Did you know that there are wild lovebirds in the United States?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (222982)
Walnut Creek, California
August 26, 2019 4:55pm CST
My friend Paula sent me this picture from Scottsdale Arizona, where she lives. It is one of a pair of lovebirds that visit her periodically.
I had just been chatting with some lovebirds at the local pet store, but they did not tell me that they had cousins flying around in the wild.
I'll have to do a little research and see if they're native to the Southwest, escapees whose babies will not survive in the wild, or descendants of escapees who now breed and live in the wild there.
I wouldn't mind seeing something so pretty on my balcony. (No disrespect to my doves or other birds implied.)
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@1creekgirl (42368)
• United States
2 Sep 19
Are they related to parrots? So beautiful.
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@JESSY3236 (20206)
• United States
27 Aug 19
pretty bird. All I get is cardinals, doves, and other small birds. I saw a huge goose about a week ago. Lily (my cat) loves looking at the birds at the feeder. She was making a hissing sound a few days ago at a dove and my mother didn't know what the sound was. She never heard Lily hiss at the birds.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
27 Aug 19
Looking for an excuse to exclaim "Oh, you two lovebirds!"
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@moffittjc (122615)
• Gainesville, Florida
26 Aug 19
Florida has a lot of parrots, macaws and other tropical birds living in the wild. Probably as a result of migration up from Caribbean or South American countries, and also probably because some have escaped or were released out into the wild. However they got there, they seem to be thriving pretty well in Florida's tropical environment.
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@andriaperry (118221)
• Anniston, Alabama
27 Aug 19
Awesome picture. I have seen parakeets around the old lakes in the woods before in summer. I can bet someone turned them loose.
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