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"As one of the few temperate-zone parrots, the Monk Parakeet is more able than most to survive cold climates, and colonies exist as far north as New York City, Chicago, Wisconsin, Cincinnati, Louisville, northern New Jersey, coastal Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut, and southwestern Washington. This hardiness makes this species second only to the Rose-ringed Parakeet amongst parrots as a successful introduced species." Nancy On 2013-10-14, at 9:52 PM, Stephen R. Shaw <srshaw@DAL.CA> wrote: > Out of area birding comment from across the pond: > We visited Kew Gardens in London UK on October 1st and were surprised to see a couple of exotic, green parrot-like birds with red beaks inspecting a nesting hole in a large oak. We then saw several small groups flying over, squawking harshly, long tails trailing. > No info on this at Kew, but on returning here checked this out on the web. London and the surrounding counties have been invaded by rising numbers of originally escaped and released individuals that now breed widely there, population size possibly ~20,000 by now: ring-necked parakeets, Psittacula krameri, originally of Afro-Indian distribution. Most breed in S.E. England so far but individuals seen as far north as Scotland. Some comments refer to global warming as a helping hand in all this. > Steve (Halifax) >
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