They return to the coastal areas when they’re ready to breed. Parrots have “nest site fidelity, especially the older, more established, more experienced parrots,” Mansfield said.ĭuring fall and winter, parrots flock together in east San Diego County (a group of parrots, by the way, is called a pandemonium).
Mansfield speculated that La Jolla residents might be seeing more parrots than usual after several palm trees were removed recently in the Point Loma-Ocean Beach area, causing some birds to seek new places to nest.Īnother factor pushing them to seek new nests, she said, are the recent losses of palm trees to the South American palm weevil, which has been infesting Canary Island date palms in recent years, causing them to wilt and die. can now enter our Exotic Pet Show or Bug Costume Contest courtesy of Texas. The date palms typically provide such a place to have their babies. Special thanks to Amethyst and Justin for their assistance with pick up and. Parrots are “cavity nesters,” she said, meaning they seek out holes made in trees by other animals instead of building their own.
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