First Americans

I saw that thread in pets, man do you and your SO have a menagerie! That move must have been quite an experience.

I put up a bird feeder recently, there have always been lots of birds in north central phx where I live but a couple years ago a large (15-20) group of peach faced lovebirds moved into a stand of mexican fan palms on the next street over. So far one pair have stopped by my feeder.

I researched them a little and it turns out that years ago several captive birds escaped in the mesa area I think and since then their range has expanded across parts of the valley. They are originally from western africa and have adapted well to the phx area. They are fast flyers and very noisy and don't seem put off by larger and more aggressive birds. They are very social, I always see them in groups when I am out doing my daily dog walk.