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Wild parrots add color to gray German sky

December 26, 2006 — Filed in: Feral, Naturalized and City Parrots

By Nancy Montgomery, Stars and Stripes

Ring-necked parakeet in Wiesbaden Germany

HEIDELBERG, Germany - San Juan Capistrano has its swallows. Trafalgar Square has its pigeons. Heidelberg’s Campbell Barracks has its full-bird colonels.

But the home of U.S. Army Europe and V Corps Headquarters also has something way more colorful and unexpected. Campbell Barracks has wild parrots.

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Amazon parrots eke out a living in Palm Beach’s Pine Walk.

December 26, 2006 — Filed in: Feral, Naturalized and City Parrots

By WILLIAM KELLY,Daily News Staff Writer

Daily News Photo by Lee Hershfield; Seen in South Palm Beach, these Quaker Parrots, also known as Monk Parrots or Greybreasted Parakeets, are indigenous to South America. They live communally which is unique among parrots.

Although endangered by loss of habitat in its native Mexico, the green-cheeked Amazon parrot thrives in the comparatively tame outdoors of Palm Beach.

The parrots have adopted as their home the lanky Australian pines along the Pine Walk beside The Breakers, where they can be seen cavorting and squawking at dawn and dusk.

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Our Mission

Our mission in parrot conservation is best summarized in these two articles:

Objectives of City Parrots:

  • Enjoy free-ranging parrots
  • Investigate potential uses of free-ranging parrots for conservation
  • Educating the public on the plight for parrots

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