Glen plants sunflower seeds on the front corner of our lot for the neighborhood each spring. They are quite showy.
It is always fun to watch how fast they grow and how tall they become.
When Glen started doing this, he had no clue that the sunflowers would attract lovebirds, too.
Apparently peach-faced love birds love the Arizona climate (just like "snow birds" :) and are multiplying after escaping or being set free into the wild.
Go here and here to read more. I always thought the "feral" applied to just cats, but I guess there are also feral lovebirds. This picture is the camouflage version.
You have to be an early riser to see them enjoying a sunflower seed snack, usually about 5:15 - 5:45 am. They come out shortly after the sun.
Glen has seen as many as a dozen at a time chowing down. They hang this way or that and eventually pick those sunflowers clean.
2 comments:
great photos--that picture of the two birds together on one flower needs to be entered somewhere
Wow, I had no idea they were feral. I bet Petco has someone out capturing them. They sell them for big bucks.
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