I'm not going crazy

[gemfyre]

There really IS a flock of budgies flying around down near the creek.

I assume someone gave them the gift of freedom yesterday.

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[morningglorymlp.livejournal.com]

Are budgies native to the Perth area of Australia? I've always wondered how well captive bred birds (for pets) would survive in the wild if they've been caged for a while (assuming its the right climate conditions. I couldn't imagine a budgie surviving long in Indiana once winter rolled around).

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

According to my field guides they can venture down this far. And one of the habitats described is "tree lined watercourses", they are hanging out by the creek down the road (which has a tiny bit of water in it).

Budgies are nomadic and we have had weird weather this year which could have pushed them this far south and towards the coast - but, I have only noticed 4 of them around here.

And they are all green, the wild type.

So, they could quite possibly be wild. The more likely scenario is they are escapes, but I just can't tell for sure.

I reckon they'd probably survive pretty well in this area as long as they could find food. It would just be bad if it ended up like the rainbow lorikeets. Half a dozen get released and 20 years later you have thousands steadily heading inland and stealing nesting hollows of native parrots.