About the birds.

This post is a comment on a Reagan's post. It just got too long to fit in the comment box, so I decided everyone could do with knowing a little more about the birds.

The picture is not quite completely unrelated... Maybe I think... I added it last... I like putting three dots instead of commas... Anyway, it is of Shamu, an Orca whale, also not indigenous to San Diego, but quite commonly sighted, especially at 11:30am, 2:30pm, and 7pm on Saturdays and Sundays.

I know that we have a flock of parrots here in El Cajon. They are the green and red ones that typically reside on pirate shoulders. I know that San Diego is all exotic sounding, and is often thought of as a tropical destination and everything with palm trees and beaches and stuff like that, so that should not be out of place right? Wrong. We are actually Mediterranean / Mid latitude desert. That means that most of the birds around here are similar to birds found anywhere, pigeons, doves, ducks, and of course coastal birds such as seagulls and pelicans. A full list of common, and uncommon birds can be found at this link.

Anyway, moving on to the point. The story according to what I have heard, (I have never dedicated the time to check the facts), there was a fire in a building complex housing a bird store with all these exotic birds, and they were set free as the employees realized that they could not save all of the birds. Now they fly around here squawking like crazy pretty much all the time. It is kind of funny to hear them fly over head because they never shut up, so you hear them from like a mile away, then they fly over all chaotically. They have no idea what a flying “V” is, so I assume that they have never seen the Mighty Ducks.

Anyway… In order to enhance my extrinsic awesomicity, I did a little research for you.

Here are a couple spots that may be a little more help with the birds in your locale:

A blog about Queens, kind of a negative, I am not sure how relevant due to the type of bird.

Another link that may be more applicable to your question.

I found this guy too.