{"id":2184,"date":"2015-04-25T20:14:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-25T20:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=2184"},"modified":"2016-02-19T20:17:17","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T20:17:17","slug":"whos-a-pretty-boy-then","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=2184","title":{"rendered":"Who&rsquo;s a Pretty Boy then?"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">The amazingly warm hazy days of April 2005 continue.<\/p>\n<p>A great opportunity for an early morning visit to Chorlton Water Park. Since 2008 the South Manchester Ring necked Parakeets have steadily increased from around 7 birds to 70. Still some way to go to rival the 30,000 birds bringing a familiar squawk to the suburbs of south-east England.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_1199.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Well hello !\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_1199_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Well hello !\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">Emerging from a potential nest site used previously by Great Spotted Woodpeckers and Noctule Bats.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_1196.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Ring-necked Parakeet, Chorlton Water Park\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_1196_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Ring-necked Parakeet, Chorlton Water Park\" width=\"292\" height=\"439\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_1203.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"A few tweaks to the size of the entrance hole and it might be alright, bit draughty though...\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_1203_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"A few tweaks to the size of the entrance hole and it might be alright, bit draughty though....\" width=\"292\" height=\"439\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\">Is she impressed or have the previous occupants left it in a bit of a mess?<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\">A few alterations being made \u2013 only another 3 square miles of trees to check..<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_1180.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Looking good.........\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DSC_1180_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Looking good....\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">Meanwhile the male bird is busy preening in a nearby tree.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The amazingly warm hazy days of April 2005 continue. 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