We had a veritable parrot and chicken population explosion after Katrina in NOLA. Some pet birds escaped the flood and just started multiplying in the abandoned city. It was the Summer of the Bird that year. To this day, there are whole neighborhoods that make up their territories and you have to cross the street when you cross their path or they go on the offensive! So many dangers in this swamp!!
Birds can be brutal. I was trying to photograph the baby falcon who the parents pushed from the nest and they have to fly to get back up there. I was there with my camera the these two birds come at me talons out.
A few years later I was in my garage and I heard a strange noise and looked up and there was a baby falcon sitting on my wood rack. After the last time I knew mom and dad weren't far so I decided to go in the house. They are very protective and keep the young up to three years.