FreeLists / va-bird / [va-bird] Blue Budgerigar, King St. Metro, Alexandria

[Mike Dooley <mcdooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

VA-BIRDers:

Early Wednesday afternoon I spotted a blue budgerigar (parakeet) associating 
with a flock of House Sparrows along a strip of grass at the King St. Metro 
parking lot, Alexandria. The budgerigar mostly stuck closely to this flock 
whether foraging on the ground or taking off for brief flights.

A chainlink fence runs between the parking lot and the station itself. As you 
face the station from the lot, the birds were off to the far right, especially 
feeding below a sapling in the grass border strip. This would be to the right 
of the lane where the taxis stand.

This is my first encounter with an obviously escaped pet bird.

Mike Dooley
Alexandria, Va. -- mcdooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



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