I used to live in Windsor Terrace....and I remember clearly the first time I saw the parrots. It was surreal to the say the least....I thought I was hallucinating...
lots of parrots here in chicago on the southside in the hyde park area and jackson park golf range.Their ancestors escaped from the worlds fair held in chicago over 100 yrs ago originally from south america, they build these high rise nests and live communically.
So they are surviving the winters in the Northeast? I don't live in Brooklyn or NYC at all actually, but I'm right through the tunnel in Jersey City and this has amazed me since the day I heard it. I've seen other invasive species thrive and survive outside their normal geographical location albeit in a similar habitat and climate. The parrots I always assumed would wither away in the winters here. This year was probably great for them because of the extremely mild winter we had.
There is a huge nest of them in Whitestone Queens. Never knew how wound up here. I’ve heard of a ship wreck in Milbasin Brooklyn in the 70’s and they’ve migrated here and as far south as The jersey shore. Anyone have any answers to this ? Or is it just malarkey?
yes even though i don't live in nyc i do know that the parrots did survive from various bird websites i looked up and so did the edgewater nj parrots and also i believe the wild parrots in connecticut survived as well, they probably had to rebuild their nests though due to the strong winds from superstorm sandy
The Sidsters Matthew and Live rule they live in the subtropics where there are occasionally winters so they probably have methods of shaving off the cold
There is a huge nest of them in Whitestone Queens. Never knew how wound up here. I’ve heard of a ship wreck in Milbasin Brooklyn in the 70’s and they’ve migrated here and as far south as The jersey shore. Anyone have any answers to this ? Or is it just malarkey?
