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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…
Have you seen this bird? The rare native kaka has been sighted in Waitakere city and the Auckland branch of the Ornithological Society is keen to find out more about its whereabouts and behaviour.
Kaka are often seen around the greater region in winter, sometimes staying around mainland forests and gardens until early spring.
The large, olive brown endemic parrots, listed as an endangered species, breed off-shore on the Little and Great Barrier islands.
Young single males are chased away by adult birds during autumn and migrate to the mainland in search of food and forest territories. Read on…
Karori Wildlife Sanctuary Trust
Wellington’s kaka population is set to be three birds better off from Monday 11 June, when kaka chicks bred at Wellington Zoo are released at Karori Sanctuary.
A total of five North Island kaka chicks were hatched at the Zoo in December 2006, and the first three are being released into the Sanctuary on Monday. Read on…
10-1 vote comes despite opposition of birds’ neighbors
San Francisco’s famous flock of wild parrots will be on its own to find food, as the Board of Supervisors gave final approval Tuesday to a ban on feeding the birds in city parks. Read on…
NIZAMABAD: What is the nutrition for parrots in this modern age? This has been haunting the agricultural department for the past few years.
It is generally believed that parrots depend on fruits alone for their nourishment. Of late, researchers in agricultural department have found that these species have changed their eating habits and became a menace to the farmers’ produce. Read on…
SAN DIEGO, Southern California has a vast array of transplants lured by the moderate climate and endless days of sunshine, and perhaps none are more exotic than the urban parrots that have come to colonise bedroom communities ringing major cities like San Diego and Los Angeles.
Parrot populations are surging in cities worldwide even as their habitats are fast disappearing in the wild.
Each morning, residents of Ocean Beach, San Diego get an eyeful and earful as small groups of parrots pass through, behaving like rowdy fraternity boys on a pub crawl. They’re seldom alone and almost never quiet. The parrots fly from tree to tree foraging for food, their distinctive squawks echoing through the neighbourhood. Read on…
