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There is a tribe of wild parrots living in the trees of the temple nearby my house. One of these days I will catch one. Last weekend however, I was out walking early in the morning and ran into a pair eating out of the sunflowers in my neighbor's yard. I scared them away, but decided to check back in a few minutes, and found one had come back.
Guri escaped once, and I imagined her joining the tribe, knowing she was way to small, but there's something exciting about the whole idea of Guri becoming one of these rebels.
I wonder who was the founder of this gang. The birds I see are huge, so I find it hard to believe that someone released a parrot this large, let alone a breeding pair... they must fetch $1,000 or more at the pet shop. Did they start off as normal little parakeets like Guri, gradually growing larger over the generations, adapting themselves to fight against the evil Tokyo crows?
More photos of the tribe of wild parrots living in Tokyo
There are groups of such parrots in SouthernCalifornia, as well. I saw as many as 13 at once, including white and green ones. Our parrot Mango was terrorized by them a few times, swooping down and shouting at her when she was just hanging out in the tree in our front yard.
Yeah, I'm pretty much afraid to let my Cockatiels out because of a horror story I heard from a friend whos cockatiel was snatched off her shoulder by a crow.
They searched all day only to find a wing laying on a nearby street.
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