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Parakeets

By adamg - 8/8/22 - 11:07 am
Parakeet on a fence in Readville

Jake reports spotting this parakeet perched on a fence at the Westinghouse complex this morning.

By adamg - 7/24/21 - 9:22 pm
Polly wanna nest?

Taking a break - homebuilding is hard work.

Mary Ellen journeyed way up to Winthrop today to see if she could get a gander at the monk parakeets that seems to have taken up housekeeping there - to the point of building a large nest on a utility pole at Winthrop Beach, across from the Five Sisters. She reports they weren't hard to find. Read more.

By adamg - 6/8/17 - 8:02 pm
Parakeet in the Back Bay

J Goodell spotted this parapet parakeet in the Back Bay today, wonders where he or she came from.

Earlier:
Brighton budgie beaks birdie banquet

By adamg - 6/3/17 - 5:47 pm

PlunkettPrime forwards this photo a friend in Brighton took of the non-local visitor to her bird feeder.

By adamg - 7/21/16 - 6:14 pm
Albino parakeet missing in West Roxbury

Buster, a small, albino parakeet flew the coop yesterday on Rockland Street in West Roxbury. His wings aren't clipped, so he can fly away if startled - but he also likes to perch on people's heads, so if a small white bird lands on your head, let Mike know. There's a $100 reward for his return.

By adamg - 8/7/15 - 12:19 pm
Parakeet in Allston

Amanda McNeil reports spotting this budgie at Gardner Street and Gardner Terrace around 7:45 this morning.

By adamg - 6/14/15 - 4:39 pm
Lost parakeet in Roslindale

Sasha Gillin wonders about the provenance of this parakeet, spotted on Delano Park this afternoon.

By adamg - 4/18/15 - 10:46 pm
Parakeet in a tree in Jamaica Plain

The Real Lenny reports spotting a parakeet in his backyard near Faulkner Hospital this afternoon.

Tillie Jupiter reports he proved a friendly guy, so they were able to capture him and take him inside while they called Boston animal control - which now has him at its Roslindale shelter. If you're missing a parakeet, with a tag that reads something like HC355, now you know where to get him.

Bird inside:

By adamg - 3/3/14 - 5:48 pm
Anesthesia for a parakeet

The Milton owner of an 8-year-old parakeet rushed the "bloodied, barely conscious" bird to Angell Animal Medical Center last month after she turned on a shop vac - not realizing the budgie had crawled into the device moments before. In a statement, Angell says veterinarians first stabilized Marie Margarone's Birdie, then got the pet into surgery:

By adamg - 9/14/13 - 6:15 pm
Boston parakeet in the wild

John wonders whose parakeet went missing and wound up in Peters Park in the South End this afternoon. It did not appear to budgie when he approached with camera.

By adamg - 5/6/13 - 8:14 am

Pheddo reports he was chillin' by his fire pit in Brighton when a parakeet landed on the fire-pit lid. He managed to capture it with a salad-spinner bowl and now he's hoping to find the owner to reunite pet with person.

By adamg - 8/30/12 - 9:10 am

Steph reports spotting a parakeet flitting around outside the Green Street Orange Line stop this morning.

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