GC30WAF Birds of a Feather: Quaker Parrot (Traditional Cache) in Texas, United States created by lostnthestacks

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Reviewer Revan: Cache Owner (CO) has not responded, so I am regretfully archiving this cache to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking new cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace this cache sometime in the future (not to exceed 10 days from the date of this entry), just contact me (by e-mail), and assuming it still meets the current Guidelines, I will consider unarchiving this cache.

Please be advised this is not a guarantee that this geocache will be unarchived. Many factors will go into my decision. The most important of which is how you responded to geocachers who tried to communicate with you regarding the problem(s) with this geocache hide and how you communicated with me, the Reviewer Revan.

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Hidden : 7/25/2011

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This is the first in a series of caches dedicated to my two favorite hobbies. Geocaching and Birding. Both require you to go get out of the house and do some walking. While out geocaching I easily get distracted by birds that I encounter, but it makes the experience that much more enjoyable. Each of these caches are placed in an area where there is a heavy concentration of birds or a certain species of birds that I think people would enjoy learning more about and seeing first-handed. So if you have a pair of binoculars, bring them along with your pen for some close up views.

This first cache is dedicated to a bird that is not native to Texas or the United States. The Monk Parakeet aka Quaker Parrots. Originally native to Argentina and surrounding countries, the Monk Parakeets have pockets of self-sustaining colonies throughout the United States and Europe. I fell in love with these birds one day when I saw one visit my backyard bird feeder. After a couple of weeks the parrot numbers at my feeders have increased, where I have had up to 14 at a time. Now they are regulars at the backyard diner I offer.

These beautiful parrots are green overall with the hue varying throughout the body. Their rump and wing feather tips are dark blue. Above this cache you will notice two nests the parrots have built. At one point there was 6 nests total near this intersection, but with the opening of the new West Irving Library and removal of the telephone poles, 4 nests were relocated. The Monk Parakeets are the only parrots in the world that build stick nests in trees or man-made objects instead of using a cavity. Since the parrots live colonially their nests are large, consider them like apartments,with multiple rooms and entrances for each pair. Nests have been known to be as large as the size of an automobile.

I hope you enjoy these parrots for the brief time you are caching here. Oh, did I mention they are very audible birds?

Congrats to the Cheyney Family for the FTF!

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Birds of a Feather: Quaker Parrot Traditional Cache

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