Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 13:07:47 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Susan Hoffmann Subject: Re: a missing parrot MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I don't know myself, but I asked a similar question about monk parakeets that we have at the Brooklyn College campus (I live in NY, and subscribe to MDOsprey for my visits to my parents near NNMC), and was told that it really depends on having a warm place to roost and enough food. And that they would eat whatever the local flora could provide, not necessarily what they would eat in their tropical homes. The monk parakeets, of course, build those huge stick communal nests. At Brooklyn College they built the nests on the athletic field light posts so that of course would be warm! Have you seen them at Silver Lake by Dewey Beach in Delaware? That's the first place I saw them, long ago .... I don't know about the lilac parrots nesting. But assuming the parrot avoids being a hawk's lunch, it might do just fine. As a matter of fact, I will warn my parents and my sister who lives in Kensington to watch out for the parrot. They go past that area all the time! S. Hoffmann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Ryan" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 10:10 AM Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] a missing parrot > This may be an ignorant question, but how long could a parrot survive in > cold weather around here? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Wasmer [mailto:rwasmer@CUC.EDU] > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 10:23 AM > To: MDOSPREY@HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM > Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] a missing parrot > > > I don't know if this is related to the missing parrot or not. > > Last evening (Tuesday) my wife and I were over at the National Naval Medical > Center (Bethesda Naval) on Wisconsin Ave. so that she could return some > equipment to the radiology department (she transcribes radiology reports for > the hospital from a home office). As we came out of the pedestrian bridge > into the visitor parking garage, I heard repeated squawks and whistles (but > I wouldn't characterize them as "singing") that reminded me a parrot; off > course, I have no idea what a Lilac-crowned parrot sounds like. I even > commented on the sounds as we walked to our car, telling my wife that it > sure sounded like a parrot. The sounds were unlike any car alarm I have > ever heard. The sounds seemed to be coming from just inside the level (3rd) > we were on or just outside. I could even hear the squawks as I drove out of > the garage onto the street immediately behind the hospital center; I even > paused, with the window down listening and looking! > > I will also pass this information onto Tigger Reading at the number given. > > Bob Wasmer > Professor of Biology > Columbia Union College > Takoma Park, MD > 301-891-4461 > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > > ======================================================================= > To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com > with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey > ======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================