The Wild Parrots of Edgewater, NJ

[JoachimderZweite]

How lovely they are.

[Sarimperil]

They're funny, smart, curious, and adorable little birds. They have a TON of personality in a very tiny birdy =)

[hldevore]

Woman from my office saw a flock of them fly by today! She thought she was crazy and had to look into it...low and behold she's not crazy!

[paranoidboytoy]

yeah i seen a few all around jersey. just the other day i saw a deer in Elizabeth.

[blexicana1]

i wish i could release some of them in arkansas....if they can survive up north then they can survive down south.

[WizardInTheMaking]

I had a quaker parrot they are so cute mine was named pippi after jess the american girls qualer parrot. It was mad though it refused to learn english and only would listen to spanish lol

[MissArithe]

My goodness, they're so adorable! We actually have a colony or two of these little fellows in Sea Brook, Texas.

[16and30]

too bad.. they kill it by the thousands in argentina bec. they are agricultural pests there....

[dadreamzworld]

Yep they are beautiful, but sooner or later its gonna be like that movie called the BIRDS!!~ They gonna start tearing asses apart!!~

[Pichard93]

i have one of thoughs parrots

[edgewater70]

Great topic. Nice video. I would have liked to have seen more of the environment like a view of the Hudson river and NYC from Parrot (Memorial) park to put it into perspective how unusual it is. Nothing like freezing in the cold of Winter ,looking at snow and listening to Parrots . Thoughts of the tropics ! P.S. I believe there was a story back in the 80s in the Bergen Record about Parrots inhabiting the firehouse chimney . They have been around a long time .

[AvialeBaeza]

En España: Barcelona, Mallorca o Malaga, entre otras localizaciones, albergan ya unas cuantas colonias de esta plaga. Cotorras Argentinas.

Excelent Video. Muy bueno

;)

[cinderella0576]

VERY PRETTY BIRDS. I LOVE IT.

[Snotgun]

check it out..i lived in edgewater 12 years ago. Just when I moved in the Pet Shop down the street closed..rumor was they let all the bird free including some parrots..anyway next thing I know the tree across the street has about 6 of them parrots..They made it that winter and 3 years later, the tree was full of them. That's when I moved. But I saw them when they first came and I'm glad they made it...Peace to Antonio's Pizza on Rt. 5

[lalalaleesta]

damm i wish i lived in a place like that i woulda tried to catch one ..... i used to have a quaker parrot too...

[Scarlett4Zanzibar]

Hahah. Parrots know that New Jersey is great! I'd rather see them free. They seem pretty happy, but I would worry about their nourishment. I hope someone puts out fresh fruit or veggies for them once in a while.

[amynorth132]

My quaker parrot is watching this video right now. He's making a lot of noise in my ear... Seems to be his favorite! hehe.

[cnsparrot]

BIRDS ROCK !

[snager80]

remind me next time i'm terraforming a planet to bring a couple of THESE along..

[govtyule]

Hehe, you'll be surprised to find out how L-O-U-D this birds are! The park with the large tree is at the corner of Rt.5 and River Road in Edgewater... Be sure to grab a canoli at the Italian Bakery across the street, hmmm good! :)

[XXMETAL4LIF3XX]

i live in a town nearby edgewater which these parrots inhabit as well. supposedly they have mated with pigeons and have adapted to live through the winters, i beleive it all started when a guy released his parrots back in the70s

[paullypaully18]

I had a quaker, it broke out of its cage and flew away and 3 days later it flew into my neighbors house and i got it back :) This was during a harsh chicago winter too.

[LolcatCheese]

they are sooo cuuuuutteee I want to hug iiiittt D:

[jimmycupo]

not sure where,but i do kow years ago some parrots escaped from the airport and are still here!

[jorettadotson]

There are a lot of these Quaker Parrots near the Dallas/Ft Worth airport at Dallas Texas, too. Same nests. They only build their nests on electric/telephone poles. Electric/phone employees tear the nests down. Too bad. These make great pets but sometime they are mean and bite. I have two.

[debz12180]

i hope the good kind neighbors help out and feed them during winter months with bird food with all the seeds around i think they do good people still left in this world

[debz12180]

i think its horrible what those poeple did putting those spikes up there so the birds cant live, assholes!!! they have a right live on this planet as much as you, what gives you the right to do that? i would love to listen to that sound then the loud noises of traffic and horn blowing

[debz12180]

i think its cruel that they put those spikes up there , the birds have to live somewhere's they have a right to live on this planet too you know

[Mykai73]

I love the scene at :48, the pigeons like 'wait, what happened to my friends?'

