Wild Peach-Faced Lovebirds in a Saguaro

[StarryNite]

The little interlopers that so many of us in the Phoenix area love to love. Although a non native species they are not threatening the native birds.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

1. We had a big flock of them at our old house

We lived just west of Piestewa Peak. They spent most of their time high in the trees in the neighborhood, but every irrigation day they came down and bathed in the yard. Shocked me the first time I saw one.

[StarryNite]

2. How lucky you were to have them!

Were the trees by any chance palm trees? I know they love palm trees and saguaros.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

3. Royal palms and some other big old trees - they'd hang out very high up

I'm not sure what they were, but they drip sap and made a mess on my car. But they also provided great shade to the house and we were renting so we couldn't really do anything with them anyhow.

[KarenS]

4. Love these little guys,,,, they show up in East Mesa too.

I read they are considered feral and in the article I read the original ones escaped from a pet store years ago,,, but there are flocks of them in certain areas around town esp Scottsdale.

[StarryNite]

6. Yes, they are non native and considered feral.

This is an interesting website:

Peach-faced Lovebird Range Expansion Data in Greater Phoenix, Arizona Area

http://mirror-pole.com/collpage/pf_loveb/pfl_1.htm

[Rebl2]

5. Such pretty birds!

[StarryNite]

7. They really are.

I love seeing them.

[drmeow]

8. I remember flocks of them

on ASU's Tempe campus - I saw them less often at my house about a mile from campus.

Sigh - I miss Arizona!

[StarryNite]

9. There is a lot to miss about Arizona if you're no longer here.

At the same time there are a lot of reasons to be glad you left beginning with our crap governor.

[drmeow]

11. Yeah - I left in 2018

to move to Virginia. I miss the desert terribly but between Covid and pending water issues I feel like I got out just in time.

[ThoughtCriminal]

10. So, which Day of Christmas

do I get these from my true love?