Wild Parrots of Austin (July 2006)
A parrot visited our front yard today and ate some of the sunflowers, and Lisa got a good picture. There is a colony of perhaps a hundred parrots living on top of some of the light posts at the UT intramural fields on 51st street. They are monk parrots, which are native to South America. I don't think anyone knows where Austin's parrot colony came from, but they have been breeding and the colony seems to be growing.
Lisa got a good picture of the parrot, which you can see at: parrot
posted by David Hoffman at 7:49 PM
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I KNEW I saw a Parrot the other day! It was playing in the grass on the northbound side of 183 and Hwy 360. It was drawing all sorts of attention from passers-by. It was solid green in color. Same as the grass. I just knew it couldn't Actually be a Parrot.....but apparently it could've been. Neat!
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