Peter Dexter
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Colombian Chachalaca family. Two adults, three chicks and going through bananas like crazy.
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Feeding Family Of Five
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nicolas claris
OPF Co-founder/Administrator
Nice, these two look starving! but where are the 3 other ?
Did you give them that banana?
Did you give them that banana?
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
I discovered that these noisy skinny birds are pests!
“As agricultural pests, they have a ravenous appetite for tomatoes, melons, beans, and radishes and can ravage a small garden in short order.”
Being skinny they are disfavored by hunters! How’s that for natural selection!
Personally, I wouldn’t feed them if they are going to ravage your neighbors subsistence backyard food garden!
But they are cute!
Asher
“As agricultural pests, they have a ravenous appetite for tomatoes, melons, beans, and radishes and can ravage a small garden in short order.”
Being skinny they are disfavored by hunters! How’s that for natural selection!
Personally, I wouldn’t feed them if they are going to ravage your neighbors subsistence backyard food garden!
But they are cute!
Asher
Peter Dexter
Well-known member
Where did to read that? They occupy a limited range in Colombia and are considered endemic. Hadn't heard of them being described as pests anywhere.
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
That bird is all over South America and makes the same cackle and eats the same food just have variations in coloring.
They are recognized as pests for humans habitations, essentially like flying rats but not apparently spreaders if disease. They just like fresh produce!
But one can’t help liking how they look
Asher
Peter Dexter
Well-known member
Yes Nicolas I supplied the bananas. Other adult and chic are off stage.