tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post806820100114851300..comments2023-10-01T08:28:11.595-07:00Comments on Of Paramount Importance: Parakeets Are Back in Mapleleaf!Janet Wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963938962898188967noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-64570015451654911682012-01-09T22:50:54.379-08:002012-01-09T22:50:54.379-08:00Here is a link to a very nice image of Red-fronted...Here is a link to a very nice image of Red-fronted Conures. Note the red tips on the leading edge of the wings. No photo of any of the Seattle parrots I have seen show these distinctive red wing tips:<br /><br />http://www.avianweb.com/redfrontedconure.html<br /><br />Michael Ostrogorsky<br />www.TheZenParrot.comMichael Ostrogorskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174366689265437691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4002316433701252522.post-89731245269010458852012-01-09T21:35:11.762-08:002012-01-09T21:35:11.762-08:00It would be easy for birders who are not parrot pe...It would be easy for birders who are not parrot people to confuse Mitred Conures (Aratinga Mitrata) as Red-fronted Conures, but the parrots of Mapleleaf/Seward Park are in fact Mitred Conures, so these are probably Mitred Conures as well. There is a very small flock of Mitred Conures here in Ballard that make Golden Gardens their home, and were observed feeding at the Ballard P-Patch this past summer:<br /><br />http://www.thezenparrot.com/2011/09/wild-parrots-of-seattle-update.html<br /><br />Michael Ostrogorsky<br />www.TheZenParrot.comMichael Ostrogorskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174366689265437691noreply@blogger.com