Diane,

budgerigars are not native species and further, this particular bird was raised in captivity (not in the wild), so the ethical thing to do is capture the bird and find it a home with a loving family.

cheers,

GrrlScientist
Devorah
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--- On Sun, 8/23/09, diane_weinstein at msn.com <diane_weinstein at msn.com> wrote:

> From: diane_weinstein at msn.com <diane_weinstein at msn.com>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Parakeet Dilemma
> To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Date: Sunday, August 23, 2009, 3:57 PM
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>
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> 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?
> ?
> ?
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