I saw a yellow one near Acme, playing with sparrows.
2007-08-20 05:05:47 · 9 answers · asked by younghoon 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
I live in Pennsylvania.
2007-08-21 01:59:09 · update #1
Unfortunately, it is becoming more and more common.
As others, including birdgirl, correctly stated, the budgie is not native to America. It is an invasive species from Australia. Several feral colonies of budgies have established themselves in regions of the US where climate and food supply are favorable for them. These colonies are the offspring of domestic (pet) budgies that escaped or were intentionally released into the wild. They compete with native species for food and nesting territory.
Other domestic birds have established feral colonies in a similar manner. Many species of parrot, parakeet and even lorikeets have established feral colonies in the US. Some of the more famous are the feral lovebirds in Arizona and the feral parrots of Telegraph Hill in San Francisco.
So, again, the answer is an unfortunate yes, it is becoming more and more common, but the birds you are seeing are not native to America.
2007-08-20 13:05:16 · answer #1 · answered by margecutter 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Budgies are native to Austrailia. So if you see them in the wild, they're feral and once had a home in a cage somewhere. However, it could have been a Gold Finch that you thought was a yellow budgie.
Oh yeah, and there are wild parakeets in the tips of Florida and Texas, but they aren't Budgerigars.
2007-08-20 19:16:02 · answer #2 · answered by Avian Queen 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wild Budgies In Florida
2017-02-28 20:01:32 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, America is a proper noun, therefore gets a capital letter at the begin, America. Budgie, is not a recognized common name. Melopsittacus undulatus, budgerigar, or parakeet.
The parakeet is an exotic introduced avian past species to North America. No, you don't see them in the "wild". You will see then in cities and rural areas. Thanks to mindless careless idiots there are now giant flocks of these pest causing all kinds of problems in American cities.
I would shoot any I saw on my property and would recommended everyone else do the same, if it is legal to do so.
2007-08-20 06:44:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
In some parts of the country there are wild populations which originally developed from escaped captive birds. In my own state (in New England) there are some flocks of such birds, which are not very popular with local residents, as they descend on a garden like a swarm of locusts, doing a lot of damage, and they make a tremendous racket, usually early in the morning of course.
2007-08-20 06:03:56 · answer #5 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are fairly common in warmer areas in the americas such as florida in the united states. But not in cooler places as they would not survive the winters in Canada.
Which Acme?
Acme, Alberta, Canada -not common
Acme, Louisiana, USA -common
Acme, Michigan, USA -not common
Acme Township, Michigan, USA -not common
Acme Township, North Dakota, USA -not common
Acme, Pennsylvania, USA -probable
Acme, Washington, USA -not common
2007-08-20 05:17:55 · answer #6 · answered by billgoats79 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No, it isn't. Budgies are from Australia, but pets occasionally
escape. I have seen one in the wild in northern Illinois myself.
They may not survive through a winter in the northern half of
the U. S.
2007-08-20 05:11:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, they are not native to the US..the only ones you would see are escaped pets, or have resulted from escaped pets breeding.
2007-08-20 07:28:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
no
2007-08-20 11:39:08 · answer #9 · answered by hill bill y 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