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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

[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.