-> More likely, they're the _descendants_ of escapees.  We have bunches
-> them in Florida; there's a huge flock of quaker 'keets in the souther
-> of the county, and one of mongrel amazons in the north (centered a fe
-> blocks from here).  They are one NOISY gang of birds :-)
->
-> Newly escaped birds either get re-captured, et by hawks, or find
-> their way to a feral flock.
Hi Rich...an interesting topic here....With the great success the
quakers have experienced (they are ALL over my neighborhood), why do
you suppose that cockatiels have such a hard time in the wild here? 
Over the years many have flown in at the sound of my flock...I've often
had the thought of trying to train them to fly and return...
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