The Wild Parrots of West Hollywood

[cooldoodchristian]

those are canary winged parakeets

[3DPeter]

i live in holland in europe, and we got a few cities were these birds live sins 10 years or so, and their population is groing and they spread themselves slowly al over the country, and holland does not has a tropical climate.

[3DPeter]

i live in holland in europe, and we got a few cities were these birds live sins 10 years or so, and their population is groing and they spread themselves slowly al over the country, and holland does not has a tropical climate.

[nebilmetalhead11]

wheres an exact location i can find one i want to capture on if legal and then breed

[californiaflocks]

@nebilmetalhead11 Illegal and wrong on many levels if you love animals you respect them. if you just love money then you exploit them. The problem with this is that we've make things go extinct with this mentality.

[cpena79pe]

Ups, I forgot that here in Peru we know them as Pihuichos, but they're scientific name is Brotogeris Versicolorus

[MissTruly]

We have a lot of them here in Los Angeles. They seem to breed very successfully here.

[petes0104]

I have one in my house. He's my best friend. They make the best pets!

[californiaflocks]

@cpena79pe Not Versicolorous but Brotogeris Chiriri.

[wandre9]

Today, 11-11-08, there was a large flock of yellow-chevroned parakeets feeding on the fruit of the silk floss trees in the little park at the corner of Hill and 4th streets in downtown Los Angeles.

[MissTruly]

Oh yes, there are thousands of them in Los Angeles. They're noisy but lovely!

[cpena79pe]

Really noisy indeed!!! lol, I have one, her name is Lili and when she yells you can heard her from a very long distance. I just can't believe that this littles babies are living in Los Angeles!!!, they're original from the forest in South America (I'm not sure if you can find them in Central America)

[dellybean]

I think I saw these guys this morning on Westbourne Drive. A flock of about 15 were circling the street. They were very loud!

[MissTruly]

They are yellow-chevroned parakeets. Not parakeets like in the pet store.

[jeangaut7]

Yes, a major reason they had a dip in popularity was because they have big voices for little birds! I've read about a parrot behavior consultant who stated when she was going to do a consult on a Brotogeris she could always tell which house had the parrot before she got there, because it's voice carried so well!

[MissTruly]

I am going to try to get more film of them, but they are always in the top branches or fronds, so getting a really sharp image is hard. I took these images from across the street - I was probably 50 feet from the top of the tree at least.

[jeangaut7]

Yeah, that species is also called the 'Canary Winged Parakeet'.

They do breed in the wild in several places in the US, but it is very hard to find them in US aviculture anymore. They were imported in huge quantities before 1992, when importing parrots became severely restricted. They were cheap birds, but were often well loved and called Pocket Parrots or Bee Bee Parrots. They do have shorter lifespans, around 15 years maximum, and few people set them up for breeding.

[MissTruly]

There are some fairly good sized populations in this area, and some mornings they can be quite chatty and drown out the other birds! When the tree trimmers come, I always ask them to be careful with some of the palms since I'm sure they nest in them.

[jeangaut7]

These are not Quaker Parrots...they are one of the Brotogeris species. When you watch the movie 'Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill', there is a part about the parrots that lived on Telegraph HIll prior to the conure flock...these guys are the same species as those birds or a very similar species.

[MissTruly]

Thanks for the information. I knew someone would be able to identify them. Upon further investigation, I would say it is a yellow-chevroned parakeet.

[dewelch]

Nice video. We used to live in North Hollywood and had a clutch of similar parrots in the neighborhood.. Very cool!

[MissTruly]

Perhaps you can catch them on video sometime! That would be cool! I think there are a lot of wild flocks in Los Angeles.

[dewelch]

I will keep an eye out. I am in Van Nuys now, but see some occasionally over here too.

