Piriquitos

Na semana passada andava eu a indagar sobre o que seriao uns passaros tropicais que vejo por aqui. Ora nem a proposito, a BBC publicou um artigo sobre isso mesmo :) Aparentemente sao piriquitos dos Himalaias (dai nao se importarem com o frio). Como nao teem grande competicao por aqui, a populacao esta a crescer. Vamos la a ver no que isto da no futuro... Ah, e a explicacao de como e' que eles ca chegaram e' curiosa:
(Last week I was taking about these "tropical" birds. Well, according to BBC they are parakeets from the Hymalayans, who can thus survive the cold and face no competition around here... And the explanation of how they got here is quite curious:)

There are a number of sometimes fanciful theories as to how parakeets came to make their home here, such as the urban legend that the birds escaped from a container at Heathrow airport, or from Shepperton Studios in west London during filming of The African Queen in 1951.