| MrsDing |
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| 28/04/2008 11:07 |
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..... A PARROT !!!!!!
Well, it might have been a parakeet - I'm no expert on these things - but he was green with a red head and he flew into a hawthorn bush right by us where he sat pecking at the leaf-buds and squawking quite happily! Unfortunately neither of us had our cameras with us but we did see him, honest!
This was the highlight of our lovely walk from Broadway to Buckland. It was just four miles but passed through some beautiful scenery and a very pretty Cotswold village. The spring flowers were in full bloom and, best of all, the rain stayed away until we were both safely home.
Next walk - May 11th at Bourton-on-the-Water. Who knows what we might see then
| pinkannie |
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| 28/04/2008 11:14 |
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How lovely! It must have really made your day. Just think, someone has peace and quiet now!
| carrieb |
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| 28/04/2008 11:22 |
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Thank you for taking us out of our misery. 
Have been holding my breath all morning. 
Did he wink at you? and bet you drank his health in the local coach house after your walk. 
| Chickadee |
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| 28/04/2008 11:29 |
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Just watch out for Long John Silver and Blind Pew now! What an exciting encounter - do you think he was an escaped pet or is this more evidence of global warming?
| MrsDing |
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| 28/04/2008 11:43 |
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Just watch out for Long John Silver and Blind Pew now! What an exciting encounter - do you think he was an escaped pet or is this more evidence of global warming?
Not sure... we were at least a mile from the nearest house. I just hope he found somewhere cosy to roost when the downpours started in the afternoon. No global warming round here yesterday ... more like monsoons!!
| Jenniferpl |
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| 28/04/2008 12:13 |
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Hi Mrs Ding
They are ring neck parakeets or cherry head conures, they settled in south East london a while back, the flock is now large enough for them to feel safe in making public apperances. The parakeets are more common, they like our weather which is similar to the foothills of the hymalas where they come from. I had no idea that they had made it to the Cotswolds though. If it was a cherryhead, it's likely it was an escapee - I bet you heard it before you saw it, for such lovely looking birds, their squawk is horrible!
Here is the news story about them if you are interested, it dates back to 2004
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/3869815.stm
Hope you are having a good day
| Jenniferpl |
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| 28/04/2008 12:20 |
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Hi Mrs Ding
Here is a pic of a cherry head so you can see if it was the type of bird you saw
http://animal-world.com/encyclo/birds/conures/redmaskedconure.php
Have a good day
| maja |
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| 28/04/2008 12:47 |
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reminds me mrs Ding of an incident many many years ago, when I worked in a hospital. And in one room there were four men, three of them totally senile and no idea of anything whatsoever, and one who was an old alcholic, who we were watching a bit closely him being at risk of delirium. and one evening me and another nurse were in that room helping one of the older men, when suddenly, a brightly yellow canary flew into the room, did a few swirls around it and finally perching on the alcholic bed (exhausted)and then flew out of the room. me and the nurse were surprised to say the least and just looked at each other, none of the three senile men had registered anything, but the delirium-watch alcoholic followed the birds movements with a very shaky finger and looked dizzily at us.
now, if we hád come into that room just a minute later, and he hade said that canaries where flying about, we would have whisked him off to intensive care (delirium is dangerous).
| MrsDing |
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| 28/04/2008 13:09 |
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Thanks Jennifer, it could have been one of those although he had more black on his back - a bit like a budgie's feathers.
As to how he got there, I guess there are lots of Londoners who like to come up to the Cotswolds at the weekend!
| Waveney |
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| 28/04/2008 14:07 |
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I saw a man out shopping with a black cat on his shoulders in Oxford and Delph and Psyche thought I was delirious!
| shellseeker |
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| 28/04/2008 14:31 |
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Did it say anything to you?
| Delphinium |
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| 28/04/2008 14:44 |
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But you were, weren't you Waveney. LOL After all you pointed out the man afterwards and I seem to remember you told us he had the cat hidden in his back pack!
Maja, we met some walkers soon afterwards, told them to look out for the parrot and was asked if we had been on the G&T!!! What a suggestion!
Thank you for the picture Jennifer but the bird was more colourful than the picture. I think there was blue in the wing wasn't there Mrs Ding? The back was patterned, brown and crisscrossed with black. Also not noisy, quite a loud chirp but no squawk....not that we heard anyway.
| Jenniferpl |
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| 28/04/2008 15:57 |
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Hi Delphinum
He may not have been a parrot then, parrots dont do anything as pretty as chirp, they deffinately squawk - loudly. I love parrots and apart from the ones who cheek you back and say hello in a pretty voice I never met one that didnt have a loud raucus voice! It's a mystery! I hope that whatever it is that it survives!
Have a good day
| kimb50 |
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| 28/04/2008 16:11 |
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You sure that you weren't setting a trap for Johnny??
Kim xx
| pinkannie |
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| 28/04/2008 17:15 |
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Delphinium, if the parrot had some blue feathers and you weren't on the G&T, then it must've been Bombay Sapphire.
Seriously, I saw a parrot here in Switzerland many years ago by a fountain. I was a very tired young mum in those days...
But I really believe you've seen it. Just this forum is going barmy today. Or is it me?
| honeybunny |
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| 05/05/2008 21:21 |
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When my daughter and I went for a walk along the Cornish cliffs on Saturday, we were lucky enough to see some grey seals frolicking in the surf only about 50 yards from us. I have been lucky enought to see dolphins and whales in the wild when I went to Australia last year but to see wild seals so apparantly happy with their lot in Cornwall really made my day. I have lived in Cornwall for 27 years and this was the first time I had seen them.