QUOTE (Seasa @ Mar 18 2009, 01:57 PM)

I would love to give a little Quaker a home - if there is one out there that needs rehoming in Eastern Colorado.
Seasa -
Welcome to the "Green Chicken Club"...
Where in eastern Colorado??? Southeast or Northeast??? Keep in mind that Colorado regulates ownership of Quaker Parrots.
http://www.quakerville.com/QIC/statelaw.asp QP's need to be registered and banded.
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Colorado -Colorado Wildlife ARTICLE VIII regarding POSSESSION,Prohibited Species, reads: >>The following terrestrial wildlife species or viable gametes (eggs and sperm) are hereby determined to be detrimental to existing wildlife and their habitat in Colorado, and except as authorized in writing by the Division of Wildlife in accordance with criteria in Commission Regulation #1102A.4. and consideration of the potential for and adverse impacts of hybridization with native wildlife, their possession is prohibited. Persons who have proof of possession of those species listed in subsections 1 through 8 of this section prior to September 1, 1990, may possess the following species for the life of the animal(s). These live animals may not be transported, imported, sold, bartered or traded within Colorado. They may be transported out of state according to state and federal regulations. All animals held under the grandfather clause must be tagged, recorded, and reported as per regulations #1106, #1109, and #1110 in Chapter 11. 1. All species and hybrids of wild species in the subfamily Caprinae not native to North America. 03/14/02 12. Monk parakeet - (Myiopsitta monachus)
I would look here first:
http://www.coloradoparrotrescue.org/ Good Luck,
Kent a.k.a. New QP Dad