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Save the parrots
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Scuba Pete
Le plongeur avec attitude...
Someone needs to beak out over this. Currently, we are looking for people with good writing talons and solid pinions on this.
painted wolf
Grey Muzzle
you know after driving our only natvie parrot to extinction you'd think we'd encourage a replacement. 
Parrots likely won't be a large threat to the eccosystem at least up here in the north. They probably can't survive outside the city with its protected weather and ample food supply.
besides its nice to see something other than pigeons. :biglaugh:
wa:do
Parrots likely won't be a large threat to the eccosystem at least up here in the north. They probably can't survive outside the city with its protected weather and ample food supply.
besides its nice to see something other than pigeons. :biglaugh:
wa:do
brooklynparrot
New Member
Hey folks,
I saw a bunch of people come over to my site from religousforums.com in the last several hours and wanted to jump over here to say hello. I'm very glad this issue has resonance here.
Keep in mind that there are a lot of parrots in Edgewater and they're going to rebuild the nests that were destroyed. It's marvelous -- practically miraculous -- to watch them reconstruct them. The whole community of birds drops whatever it's doing and helps the families that have been made homeless. The flock really pulls together and I'm sure that within a month or the Edgewater parrots will be going back to their main business, which is yakking, squawking, playing, and, of course, raising families.
The long-term problem, of course, is that the power company will be back, and it's especially terrible if they come back when there are young birds in the nest (young monk parakeets stay at home a long time). There is no provision for giving them sanctuary in New Jersey, because of the state laws which penalize the parrots for being "illlegal aliens." This is why we're trying to develop a long-term solution in Edgewater so that the birds can build their nests away from the power poles. It's still too early to tell whether this strategy will work, but it's the focus of a lot of pro-parrot people in NJ, and if it works, we hope it becomes a model for other states trying to balance the interests of humans and birds.
Best,
Steve Baldwin
I saw a bunch of people come over to my site from religousforums.com in the last several hours and wanted to jump over here to say hello. I'm very glad this issue has resonance here.
Keep in mind that there are a lot of parrots in Edgewater and they're going to rebuild the nests that were destroyed. It's marvelous -- practically miraculous -- to watch them reconstruct them. The whole community of birds drops whatever it's doing and helps the families that have been made homeless. The flock really pulls together and I'm sure that within a month or the Edgewater parrots will be going back to their main business, which is yakking, squawking, playing, and, of course, raising families.
The long-term problem, of course, is that the power company will be back, and it's especially terrible if they come back when there are young birds in the nest (young monk parakeets stay at home a long time). There is no provision for giving them sanctuary in New Jersey, because of the state laws which penalize the parrots for being "illlegal aliens." This is why we're trying to develop a long-term solution in Edgewater so that the birds can build their nests away from the power poles. It's still too early to tell whether this strategy will work, but it's the focus of a lot of pro-parrot people in NJ, and if it works, we hope it becomes a model for other states trying to balance the interests of humans and birds.
Best,
Steve Baldwin
Green Gaia
Veteran Member
Welcome to RF, Steve.
CaptainXeroid
Following Christ
Welcome to RF Steve, and thank you for the pics and info on these lovely birds.
brooklynparrot
New Member
Thanks for the warm welcome, everybody. I'll endeavor to keep you all posted on the latest developments concerning the birds.
painted wolf
Grey Muzzle
Please do... they are wonderful survivors as well as smart and beautiful.
by the way how do they manage the winters so far north?
wa:do
by the way how do they manage the winters so far north?
wa:do
painted wolf
Grey Muzzle
but eaven in the warmer sections of the city, there is still the chance of snow and wind.
Parrots in particular are known for being sensitive to temperature changes. They catch some nasty and often fatal colds.
Is their survival behavioral? Do they bunch together for warmth? Do they migrate to warmer more sheltered areas of the city? Do they build more weather resistant nests?
Is it just dumb luck?
Are they physically adapting?
Is anyone studying this? If not why not?
So many questions...
wa:do
Parrots in particular are known for being sensitive to temperature changes. They catch some nasty and often fatal colds.
Is their survival behavioral? Do they bunch together for warmth? Do they migrate to warmer more sheltered areas of the city? Do they build more weather resistant nests?
Is it just dumb luck?
Are they physically adapting?
Is anyone studying this? If not why not?
So many questions...
wa:do
Hi Steve, Namaste.
Welcome to the forum.
- about the parrots, you have to feel sorry for them; they've carefully planted all those tall poles, nested up there and then those darned humans dared use their perches to attach electric and telephone wire. Disgusting, that's what I call it.
Welcome to the forum.
- about the parrots, you have to feel sorry for them; they've carefully planted all those tall poles, nested up there and then those darned humans dared use their perches to attach electric and telephone wire. Disgusting, that's what I call it.
