Milling about the backyard this morning, some birds were making a ruckus. I couldn't identify them by their sounds and soon I found out why. I'd seen em on a fly by once in a while, one or a pair. This morning, there were over a dozen and possibly as many as twenty, screeching an carrying on. Got out the old Canon and stuck the telephoto on her.

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A couple after a deluge on Memorial day:

Nothing like wild parrots..

There's a flock of Monk Parakeets that live in my neighbor hood near downtown Houston. They make a lot of ruckus.

Neat pictures

Pretty common I hear in Florida and along the coast, be neat to see them around

Hope you don't mind, I lightened up the first photo a bit. I have never seen the parrots or parakeets around here.

They are loud. The Monk parakeets of DFW have a fan club.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Monk-Parakeets-of-the-DallasFort-Worth-Metroplex/157513654299450

I see flocks of them flying up and down the coast when I'm at my buddy's place in San Leon. It's pretty neat.

Those things fly all around Austin, I see them on riverside dr. Seeing a neon green bird fly across the road will catch your attention.

There are a bunch in Del Valle. They are quite large, too. We have some in the radio tower where I work. One night an owl paid a visit! You should've heard the ruckus!

cool pic

Those are cool to see flying around town, but yes, they are LOUD. Cool pics.

Cool!

I think they shoot them for sport down in Mexico!?!

That's cool, there's thousands of green parakeets down in McAllen. They roost by the lowes on dove street if anyone ever goes down there it's quite the show. All the power lines lined up and trees full of em. They load up in the trees just like grackles do. Had some videos of em on an old phone, but I don't I can find anything now. Starting to become quite the nuisance down there for all the fruit tree farmers.

There are several flocks in Irving

Quaker Parrots, many where probably pets at some point in time and escaped their cage.

In my humble redneck opinion, when it comes to non birds of prey, the best looking bird in TX is the green jay. And even though I spent a lot of time in S Texas, getting good pics whenever I saw one eluded me. I chased a few one day for hours but they just wouldn't cooperate for a shot.

I figured they escaped, a pair or two. If that's the case they're now Arkansas Quaker Parrots.

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