[Posted by Chuck Almdale, submitted by Lu Plauzoles]

Yes, even in Great Britain where the natives have other things to think about – like their weather and some pesky neighbors to the east – they have heard of our many many parrots. Link to article

These parrots came to Los Angeles as pets – then went wild. Now scientists are unlocking their mysteries.
Once escapees from the pet trade, Los Angeles’s feral parrots have become a vibrant part of city life, and could even aid conservation in their native homelands. The Moore Laboratory at Occidental College gets involved.
by Katharine Gammon, in L.A. 15 Nov 2025

Have you seen our parrots? Want to? Contact your local Audubon Society chapter. The parrots on our chapter’s field trips are mostly Nanday Parakeets and Yellow-chevroned Parakeets. The mother-lode of SoCal parrots is in Pasadena and the western San Gabriel Valley.