We at Hideaway Farms do not condone feral flocks. We hope birds can be humanely captured and returned to a safe breeding program. Feral birds have a romantic quality and we all love to see them fly free. However exotic birds can and will usually survive in any area if a food supply is provided. They will then breed and soon become a hunted pest not unlike the Pigeons. When you look at these birds remember they will be better off if caught and housed safely.

Feral Conure Flocks in Washington State USA. 

Conures of Seward Park
by Michael Murphy

My first sighting of them came last summer after I moved into this area and installed bird feeders. At that time I thought only that the three were feral gotten loose from someone's cage.

They never came into feed from the backyard bird feeders. I never saw them during the winter months then right after May 5th of this year they were coming into feed.

Then a couple of weeks later I observed a fourth one, then a fifth one joined the group a few days later. Then the very next day there were eight at once. This was May 21st. Since then I have been watching their comings and goings twice a day. 

Their movement is odd in that I have two groups of three of which each bird is an individual one. I also have one group of six, also individuals with in the group yet different then any of the other two groups.

This group of six all have red at the break of the wings and red on their heads with different varying amounts of red covering their forehead. The red at the break of the wings are more pronounced or solid coloration instead of a little amount. They are the noisy as if they are all talking with one another.

The other two groups of three, only one talks as if the leader of them. Could this be a mature one bring in young one's to learn the ropes?

The coloration of under tail feathers is yellow. On some of them when they are feeding and the wings are together and at their backs there is a hint of blue at the bottom of wing feathers which would be the longest feathers.

Most of my discovery of their coloration is in the late evenings since the Sun would be at my back. In the mornings the Sun has just come up and would be in my eyes. The afternoons are late and the Sun is almost setting or gone down below the hill when they arrive.

Comment:
These Conures by their photos look like they may be a cross between Mitred and Red Fronted. Not having actually seen these birds first hand it is difficult to say. They are not defined red fronted because of the spattering of the head pattern. The juenile birds have little to no red markings to date.June DiCiocco