More Photos from Edgewater

Note 12/08/06: For photos of the Edgewater parrots I've taken since this article was published, please see:

The Big Flock
Wild Parrots in New Jersey: Some Recent Photos
Wild Parrots Invading New Jersey Beaches

Another excursion to Edgewater, New Jersey, in late April provided more samples of this gentle hamlet's bird life. While this town's thriving population of wild parrots provided the main attraction (at least to this observer), Edgewater's legendary "mystery goose" provided added intrigue to the trip.


A wild parrot in Edgewater's "Big W" tree takes off with a long twig in his beak.


Two wild parrots keep warm on a cool evening by puffing up.


A foraging pair in Edgewater's Veteran Park enjoy munching on blossoms blown from a nearby tree.


A flight of Canada geese fly over Edgewater's enormous American flag.


An unusual hybrid goose is often present in Edgewater's Veterans' Park. Once ostracized by his fellow geese, this orange-footed non conformist recently acquired a girl friend (seen to the right) and is now very happy.


Alison Evans-Fragale, my co-author and founder of EdgewaterParrots.com, befriended the hybrid goose many months ago, and provided considerable moral support for him during the grim time when he was being shunned by the other geese for being "different."


Cured of his melencholy, the Edgewater hybrid goose has recently become quite an athletic extrovert.


"I know you've come to photograph the wild parrots - but I'm the real glamour bird here!"


Just yards from the hybrid goose, the Edgewater parrots cavort.


...and cavort.


As evening draws near, a visitor to Edgewater's "Big W" tree bids farewell to her fellows before returning to her own nest on River Road.