Wild Brooklyn Parrot Safari happens in April.

[Christinenc2000]

I would love to attend this . Being fairly new to the Parrot world this is the first I read about them. Amazing they lived

BrooklynParrots.com - Info on wild Monk Parakeets (AKA Quaker Parrots) in Brooklyn

DATE: Saturday, April 4, 2015
TIME: 11 AM
LOCATION: Green-Wood Cemetery (25th street entrance on 5th Avenue). Please meet on the benches outside the cemetery’s iron gate (see map below).
PLEASE RSVP by Email: Steve (you know the symbol) BrooklynParrots.com. This way, if poor weather or other incident occurs likely to keep the parrots from flying I can let you know in advance. Alternately, you can respond on Meetup’s site.

 

[flyingron]

Yeah, they're all over Brooklyn College a few blocks from my sister-in-law's. She was amused that we have a Quaker in captivity when they have them in the "wild" there. My wife was saying that Bacca would probably freeze if she got out and I pointed her to those flocks.

It's a neat site, I had Bacca sitting on my shoulder when I played the mp3 they have of the wild birds. Sure got Bacca's attention to hear her relatives.

 

[weco]

We humans like to equate the hardiness of our feathered friends with our own comfort levels...really unrealistic comparisons if you think about it ! ! !

As long as a regular source of food can be found and shelter is available or in the case of monk parakeets, the materials to build their own nests.....

 

[sunblaze]

Here in the UK we obviously do not have any indigenous species of parrot, though there are thousands of fossils of extinct European parrots. We do however have a few thousand Ringnecks that have colonised themselves. It's lovely to think of flocks of wild parrots living in Britain again. here's a link to clip from a documentary David Attenborough did on parakeets living in London. =)

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4P_NhFlb5w"]BBC2 - The Great British Parakeet Invasion - YouTube[/ame]