Dear Tweeters,

A friend who lives in the Issaquah area has had a parakeet (budgie) hanging out with other small birds at her feeder for the past several weeks. Is there any chance that a budgie could survive in our climate?

Since a bird's greatest gift is its ability to fly, would it be better to do nothing and allow the bird to enjoy what time it has in the wild or capture the bird and keep it in a cage for the rest of its life? To complicate things, a hawk has now also started hanging out around the feeder.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Diane Weinstein
Issaquah WA