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  1. Farnboro John

    Hey Joe, where you gonna go with those parakeets on your hand?

    Removal of invasive aliens is government policy and this would be a good one to get on top of quickly. Probably only American Mink and various plants like Himalayan Balsam should come higher up the priority list. John
  2. Farnboro John

    Hey Joe, where you gonna go with those parakeets on your hand?

    You don't have to destroy cavities, just crush the eggs. The fact that they use cavities would increase the effectiveness of nest destruction as more sites could be found year on year. Rocket netting of big winter roosts would also peg the population back increasing the effectiveness of other...
  3. Farnboro John

    Hey Joe, where you gonna go with those parakeets on your hand?

    Human history shows how effective people can be at annihilating animal populations and I don't think eliminating our parakeets is at all impossible. If the political will to cull native Badgers or the entitled (in more than one way) rich's propensity for chopping predators legally and illegally...
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