[HN Gopher] The monkeys and parrots caught up in the California ...
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       The monkeys and parrots caught up in the California gold rush
        
       Author : samclemens
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2022-07-20 04:35 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | tomcam wrote:
       | Here in Redmond, Washington, famous for Microsoft, mink farms
       | were the thing just before the tech boom in the 1980s. It didn't
       | work out very well. Many farmers just let the minks go. So now we
       | people with chickens have to worry about them as predators along
       | with hawks, eagles, raccoons, coyotes, and bobcats. A mink can
       | squeeze in through a tiny tiny hole in the fence.
        
       | cheesy_luigi wrote:
       | Not totally related, but reminds me of the flock of South
       | American parrots you can find roaming around Nob/Telegraph Hill
       | in San Francisco today
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       | https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/parrots-telegraph-hill
        
       | JoeAltmaier wrote:
       | Albuquerque has roaming packs of Chihuahua dogs! Lost pets.
        
       | ryannevius wrote:
       | Possibly unrelated, but there used to be a healthy population of
       | "wild" parrots in Bakersfield, of all places.
        
         | alibova wrote:
         | same with palo alto
        
       | klyrs wrote:
       | Seattle's got some wild parrots. Article's a bit dated but I'm
       | pretty sure they're still around.
       | 
       | https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20030205&slug...
        
         | bragr wrote:
         | The LA area has a population of wild green parrots as well.
         | Supposedly there's a stable population of a few thousand, and
         | they don't do much harm as they subside on non-native plants.
         | They survive by navigating the different micro-climates in the
         | LA area so if you keep an eye out, you'll notice them the same
         | time each year, or when the weather is good for them.
         | 
         | https://pethelpful.com/wildlife/Wild-Parrots-Multiplying-in-...
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         | https://elementalreports.com/urbanization/2018/06/08/parrots...
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         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3MpCjGXhRU
        
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