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By Christine Morente MediaNews
For the past few weeks, several Brisbane residents have heard the resounding cries of the cherry-headed conures made famous by the book “The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill.” Read on…
Thanks to the media attention we received a lot of sightings of the macaws today. Haarlem and surrounding areas are really supporting us and that makes us feel a lot better.
With the help of the reports today we found the older youngster. It is all right and is taken care of by its parents. They have settled near Kenau park. Read on…
After he was set free at the bird sanctuary we have seen the young macaw for two days around the stadskweektuinen in Haarlem. Wednesday afternoon he was very frightened of man in animal ambulance suits. When they arrived the young macaw flew to another higher tree from where it was impossible to reach him with a net.
We have tried to follow the young macaw for as long as possible. It flew from tree to tree and gained more height along the way. Finally it reached the crown of one of the Poplar trees that surround the stadskweektuinen and the nearby public vegetable gardens. At nightfall the macaw flew out of sight and it was impossible to determine where it spend the night. If we did we could possibly have gotten it down with the help of the fire department.
Next day I went out on my bike in the neighbourhood and at noon the young macaw was heard again. He was flying around the stadskweektuinen and was calling out in search of his parents. Although the macaws are regular visitors of this garden they were not the last couple of days. That would have facilitated the reunion of the family a great deal. Read on…
This evening we received a message that one of the young macaws was attacked by a dog and picked up by the Animal Ambulance (Dutch RSPCA) After fledging yesterday morning the young faced a stormy night. The youngest bird probably fell out of a tree. The bird was brought in at the local bird sanctuary. Locally known as Vogel Rampen Fonds. Read on…
Not without pride, with a sigh of relieve and great joy City Parrots can announce that 2 young Scarlet Macaws have fledged. After 23 days in an egg and 3 months in the nest the two youngster fledged early Tuesday morning within an our of each other. Read on…
Washington Times by Maxim Kniazkov
TEMPLE CITY, California - New York City is notorious for rats the size of dachshunds, Miami for its alligators loitering on golf courses, and South Texas is besieged by feral pigs.
But here, as befits the red-carpeted land of George Clooney and Paris Hilton, residents suffer from an invasion of especially elegant feral creatures: parrots and peacocks. Read on…
Brooklyn’s legendary Monk parrots have migrated to Park Slope.
A flock of about five bright green tropical parrots — an offshoot of the borough’s legendary wild parrot community in Midwood — has been spotted hanging out in a tree on the corner of 14th Street and Eighth Avenue.
Brett Cleaver, who lives on nearby 13th Street, has seen the bright green birds twice in a matter of four days.
“They were cute,” said Cleaver. “It seemed like there were two couples, and an odd man out. A couple of them were kissing. People were stopping and looking — it was certainly a spectacle.” Read on…
Temple Daily Telegram by Robert Stinson
Although residents around 31st Street can tell you a flock of parrots has had a nest on a power pole in the area for at least 10 years now, how they got there is a matter of speculation.
The predominantly green parrots, the population of which has varied from a reported one to 12, has been at work over the years enlarging what is now a sizable nest of sticks that looks like a big clump of flotsam with a hole burrowed in it.
Numerous bird–related Web sites list the monk parakeet as the only bird in the parrot family that builds stick nests. Often those nests are located on power poles and have multiple living chambers.
The Temple parrots’ nest is nestled in a capacitor bank at the top of a pole in front of the CEFCO Canyon Creek Convenience Store and Car Wash, located at 3805 S. 31st St. Read on…
New Haven Independent by Allan Appel
Noisy new immigrants have been flocking to the Hill, putting up homes in woodsy — uh, very woodsy — one-room condos high above historic City Point.
Who wouldn’t want a rustic room, surrounded by spectacular greenery and panoramic harbor views during all the seasons of the year? Utilities included, of course. Lots of utilities. Although the property is not particularly convenient to mass transit, that shouldn’t be an obstacle, for you probably should have wings if you’re considering joining this ornithological condo association, for all the members are myiopsitta monachus, or monk parakeets. Read on…
One great source of info about parrots in cities is Flickr. The popular image sharing website hosts thousands of pictures of parrots that people encounter on their travels and in their back yards. While most amateur birders have little regard for feral or naturalized parrot species because of their non nativeness, the general public is usually smitten with these charming characters that come to visit their garden feeders and city parks.
For decades parrot ornithological literature has listed feral and naturalized populations of Lesser Sulphur Crested Cockatoos (Cacatua sulphurea) in Hong Kong. Except for their presence little else is known about the lives of this species in the metropolis. Flickr hosts several photographs of this critically endangered species in Hong Kong. YouTube even has a video about them. Read on…
