Posted by Larry Manfredi on January 01, 1970 at 00:00:00
There has been a large group of Mitred Parakeets in the Dadeland area for many, many years. They use to nest in the King's Creek condos, causing considerable damage to the buildings. They would make holes on the underside of the roofs over the balcony sections. The condo association has now replaced the wood with metal so the birds can't borrow holes any more. Mitred Parakeets are larger then Red-masked Parakeets and show blotchy red spots on their heads. They also have a larger beak then Red-masked Parakeets. With Red-masked Parakeet the entire head is red with a clean cutoff. In flight as Steven mentioned, you will have a red patch on the underside of the wing, this can often been seen on a perched bird with a folded wing right on the forward edge. The calls are different between the two but this takes some time to learn.