Hello, I am just going to bump this thread since I’ve recently welcomed the local perky parakeets into my garden. They’re a gabby, cheerful and expressive lot, but they are quite a joy to see hanging like bright acrobats off my feeders. I’ve only had bird feeders out for a few months and they ignored me for all this time (offended I was not, hearing how much fruit they consume) until recently when I revamped the dining area. I first invested in the cheapest feeders (Wilko own brand), and with my new RSPB classic feeders, found they flocked over quicker than you can say ‘Stop!’ (Hearing the damage too they do to feeders, I was less than welcoming) So, yes, they are very agile, but reduce the port hole and perch size, and they will have real difficulty clinging on in my experience. Although one has small feeders, are the ports really small enough to deter them? I had the Gardman Sunflower Heart Feeder which is practically impossible for them. (Hole size c. 1cm dia.) And yes, the parakeets set a good example for the magpies to copy who could only hope to be so agile. Seeing a magpie try to be a hummingbird is too amusing. But the parakeets are great hoverers.
Despite all their bad press about beaks destroying feeders (to name just one), they manage the standard peanut feeders and seed feeders like pros. For me, at least they keep the husk contained underneath and not all over the garden like the tits. Also, the tits welcome them unlike other birds, so they’ve got tit approval.
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I personally wish there were feeders designed for parakeets. They are a bright spark on grey days.
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If you don’t mind feeding them, I think the’y prefer to feed off the feeders, so give them a little on the ground under the feeders to keep them off. Mine have difficulty despite the new feeders but bear with it if they want to be fed and bring me real shame that I am not more accommodating in terms of ground feeding. But given the local scrapheap mafia of a few particular magpies and pigpie (chicken sized pigeon who thinks he’s a magpie), I won’t be hosting these particulars (anymore).
I hope others are more welcoming to parakeets. They’re unique in this landscape.
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