The Great Baby Quaker Parrot Rescue (Part 1)

[rrrina]

While it's incredibly sad they are destroying the nests, it's heartwarming that there are people who care about the parrots. Thank you to the amazing people who rescued these babies. And thank you to Brooklyn Parrot for making this great video and educating the public about these wonderful birds.

[csmeek123]

Quakers are the best If you don't think so just ask my bird he will tell you so.

[kbeas21]

Is thier a part 2 yet

[juliepomeroy]

I can't find part 2!!!!!!!!

[TheGreenCheekConure]

I would of taken all those birds if I could.

[mariotorres4]

thats stupid if they knew they were going to rebuild why did they destroy their home and take their young??????????

[larrypeebles]

Mike Pastori is hot.

[Tattdude6900]

Also, once you hand feed them out they can't live too well on their own.

[ladyparrotluvr]

I'm "mom" to a 9 year old quaker. I'm so happy these babies are being cared for. My girl, Cha-Cha agrees!

[bitcheznhos]

QUAKERS RULE!!!

[trollerblast]

Wow this is the best news ive heard about animals, they did the right thing, I have a parrot myself and they are very social creatures

[yennun]

just a question, wouldn't it have been easier, and cheaper to wait until the fledglings had left the nest, then dismantled the nest?

[brooklynparrot]

Yes, it would have been much easier!

Unfortunately, the NYC DDC operates on a schedule: there was no wiggle room in terms of the time frame for doing the work. So we had to deal with the cards we were dealt.

[eustatic]

"Once you hand feed them they can't survive" 2:50

Obviously incorrent, since the feral populations originate from escaped/released pets. The birds live 30-40? years in captivity, so i imagine people commonly get tired of them and let them go live in the park.

[telsport]

right My quaker took leave of me once or twice and as I stood under the tree he was in , I could see him eating seeds to his heart's content as I fretted and sweated and shook a tin pan full of seed and a big banana they can survive in 35 below zero cold, too

Tom in Utica

[quakerparrotkrazy19]

Thank you for this video! your support for the quakers is so moving! you're doing a very noble thing!

[AnnieBirdy]

Breaks my heart. They should NOT have had to go through this. Thankyou, THANKYOU for making their journey that bit more gentle, for showing compassion. For CARING.

[divakitn]

It is very comforting to know that people care about these lovely birds and want to help them. I've heard too many stories about people killing Quakers. If the people who killed them ever owned one, they would see how fast these little green chickens steal their hearts.

[ericsaid]

i have a quaker, he's cool people who get them are lucky people if they get a nice one, mines very happy and nice to me all the timeeeee

[chasenelson]

I was watching this with my qp, Fred and he started saying 'hello' lol. Love your vids(me and fred).

[brooklynparrot]

Excellent! Whenever the Quakers approve my film work, I know I'm on the right track!

[brooklynparrot]

There's nothing like a Quaker!

[brooklynparrot]

>Those babies will most likely be hand fed and sold as hand fed pets.

This is not going to happen. I don't think you would have written this if you knew Marc Johnson.

>Quakers are not a native species (they are from Australia)so they aren't protected by the wildlife laws.

They're from Argentina. But you're right that that they aren't protected by wildlife laws.

[AmazonGwen]

Those babies will most likely be hand fed and sold as hand fed pets. I highly doubt that these babies (that could sell for $400-600 each as hand raised babies) are going to be living "free" in an aviary somewhere (be nice to know if they do though!) Quakers are not a native species (they are from Australia)so they aren't protected by the wildlife laws.

[sandrak1]

Every now and then people do something that gives me hope that humans aren't as unfeeling and uncaring about non-human creatures as we so often appear to be.

[9C]

This is such a daunting project! And a most noble one. As to the questions listed at the end (who will raise them; can they ever return to the wild?) I can only respond: please do keep us informed (Part II, or more!) Thank you for this very informative video!

[Joo823]

Many nests in Miami Beach have been torned down. I'm glad to see a city actually cares about the quakers.

It's incredible to see that the parrots worked so diligently to rebuild in 2 weeks!

Thanks for posting this B.P