[texbirds] Re: Green Parrots

  • From: Ervin Fleming <endersgt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>, Stevan Hawkins <shawkins4@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 14:30:10 -0700 (PDT)

lol. thanks for the memory refresh. I did have an anole and an alligator (or 
whatever it was) at one time or another....before we knew any better
 
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 From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Stevan Hawkins <shawkins4@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
Cc: Ervin Fleming <endersgt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Heidi Trudell 
<heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; texbirds texbirds <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [texbirds] Re: Green Parrots
  

Indeed "Quaker" Parrakeerts were at the State Fair then, as were other
birds,  and I wanted one so bad, but ended up instead with my annual
Green Anole on a string...More inline with my folk's budget.  There
were all kinds of animals for sale there or nearby including baby
Camians and painted baby turtles...FWIW :-)
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Brush Freeman
503-551-5150 Cell
http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/
Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas


On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Stevan Hawkins <shawkins4@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tom:
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> Steve
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> Stevan Hawkins
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> San Antonio TX
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> From: Ervin Fleming [mailto:endersgt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 6:11 PM
> To: shawkins4@xxxxxxxxxxx; 'Heidi Trudell'
> Cc: 'texbirds texbirds'
> Subject: Re: [texbirds] Re: Green Parrots
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> is the Monk Parakeet the same bird that was commonly for sale in pet stores
> and as a prize at some parts of the State Fair (back in the 60's)?
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> Tom
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> From: Stevan Hawkins <shawkins4@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: 'Heidi Trudell' <heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: 'texbirds texbirds' <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 3:33 PM
> Subject: [texbirds] Re: Green Parrots
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> Heidi:
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> This morning when I searched eBird for Monk Parakeets all I saw was records
> for the east coast of the US.  After I posted my note on TexBirds, one of
> my friends sent me an eBird map of Monk Parakeet records for Bexar County.
> So then I used the same methods as I had before to have eBird do another
> search for Monk Parakeets.  This time eBird produced a map showing Monk
> Parakeets in the Greater Houston area, Corpus Christi, McAllen, Laredo, the
> Dallas-Fort Worth Area, the San Antonio-Austin-Temple corridor, Kerrville,
> and the Midland-Andrews area.  My hypothesis is that when I did my first
> search someone was editing eBird's Monk Parakeet data.
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> Onward!
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> Steve
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> Stevan Hawkins
> San Antonio TX
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heidi Trudell [mailto:heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 3:16 PM
> To: shawkins4@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: texbirds texbirds
> Subject: Re: [texbirds] Re: Green Parrots
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> Monk Parakeets probably don't get much eBird love, but that doesn't mean
> they don't exist -- Andrews, Dallas, Austin, Houston, San Antonio,
> Seabrook/Kemah, and a smattering of other locations have populations of
> varying size. Texas A&M is keeping track of them, so any reports that are
> outside of the areas I listed need additional details!
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> Happy trails,
> -h
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> Heidi Trudell
> Marathon, TX
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> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Stevan Hawkins <shawkins4@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>> Dell, Tom:
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>> From time to time Green Parakeets wander as far north as San Antonio.
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>> Although anecdotal evidence suggests that Monk Parakeets are seen in
>> most, if not all, of the large cities in Texas, a minute ago when I
>> searched for Monk Parakeet on eBird, I didn't see any purple
>> rectangles in Texas.  That contradicts the Monk Parakeets that I have seen
> in Austin and San Antonio.
>> Hopefully one or more of our eBird editors will enlighten us.
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>> Later!
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>> Steve
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>> Stevan Hawkins
>> San Antonio TX
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: texbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:texbirds-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of Dell Little
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 8:34 AM
>> To: endersgt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: texbirds texbirds
>> Subject: [texbirds] Re: Green Parrots
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>> Tom,
>>        There are several populations of Monk Parakeets Myiopsitta
>> monachus (green in color) established in Dallas and Tarrant counties.
>> To be honest I'm not sure exactly where all the populations currently
>> are. Historically northwest of White Rock Lake damn or the Fish
>> Hatchery is one location. Near you in Grand Prairie, there is a small
>> population at Kennedy Middle School Football Stadium at Acosta and
>> 303. Also in Arlington at the Sherry St. Sub Station just north of 303
>> is a another small group. I don't know wether "significant" is
>> appropriate. If their sighting was put into eBird, that wouldn't hurt.
>> Green Parakeets Psittacara holochlora have native populations in the
>> Rio Grande Valley but no populations away from there (to my
>> knowledge)
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>> Dell Little
>> Arlington, Texas
>> "Excellent Birds"
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>> On Aug 20, 2013, at 5:24 AM, Ervin Fleming <endersgt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>> I see reports here from time to time on green parrots. A friend of
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>> noted a group of 10-12 in North Dallas over the weekend.  If this is
>> significant, I can get lat/lon for Google as well as date and time of
>> the sighting.  Just let me know.
>>> Tom Fleming
>>> Grand Prairie
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