Wild Parrots in the Bronx

[MrCavScoutout]

we have different flocks in california where i live red headed amazons and cherry headed conures amazing thats in newyork what do they eat

[vels619]

we have them in Rome too!!!

[n3gr4rn]

man thats cool

[yogigbear]

In amsterdam holland we got parrots living in the wild to but it is sinds 5 or 7 years now

[LanikinsNJ]

They are so cool. I live in NJ and first saw them on my street yesterday. I almost couldn't believe t.

[tbone301969]

is the bronks to crazy like it was in the 70ds

[1minidisco]

Ho do they say tha humans are destroying nature, when this birds that are from tropical places, are surviving in NY City?

[traci626]

geesh I have 2 Quakers and they went nuts hearing their own kind squaking in the video ( mine are both handicapped with only one leg each but they dont know it )

[LumierexCosmic]

That's crazy; I come from that area and this is new to me! Thanks ; )

[jiraiya718]

haha i live 2 blocks away its pretty cool how i walk in a park n see parrots durib da summer

[Beaver456]

I never knew there were wild Quaker Parrots in New York. I know that Red-tailed Hawk's live here but not a warm weather Parrots!

[RMP50]

Years ago when I was a kid, an Owl showed up in Brooklyn one morning. By early afternoon, he was dead. It's great to see these birds surviving. Great video.

[softhewof]

I knew it!! Every time I go to that track I see them!! They are so cute :)

[RicardoNY1]

I metal detect in that park alot and have never seen them, I'll keep an eye out for them.

[RJS1990]

i love a few blocks from this park its pretty cool seeing those parrots

[KSMD2IN1]

my father had one when i was little he absolutly loved my father but he was a jerk to me. he didnt make those anoying noises though he spoke and whistled tunes

[falcoperegrinus82]

I've never heard them called quaker parrots before. I have always known them as monk parakeets. Myiopsitta monachus

[brooklynparrot]

The term "Quaker Parrot" appears to have come from the pet trade. If you go into a pet store in New York and ask for a "monk parakeet" they'll say, "oh, you must mean a Quaker Parrot." This is a bird of many aliases.

[elicafre]

@falcoperegrinus82 son hermosas estas cotorras! son cotorras argentinas, a veces molesta su ruido pero son increibles y muy inteligentes.

[nognilk]

0.45 is priceless

[theTeabag]

I wonder if these things could live in Poland. I'm thinking of buying and realesing them. Our aviafauna is noisy&dirty yet boring

[livardo]

I had a parakeet that escaped in Vancouver.. I'm in NJ now, wonder if he's in this video too heh.

[mangolefty]

We have the same parrots in the top of two palm trees in our FL neighborhood. We have a LOT of people who have moved her from New York. They must have brought them!

[betta144]

wow,low life parrots from the bronx

[nognilk]

yeah, the hawks on fifth avenue really got it made.

[bizzareg1rl]

people need to upload more clips like this. I prefer funnier stuff myself, check out dolphinhump. lostfrog . com , I laughed so hard I got kicked out of class! haha.

[tipsss]

I live in Pelham Bay and I go to the park once in a while to see the Quakers, there's hundreds of them. They're wild though, you can't even get near them.

[turtlefeather]

"wild parrots of telegraph hill" is also on dvd It's Great

[TXRider]

They are technically feral--humans introduced them--but they are absolutely adorable and very smart, or at least extremely hardy, for building nests and surviving like that. And to think we killed our only NATIVE psitaccine species, the Carolina parakeet.

For a great read, try "Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill"

[brooklynparrot]

Canaelly asked: "What happens to them in the winter?"

Well, they basically hunker down in their warm nests, puff up, and endure. Remember, these parrots aren't tropical: they're from the subtropics, where there are winters. In my experience, these parrots don't mind the cold so much: what they don't like is lack of food. But they manage to survive on grass, leaf buds, and they appreciate the bird feeders that folks put out in winter.

[falcoperegrinus82]

They nest on those ballfield ligts because they provide warmth in the winter. They often place their nests on of near transformers and such because of the warmth.

[outpostflags]

There was a species of native parakeet the settlers wiped them out

[supachikk]

That is so cute !!!

WOW I have nothing to say!!!

[canaelly]

Wow, I did not know that there are wild parrots on the east coast. What happens to them in the winter?

Greetings from Canada

[brooklynparrot]

I think if there's one motto that the Quakers would use, it would be "a 500 pound nest begins with a single twig." These birds work all year around, and you'll often see a small bird struggling to fly with a twig that's almost twice as long as the bird. They've got that good ol' Argentinian/American work ethic!

[hysteriagal1329]

me 2 I am owned by a 4 yr old Quaker named "Pirate". It's amazing to me that something so small can make these huge intricately designed nests. I didnt know they have been in NY for that long.

[familypack2099]

I LOVE QUAKER PARROTS.