculate that the regulars are the senior female from last
year and one of the young males. They often sit close and groom each other. It
seems logical that all of these birds are related. Does anyone know if
interbreeding is possible with parrots--mother to son I mean? We never did
get a look at the body of the senior male that was found dead in December.

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>>Paul Meyer--Seward Park region of Seattle
>>paulmeyer at seanet.com
>>>
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