[aquamato]

Just a few years ago they were no where to be found, This is pretty recent and quick. Rumor has it that a bunch escaped from an Edgewater pet shop not to long ago and managed to survive the winter. Soon after the population exploded. Now i see them in the neighboring towns.

[ryannlag]

A heads up to everyone. Quaker parrots are one of the hardiest little parrots in the world.. They will can and do survive some of the worst wheather conditions!

[Edd4lyf2]

at 1:09 iz where i live at.

[chantaltabaka]

i have a quaker parrot and her name is Juliet. this is her favorite video! she likes to sit on my shoulder and watch and chatter along with everyone else!

[fancifelle]

Boy those birds sure do like to hang out in dangerous places. Razor wire, telephone transformer wires, near busy traffic,

[fanmegaman]

Also known as The Quaker Instant Oatmeal Parrots.

[ELECTRICSHAMAN13]

i want one

[jobrosfan0]

i have one its so cute

[jobrosfan0]

i have one:D

[newjerseyjourneys1]

I've known about these South American green parrots for 23 years.

[jannyl07]

Does this happen every spring in Brooklyn cause I live in New Jersey and I've never seen any?

[xXDyingDarknessXx]

we have many here along the shorelines of west haven, Connecticut

[destroyahdes]

I love how the spikes aren't detering them. In fact it helps keep the twigs in place for their nests. And they are using them as perches haha. Take that bird spikes!

[bitcheznhos]

i had a quaker parrot her name was chi chi and she was the best bird in the world.

[pimpdaddysteveo1]

how much do quaker parrots cost?

[metaldave08096]

I think that its awesome that they have been able to survive. I love parrots. I hope they someday migrate down to south jersey!!!

[metaldave08096]

How do these birls survive the winter??? I live a little ways for Edjewater and it gets quite cold.

[Edd4lyf2]

yea it iz cold..

but they migrate. ive seen others hide under a shilde

[jersey721]

I live in this town and just love these parrots. Granted, there is not a nest outside my bedroom window. Though beautiful to look at, they can get awfully noisy. The nests are what fascinate me the most. Look at a leafless tree in winter in the heart of town and it looks like space alien pods. They're huge and amazingly constructed.

[debz12180]

yes but all the noise of traffic isnt it a lovely differnt kind of sound? i love to hear that kind of noise in my yard every day, peaceful,

[anotherjoshua]

i just saw these little guys in veteran's field in edgewater yesterday. i thought i was seeing things. what the hell are parrots doing in new jersey?! but there they were. it was beautiful and obviously a great sign.

[theTeabag]

I wonder if these things could live in Poland. I'm thinking of buying and realesing them

[kerry5101971]

It would not be advisable to do this because the birds you will buy would be domesticated & totally dependant on humans to feed & care for them. It's also a bad thing to introduce a non-native species into the wild, as they can overrun & kill off other species. Just get one as a pet & be delighted with how smart & beautiful they are, or get a pair & breed them yourself (but not too often, as you will not get rich selling them!) These NY/NJ birds are still a mystery as to how they got here.

[telsport]

No , it is not a mystery.They broke out of a shipping crate coming into Kennedy International Airport (Idlewild) stayed together as a flock and bred and built shelter and bred some more and spread their range. It started in 1968.

Tom Loughlin Jr.-human owned by

Teebird Loughlin , Quaker Supreme.

[magicicada1]

I guess those people would rather live in a concrete prison than have some wildlife around. Sad monkeys.

[incubusboi420]

its just cool to see parrots living in north america again. dont forget, the carolina parakeet used to range over much of the eastern US before they were exterminated as crop pests in the early 1800's. Monk or Quaker parrots are just filling a natural niche left open to them.

[ladyparrotluvr]

Gotta love these fiesty little guys! I'm mom to a flock of "fids" too.

[brooklynparrot]

cagsforme wrote:

>I hope the power co doesn't kill them like they did in Conn.

So far, PSE&G has been very forthcoming about their plans to remove certain nests, and has listened to us about scheduling same (we especially don't want teardowns when there are babies/eggs in the nest). And no, they don't kill the birds, unlike what the utility company in CT did in 2005.

[cagsforme]

I hope the power co doesn't kill them like they did in Conn.

[padomalikiwi]

I find it just amazing to see any evidence of a parrot out of their comfort zone(native habitat)in the wild. It is nice to see that they can survive when they escape.I am sure it is a site to see. Thank you for your video.