On (24 Apr 97) Linda Taylor wrote to Jim Venedam...
 LT>  Hmmmmm....your little yellow bird sounds like one of the wild
      finches or parakeets that we have down here.
Musta been a finch. It wasn't a parakeet. Too small, altho his 
coloring was a lot like one of those yellow-green parakeets.      
 
 LT> A parakeet gets out, and he can very easily survive here if 
     he can survive the snakes, the owls and the hawks.
     
I've never heard of wild parakeets around here, altho my aunt 
over on the west coast talks about a lot of them over there. 
Some people even catch the wild ones and keep THEM caged.
Kinda like a recycle program..... 
I have heard a couple of requests on the radio for people to be 
on the lookout for a lost cockatiel or parrot. I did see a 
cockatiel once, but he didn't hang around long. I hope he got 
someplace safe. He really stood out with all those white 
feathers.
     
 LT> Or it could be an oriole from the north.  Most of the northern
     birds haven't returned north yet.  Maybe they know something 
     we don't.
     
Hopefully, he just found a good deal. I keep seed out all year.
I usually just half fill the feeder, but lately I've been 
filling it to the top. Been a lot of customers. The doves 
scatter the seed all over the ground. They're kind of spastic, 
but I don't seem to have as many doves as usual. Just a lot of 
sparrows and cardinals. I'm noticing an absence of woodpeckers 
and bluejays.
Jimvee     
 
 
... and then a goose got on the bus and peopled everyone.
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