The italian city of pavia has a huge and stable population of feral parakeets that live and nest in the city centre. They're not indigenous, they're the result of repeated, accidental and cumulative escapes of exotic pets from their owners. The fact that not only they survived but thrived is a fascinating testament to their endurance and resourcefulness
>>4846202nice
>>4846202I wonder what his favourite cereal is?
>>4846212Still better than pigeons. They're nicer looking and more intelligent than those flying rats
>>4846273I prefer pigeons. >>4846202We have them in Naples, too. We also have marsupilamis (genets) and, where my family's summer house is in Calabria, some weird, Asian squirrel for some reason.
>>4846273They are very noisy compared to pigeons. Also, I don't know what they eat, atleast with pigeons you can see them bobbing around.
>>4846273smart birds are not good. they don't think like mammals. they're filthy, destructive, and psychopathic.i'd rather have 9001 cats than 9001 feral budgies.
>>4846202Sparrows are so plentiful in the US that most people don't realize they're an invasive species that fucks up other songbirds.I feel like birds and humans are the two most versatile species on the planet in the sense that you can just drop them anywhere and they'll probably adapt and possibly thrive. Tropical penguins are the most baffling ones to me.
>>4846343House sparrow haters disgust meThey've been here forever. They're naturalized. Not their fault they outcompete other birds when you set up free food, which sparrowchads are better at eating than native cuckbirds. That's actually your fault.>facilitate house sparrow populations by providing birdfeeds and birdhouses for them>FREAKIN HOUSE SPARROWS KILL THEM ALL I WANT TO SEE A NUTHATCH IN MY BACKYARD. KILLLLLLLDisgusting
>>4846285>We also have marsupilamis (genets)In Naples? Where? This is the first I've heard of it>>4846343small to medium sized omnivores are like that.Pigs and rats are the same
I saw a lot of them in Rome and surrounding areas. There's also a sizeable population in one of Brussels's parks. Here's a picture I took of their nests last year.
that parakeet looks different than mine
