Subject: [Tweeters] Parakeets at Seward Park, Seattle; May 23 nature Audio
Date: Mar 18 12:37:22 2008
From: Mark Oberle - oberle at mindspring.com



Here is the link to a short audio clip I made last summer of the
parakeets you saw in Seward
http://www.mindspring.com/~oberle/ScFrontParakeetMWO2007-11WA05-28--c5650--5940CUTfilter.mp3

It is odd hearing a South American exotice with robins and crows in
the background.

For those of you would like to learn how to record sounds in our
natural environment, we still have room in our workshop at
UW/Seattle May 23-25.
Beginners or experienced recordists are welcome:
http://naturesound.org/Audio_Workshop.html

At 12:00 PM 3/18/2008, you wrote:
>From: "Stewart Wechsler" <ecostewart at quidnunc.net>
>Subject: RE: [Tweeters] Parakeets at Seward Park, Seattle
>Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:26:02 -0700
>To: "Andrea Wuenschel" <chyroptera at yahoo.com>,
> "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>
>
>30 years ago the flock of presumed Mitred Conures (there are 2 other Conure
>((Aratinga)) species that look very similar) had about 20 or 30 birds. We
>now seem to be down to 3. It looks like the flock will be gone soon. On a
>personal level I will be sad to see them go, but as an ecologist, I know
>that if they were more successful they would likely eventually start
>displacing existing native plant and/or animal species.
>
>-Stewart
>
>Stewart Wechsler
>Ecological Consulting
>West Seattle
>206 932-7225
>ecostewart at quidnunc.net
>
>-Advice on the most site-appropriate native plants
> and how to enhance habitat for the maximum diversity
> of plants and animals
>-Educational programs, nature walks and field trips
>-Botanical Surveys
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Andrea Wuenschel
>
>I was birding with a friend at Seward Park on the
>morning of Sat, Mar 15, and was very surprised to
>encounter 3 parrots.... Apparently
>they are Mitred Conures (Mitred Parakeets), who are
>regular visitors to the park according to
>http://www.sewardpark.org/sewardpark/birds.html.
>
>I haven't seen them at Seward before and had no idea
>Seattle had its own population of feral parrots until
>now.
>
>Andrea

Mark Oberle
Seattle, WA
oberle at mindspring.com