Diary of a Wild New Jersey Parrot - Issue 2

Welcome to the second installment of Quaker Parrot Photo Comics! This photo-story is based on actual events witnessed last weekend in Edgewater, New Jersey. You can read Issue 1 and Issue 3 on this site. (Click on any photo to see a larger version).


My name is Pablo. I'm a Jersey Parrot that lives up the hill from the big W Tree nest in Edgewater.



A lot of the parrots in Edgewater thought I was crazy when I decided to build my nest in this air raid siren pole.


And sometimes I think I'm a little crazy myself, especially when the siren goes off, blasting my little eardrums and scattering every parrot within miles. You'd think it was the end of the world or something!


My buddies who live in the Big W tree, Jorge and Eduardo, are worried about my hearing, so they keep asking me whether I want to move my family down to their tree, where it's a little quieter, but I think I'm going to stand pat right here.


Contingent, of course, on the NDM (Nest Destroying Monster -- what you humans call a PSE&G cherry picker truck) -- not showing up at my humble abode anytime soon.


My noisy home isn't perfect, but it's the best I can do right now and so far, the NDM hasn't come near it.


But as you people in Jersey like to say, "eternal vigilence is the price of liberty."

To learn more about the continuing struggle of the embattled tribe of Jersey Parrots to free themselves from "outlaw parrot" status, please visit EdgewaterParrots.com.