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[usernamenumber.livejournal.com]

Found parakeet hopping around in traffic near Bway and Cedar. Had clipped wings, likely to get hit. Now carrying frightened parakeet in bucket. :( Knocked on doors w open windows but no luck. Animal cntrl closed till Monday. Halp!?

EDIT: got ahold of vet friend, who came by to assist. Unfortunately, turns out bird (which she says is actually a budgie) didn't have clipped wings, was just tired from the escape (and/or kinda dumb) when I caught it. So, errr.... it got out when she opened the bucket. :/. Good news is that vet says it'll be safe and healthy in this climate, so... enjoy your new budgie, neighborhood?

Seriously, sorry if it was yours. We tried. :/

Comments

[oneagain.livejournal.com]

That was some pretty compassionate effort on your part. Nice:)

[usernamenumber.livejournal.com]

Was birdy! Was cute! Couldn't just let it get squished! =:)

[sparkgrrl658.livejournal.com]

i had to wiki it:



cute!

[usernamenumber.livejournal.com]

Yup, only this one was female. According to Vet Friend, the little ridge on the beak is blue for boys and pink for girls. Wacky, no?

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

On females it actually turns brown, except for a few color mutations. /bird geek

I'm glad you tried to help her, and I hope she finds a safe place to live. I'm not so sure about budgies surviving the winters here, but I suppose it's possible.

[contradictacat.livejournal.com]

Good thing we're going into summer then, eh?

And neat about the budgie colors- the more you knowwwww!

[usernamenumber.livejournal.com]

Apparently they're from Australia, which has similar weather (ie temperate with actual winters) to ours.

[latvianchick.livejournal.com]

I saw "wild" budgies in Chicago - they form packs and come to bird feeders. It was really weird. So yeah, I think Boston winter is not a problem.

[m00n.livejournal.com]

Monk Parakeets. They're actually a lot bigger than budgies and they have them in New York too. They are the sworn enemy of Con Edison on account of building their nests around electrical equipment, heh.

[koshmom.livejournal.com]

dang, I have a bird cage from my old cockateil that died. Would have been great to hold the critter in til it's home was found. Hope it's ok.

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

So I knew they were from Australia, but I didn't know they got winters in that part of Australia like we do here. Well, that makes me feel better about the budgie that was flying around -my- neighborhood last summer (it was never close enough to try to capture).

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

I knew quakers (monk parakeets) did that, but I'd never heard of feral budgie flocks in the northern US.

[soft-shoulder.livejournal.com]

aw

[miss-chance.livejournal.com]

If I had lost a little budgie, I'd be *infinitely* happier to know it is now flying around free somewhere in S'ville, and not stuck to the bottom of someone's tires.

YaY on your for the rescue!

[usernamenumber.livejournal.com]

And yay on you for really obscure Marvel universe references. =:)

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

I keep a full bird feeder out back. Maybe she'll find it and have a nice meal.

(Sorry, this is my only bird icon.)

[dystocia.livejournal.com]

it is an awesome icon though! Do you mind if I yank it/do you have credit info for it?

<3 Animals

[justjess.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to commend you on your efforts!

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Oh, feel free to take it! I don't remember where I got it, so no need to credit.

[pearlythebunny.livejournal.com]

There's a bird store in McGoun Square. Maybe it escaped from there? Or from someone who bought a bird from there?

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

So those were budgies! They were so big I thought they were small parrots.

[m00n.livejournal.com]

No no. Monk Parakeets (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk_parakeet) (Myiopsitta monachus) aren't the same as budgerigars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budgerigar) (a.k.a. Budgies, Melopsittacus undulatus).

The term "parakeet" is actually a very general term used mostly in America that doesn't really denote anything from a taxonomic point of view. It basically refers to any small parrot type bird with a broad tail.

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

Ah, so I think when I first heard "Monk parakeets" I heard "Monk parrots" and may have been spreading misinformation for years. I am schooled.

[m00n.livejournal.com]

Haha. You're forgiven. I think there's actually more misinformation about these birds out there than real information.