Backyard Beauties

The past few mornings a dozen or more Green Parakeets have been feeding on the bottlebrush blooms in our back yard in Weslaco. It is debated as to whether these are wild birds or not, but with over a thousand of them across the RGV they do appear to be breeding and increasing in numbers.



Despite their gorgeous coloration and colorful antics Green Parakeets are not popular as pets. They have the most incredible loud, screeching voices and would drive a person nuts if one was kept in the confines of a house.