About Those Park Slope Parrots...

An article (with a nice photograph) appeared on BrownStoner.com today showing a group of wild Quaker Parrots (AKA Monk Parakeets or "Brooklyn Parrots") gathered in a tree in Park Slope. The subject also appeared in one of Brownstoner.com's forum areas.

Just to be clear: the parrots that are appearing in Park Slope appear to be visitors from Sunset Park: their main nest compound is located in Green-Wood Cemetery but like many Brooklynites, they like to get around, and Park Slope is a great place to visit, given its many beautiful trees (wild parrots like to munch on leafbuds this time of year and throughout the winter). This has been going on for some time (see "Teenage Parrots Invading Park Slope?" for more information).

For more on the "Sunset Park/Park Slope Parrots," see items related to the Green-Wood Cemetery Parrots.