Chicago Feral Quakers

Video intended to bring awareness to the importance of Quaker Parrot rescue in Chicago, IL.

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Pets & Animals

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• quakers
• quaker
• parrot
• chicago
• save
• rescue
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• destroys
• nest

[verticalsmurf]

PS, I have seen the video of the rescue, It comforts me that they were saved but I would love to know the outcome. in my experience, Quakers are the most tolerant and loving birds in the world! I know my Charlie puts up with me! Is there any possibility of a follow up as to what happened to the rescued chicks?

[rodeo3113]

In the video, most of the pictures are form the Broooklyn parrots. Though some are of Chicago. There is VERY little out there on the Chicago Quakers so you would have to ask Brooklyn Parrots for a part 2 to their baby Quaker rescue video

[verticalsmurf]

They certianly need to be rescued. I think if anyone knowingly released them, they should pay compensation to the city. They are stunning, gorgeous, intelligent birds. I have one as my best (non-human) friend. But they do fight the local endemic species for survival and unfortunately, it is usually the local birds who loose to the more adaptible and inventive introduced birds. As gorgeous and loveable as these birds are, the endemic species should have priority.

[rodeo3113]

It is widely believed that around 1973 a shipment of Quakers at O'Hare was accidentally released. Some of the Quakers there today, may be lost pets but not many.If you look at the feedig patterns of these birds, they survive exclusively off of birdseed from feeders in the winter-they would not survive for long outside the city. Therefor the threat that they cause to other species is inconsequential and the effect on native agriculture in non existant.

[birdman2ns]

was not 100 years ago that we had a native parrot species, the carolina parakeet? we drove them to extinction. whether its monk parakeets or in new york, chicago or the parrots of telegraph hill, this is our chance to give back to the parrots. this could also be a chance to save some parrots we have driven to near extinction for pets. Don't destroy these birds because they are simply not native. we brought them here for pets now they are living the way they should be. the new carolina?

[redvelvetrose]

My gf saw two Quaker parrots outside of a McDonalds in Roger Park this past Friday. At first we thought they were frightened escaped pets, but a quick call to Chicago Exotics in Skokie set us right! How odd to see tropical parrots in the middle of February in Chicago. Very neat!

[CaitlinBrooksMusic]

I so disapprove of wing-clipping. Domestic parrots ought to be able to fly as much as feral parrots do.

[Sylfon1]

@brennus63 Thanks a lot for the for the info :)

[brennus63]

@Sylfon1 Mt Greenwood, Burbank (Dukes Drive on harlem and in and Bakers Square lot at 79th & cicero) look in the trees and telephone poles for big nests.

[tiel4307]

@verticalsmurf are you wondering about the quakers that were from brooklyn at that stadium? they had to take down the nest because they had to change the light bulbs are those the ones you are wondering about?

[imcuban2]

I live in chicago there are not just 300 birds . They number in the 100 of thousands. Every expressway every under pass every light pole. On the south side the numbers are massive . IN the middle of every blvd every where!

[Sylfon1]

I know that in Chicagoland we have Quaker parakeets and I'm looking for them so.... unsuccesfully:((( Where are they???

[wingnutwally]

Rodeo, you are right about that! They do NOT compete with the other birds!