lozzyloz Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Or a Norwegian Blue perhaps? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1614-the-parakeet-formally-the-parrot-thread-ie-dj-not-required-lounge-suit-only-because/page/2/#findComment-101575 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moos Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Bootiful plumage, and there are indeed buckets of them in Peckham Rye park, where we have only the finest wildlife. And my family from time to time. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1614-the-parakeet-formally-the-parrot-thread-ie-dj-not-required-lounge-suit-only-because/page/2/#findComment-101582 Share on other sites More sharing options...
okcomputa Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Hate to piss on anyone's fire, but check this pic out:Ok, it's before they cleaned the pond a couple of years back - but heck, it's a turtle>:D< Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1614-the-parakeet-formally-the-parrot-thread-ie-dj-not-required-lounge-suit-only-because/page/2/#findComment-101645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blinder999 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 downsouth Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> They normally reside in Dulwich Park. I think they> are green parakeets which are noisy little so and> so's.> I saw two of them flitting about on Underhill Rd as I went to get my newspaper this morning. Way prettier than the usual scuzzy pigeons. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1614-the-parakeet-formally-the-parrot-thread-ie-dj-not-required-lounge-suit-only-because/page/2/#findComment-101659 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonM Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Have them seen them often in Underhill - 5 is the record for our garden. The "African Queen! story is, I think, a dead granny but has a pleasing symmetry given that the author of the book on which the film was based lived in Underhill Road....also believed to be an urban myth is the theory they are all descended from a pair Jimi Hendrix kept.I am sure I saw a turtle in the Japanese garden pond in Peckham Rye park last week....I know there used to be several in Dulwich Park lakeThe Trees of Peckham Rye Park,.....number 1, The Larch.... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1614-the-parakeet-formally-the-parrot-thread-ie-dj-not-required-lounge-suit-only-because/page/2/#findComment-101703 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozzyloz Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 I wonder if they taste as good as Pigeon? Perhaps a nice alternative to BBQ Grey Squirrel. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1614-the-parakeet-formally-the-parrot-thread-ie-dj-not-required-lounge-suit-only-because/page/2/#findComment-101729 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 You?re probably onto something there. Just the locally sourced, low fat, kind of food that will do well in ED. Perhaps I should set up a stall in the warehouse or on Northcross road selling bbqed parakeet-onna-stick. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1614-the-parakeet-formally-the-parrot-thread-ie-dj-not-required-lounge-suit-only-because/page/2/#findComment-101735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Palaeologus Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 "..........otters noses, wolf-nipple ships - get 'em while they're 'ot - they're lovely" Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1614-the-parakeet-formally-the-parrot-thread-ie-dj-not-required-lounge-suit-only-because/page/2/#findComment-101743 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moos Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Can back up your turtle claim, Simon, I've seen him too. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1614-the-parakeet-formally-the-parrot-thread-ie-dj-not-required-lounge-suit-only-because/page/2/#findComment-101821 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonM Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 ...Not seen the Kingfisher for ages though :'( Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1614-the-parakeet-formally-the-parrot-thread-ie-dj-not-required-lounge-suit-only-because/page/2/#findComment-102036 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moos Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 No, nor I.. :-(I think DM carried out her threat and wore him to Cheltenham. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1614-the-parakeet-formally-the-parrot-thread-ie-dj-not-required-lounge-suit-only-because/page/2/#findComment-102045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 Over the last few weeks I've seen a couple of Parakeets in my neighbours back garden, which backs onto mine in Melford Road. They like the apples in the apple tree, which is huge. This morning six of them flew into the tree. They are lime green with a hint of yellow. Absolutely beautiful site. Unfortunately, the local Magpies aren't so keen. I think they feel they are invading their space. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1614-the-parakeet-formally-the-parrot-thread-ie-dj-not-required-lounge-suit-only-because/page/2/#findComment-129290 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonM Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Round the corner from Melford in Underhill, we have had up to 5 parakeets in the garden hacking merrily away at the bird feeders, which hang from the apple tree. They do not seem interested in the apples though. It is fun to watch them trying (and failing) to face down the squirrels. Anything that scares of them bastard murderin' magpies is a good thing I reckon!:)) The other day the same apple tree had two greater spotted woodpeckers hammering away at the trunk.... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1614-the-parakeet-formally-the-parrot-thread-ie-dj-not-required-lounge-suit-only-because/page/2/#findComment-129544 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 The gardens that back on to mine in Melford Road are on Underhill and Wood Vale, so I guess you're just around the corner from me Simon. It's a great place for bird watching from my bedroom and living room windows as it's all trees out the back there, though I'm not much of an ornithologist. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1614-the-parakeet-formally-the-parrot-thread-ie-dj-not-required-lounge-suit-only-because/page/2/#findComment-129549 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeckhamRose Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 What happened to the Kingfisher in Peckham Rye Park?Anyway, parakeets, yes, theory is that on the lot of the African Queen made in England they were brought in to make the film look authentic and they flew away. It's fun watching the squirrels hassle them in the trees. With earplugs in. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1614-the-parakeet-formally-the-parrot-thread-ie-dj-not-required-lounge-suit-only-because/page/2/#findComment-129592 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonM Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 I look out for the kingfisher every time I go through the Japanese Garden but, alas, no sign of it. I have seen the "African Queen" theory before - there is a neat symetry to it as C S Forester lived on Underhill of course - but I also read somewhere that they are all descended from a pair Jimi Hendrix kept in the 60's: so choose your urban myth according to taste! :)) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1614-the-parakeet-formally-the-parrot-thread-ie-dj-not-required-lounge-suit-only-because/page/2/#findComment-129619 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asset Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 history of ring-necked parakeet according to RSPB Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1614-the-parakeet-formally-the-parrot-thread-ie-dj-not-required-lounge-suit-only-because/page/2/#findComment-129648 Share on other sites More sharing options...
2degreesfrommadness Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Sightings of turtles actually tend to be terrapins, usually the red-eared slider variety which are sold by pet shops around the size of a two-penny piece (cute!) and then grow to size of large tea plate ( not so cute). Used to be a large population in docklands as they outgrew their cuteness following the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle fad."Heroes in a half-shell!" Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1614-the-parakeet-formally-the-parrot-thread-ie-dj-not-required-lounge-suit-only-because/page/2/#findComment-129654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Palaeologus Posted June 30, 2009 Author Share Posted June 30, 2009 Saw some of the little green chaps in Greenwich Park over the weekend and in Brockwell Park a few weeks ago. Other than the well known flock in SW London, has anybody seen them further afield? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1614-the-parakeet-formally-the-parrot-thread-ie-dj-not-required-lounge-suit-only-because/page/2/#findComment-219464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Msgee Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 There's thaaaaaaaasands of them in Nunhead Cemetery. It's like the Guatemalan rainforest in there on a steamy day.Not to mention the spider monkeys.But we like to keep that quiet. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/1614-the-parakeet-formally-the-parrot-thread-ie-dj-not-required-lounge-suit-only-because/page/2/#findComment-219499 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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