Facts, lore, audio files, video clips, photos, pictures, photo comics, and other information about Brooklyn's flocks of wild Quaker Parrots (AKA Monk Parakeets).
An intriguing article published by the New York Times confirms what many observers of the wild parrots of Brooklyn have long suspected: our airborne "green dragons" are directly related to Tyrannassaurus Rex. Welcome to the 'hood, Dino!Labels: Brooklyn Parrots, Parrot Science, Quaker Parrots
posted by steve baldwin @ 4:25 PM
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| Music Video: The Ballad of the Brooklyn Parrots! (click on this link to view video in a larger window) |
Brooklyn Parrots 2008 Wall Calendar is Now Available! |
| Monkzilla (Legendary Feral Parrot of Brooklyn) Speaks Out on the Wild Quaker Parrot Crisis in Yacolt, Washington! |
| Music Video: The Little Green Parrots From the Argentine |
| Video: "Holiday Hassle" (Starring the Brooklyn Parrots) |
| Video: Mark Bittner and Judy Irving (of "Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill" fame) discuss the wild Quaker Parrots of Brooklyn |
| Video: Parrots Escape From Deadly Hawk in Brooklyn! |
America needs a Green candidate with Bite! Vote Quaker in 2008!
Quaker Parrot Stamps Back in Stock! |
| Video: Wild Quaker Parrots "Rumble" in Brooklyn! |
| Video: The Great Quaker Parrot Rescue |
| Video: The Fabulous Wild Parrots of the Bronx! |
Photo-Essay: Marauding Falcon Nearly Ruins Brooklyn Parrots' Labor Day Parade! |
Tango in America is a thriller starring a little green parrot from Argentina who's forcefully brought to the USA to be sold into captivity. You can buy it at Amazon.com or read the first four chapters for free. According to one reviewer, it's "North By Northwest meets The Godfather, starring parrots!"
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Photo-Essay: A Bronx Tale: The Great Baby Quaker Parrot Rescue |
Photo-Essay: Wild Parrots at Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery Thriving in Springtime |
New Video Clips and Production Notes From the Brooklyn Parrots Movie |
Holiday Poem: A Brooklyn Parrot Christmas! |
Photo-Essay: Edgewater's Big Wild Parrot Flock |
Photo-Essay: March of the Monk Parrots! |
New York's Wild Parrots Go Bonkers For Berries! |
Photo-Essay: Quaker Parakeets: Master Architects of the Bird World! |
Photo-Essay: Hawk Attack in Brooklyn! |
The New Boids in Town (Baby Quaker Parrots Storm Brooklyn) |
Photo-Essay: Monk Parrots Invade New Jersey Beaches! |
Photo-Essay: Parrots Perch at Brooklyn's Gateway to Eternity (the Greenwood Cemetery Parrots) |
Photo-Essay: The Fabulous Wild Parrots of Chicago |
Check out the Brooklyn Parrots on Animal Planet! |
Photo-Essay: Brooklyn's Hard-Working 8th Avenue Parrots |
Photo-Essay: March Monk Parrot Madness! |
NYC Wild Parrots Bid Farewell to Snow |
Were You a Monk Parrot in a Past Life? Take the Quiz! |
Do Brookyn Parrots Eat Pizza? Of Course They Do! |
Photo-Essay: The Miracle on Avenue I |
Squawking At the Moon: The Wild Parrots of Bay Ridge (Revisited) |
Photo-Essay: Quaker Parrots: Master Architects of the Bird World |
Photo-Essay: The Parrots of December |
Wild Parrots in the Snow! |
Photo-Essay: The Wild Parrots of The Bronx |
Photo-Essay: The Wild Parrots of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn |
Photo-Comic: The Surfin' Parrots of Puddle Beach
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Monk Parrot High School Rumble!
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Photo-Essay: Wild Parrots of Brooklyn
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Photo-Essay: Wild Parrots of New Jersey
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Photo-Comic: Diary of a Wild New Jersey Parrot
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Photo-Essay: Canada Geese vs. Wooden Dogs
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Photo-Essay: More Jersey Parrot Photos
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Save Money and Support the Brooklyn Parrot Society!
The Brooklyn Parrot Society is now working with We-Care.com, a shopping service that lets you save money and support this charity at the same time. There are hundreds of coupons from vendors including Abebooks, Dell, Target, and many others. So please check out the Brooklyn Parrots store at We-Care.com! |
 Put a wild Brooklyn Parrot on your letters! Approved for domestic use by the United States Postal Service, these Quaker Parrot stamps are sold in sheets of 20 and are available in seven denominations.
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Brooklyn Parrot mugs, books, and more at the BrooklynParrots online store!
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Steve Baldwin is a marketing manager in the fun and exciting world of Search Engine Marketing. In his spare time, he documents the lives of wild monk parrots in New York. Steve is an author who has written several books, Netslaves (McGraw-Hill, 1999) and Netslaves II (Allworth Press, 2003). Netslaves was called "one of the best business books of 1999" by Library Journal. His new book, Tango in America, features a parrot as its heroine. He has a B.A. from Fordham University in New York City.
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