[flydarling]

Jenny thank you so much for doing that for me of course a five star fave. The kids loved seeing your colourful wild birds, they only see them in cages here or on nature programs. What a wonderful world we live in. I'm afraid my new antibiotics knocked me for 6 so I've been a bit out of the loop. Thanks for sending me the vid, it really cheered me up. Cheers, Lesley

[MissTruly]

You are so welcome. I'll try to get more footage sometime, but they're active in the earlier hours of the morning - and I'm not! LOL

[dwljk]

I didn't know you had those there...learn something everyday!

[MissTruly]

There are non-native flocks of parrots all over the USA. This flock hangs out in this area a lot.

[ohjoannabanana]

Great job filming those little parrots. You must have a really good zoom on your camera. What kind do you use?

[MissTruly]

I have a JVC, but I had it mounted on a tripod so I could get steady shots.

[Ilovechitty]

pretty birds

[dustiesheets]

beautiful lil critters!

[MissTruly]

thanks for watching, dustie!

[mysteryglo]

Cute little birds! Do they only perch in the palms?

[MissTruly]

I've seen them in the floss silk trees and also the oak trees, but they prefer the palm trees.

[Dlorezzz]

I had no idea there were wild parrots here in the USA. Beautiful video , thanks for sharing with us..Dolores

[MissTruly]

Well, they aren't native! There are flocks of them all over the USA.

[audrip]

Thanks- for making it- really fun

[MissTruly]

glad you enjoyed it

[B1TCHY08]

They are beautiful birds. My cat Loki and I watched it 3 times. He loved the close up shots. :)

[MissTruly]

They are beautiful and chatty!

[kenrg]

Very cool! Nice contrast of parrot green against the brown palm fronds.

[MissTruly]

Yes, they are bright emerald green. They are really beautiful in color.

[AllyRaeJ]

Man. Nature is so dern groovy

[MissTruly]

I don't know how they became wild, but there you have it!

[silverscreamgrl]

I love the bird sounds. Sound just like my back yard without the car traffic. They are so pretty!!

[MissTruly]

I keep meaning to ask you if you have an plumeria in your yard...

[silverscreamgrl]

Nope, no plumeria. I would call that a rubbish tree. My neighbor has one though. All his rubbish blows out of his yard and into the neighbor's yard at the end of the street, so he doesn't mind having it. Our house is the one at the end of the street, so we get everyone's crap from their ugly trees in our yard. It's really a PITA. If I'd known, I would have gotten the house NEXT to ours hahaha

[MissTruly]

A rubbish tree because it produces a lot of rubbish? I always imagine Hawaii to smell like plumeria!

[silverscreamgrl]

hahaha Yes, any tree that produces lots of rubbish, to me, is a rubbish tree :)

It's funny you should say that. One time when I landed, got off the plane and was walking towards the luggage area, it almost seemed as if my senses were totally assailed by flower scent. I only experienced it once.

[MissTruly]

BTW, I agree with some of the comments on your latest video - please do more video of Hawaiian beaches and the water! It looks so gorgeous!

[silverscreamgrl]

I will be doing that, as I have bunches and bunches of clips of the kids playing :)

[JeepGirl2]

Oh what beautiful birds! And what a happy sound they make too! Thank you for taking the time to show us some of your nature.

Now, he's upside down! LOL :0)

[MissTruly]

I'll try to get more footage, but they don't get very close, and they're quite high in the air.

[NaturalTwentyFilms]

A little more colorful than your average pigeon.

[MissTruly]

Ha ha!

[MsOpheliaPayne]

beautiful birdies

[MissTruly]

I agree MsOphelia!

[moomay11649]

BEAUTIFUL VID MISSTRULY.

[MissTruly]

I'll try to film more of them in the future, but they're always 20-40' up in the branches or fronds. I shot this from across the street.

[woodenshoesjeroen]

Truly beautiful!

[MissTruly]

I don't know how many flocks are in Los Angeles, but I'm sure this isn't the only flock int he area.

[nancyleeould]

Oh my they're so beautiful!!

Thank you for sharing them with us!!

Hugs~Nancy

[MissTruly]

Thanks, Nancy! I enjoyed capturing them on film and hope I can get more footage.