Corpus Christi, Texas: Major Wild Quaker Parrot Hot Spot

While the focus of this blog is the Wild Quaker Parrots (AKA Monk Parakeets) of the greater New York area (including Brooklyn, Queens, and New Jersey), these parrots also live in many other cities, including Corpus Christi, Texas, the eighth largest city in the Lone Star State.

This past Sunday, the Deseret News ran an illuminating story on the Corpus Christi Quakers, who evidently nest only a short distance from Corpus Christi's many oil refineries. Public opinion seems to be favorable toward the roughly 20 wild parrots residing in Corpus Christi. They nest in palm trees, and have so far refrained from building nests in any critical electrical infrastructure.