Thursday, December 07, 2006
Parrot Mania
I just finished reading The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill. The author is more than a bit strange. But it led me to a little websurfing and I found this blog about Brooklyn Parrots . More than you'd ever want to know about parrots in New York. Marie Winn reports that a parrot nest has been found under an air conditioner in a sixth story window on W. 103rd St. The first parrots in Manhattan in a long time. Some birders are snotty about these birds since they are "non-native". Fortunately, here in New York we have usually been welcoming to immigrants.
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Snotty birders, who ever heard of such a thing! How do they know they are the first parrots in Manhattan in a long time? Just curious, but what if somebody had a nest and didn't know who to tell???
There are wayward parrots in OC, who have escaped from their cages and gone wild.
Well, birders share info and don't have a clue how to keep a secret when they've discovered something new. And with the proliferation of birding websites, word gets out.
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