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We're having a lot of wild parakeets visiting our bird feeders these winter days now food has become scarce but I was surprised today, as well as seeing streaks of green fly into the garden, to see a flash of yellow. One of the visiting parakeets had canary yellow plumage and was markedly different from all the rest. I tried to get a photo of it but it was obviously nervous on the birdfeeders and didn't stay long before before flying off. I will look out for in in case it visits again.

I know some birds do vary in some ways from the normal plumage of their species but it,a surely unusual to have one with plumage of a comp,geeky different colour. It was obviously flying around as part of the visiting flock so not a loner.

Might have been an escaped big canary?

Flocks of the damm things in London!

I seem to have forgotten, did they all come from escapees?

That's believed to be the case OH, noisy, agressive flocks, outcompeting the indigenous species.
First time sighting is "oh interesting who's it escaped from" a few years later you're wishing for a 410.

Let's see if I can remember how to post a photo......

This was 4th October 2011, at my work location.

We see..and hear them...from time to time.

Clive.