Did you know that Quaker (or Monk) Parrots are living wild in Brooklyn and City Island, New York, and in New Jersey?

I lived on City Island for nearly 2 years and never saw or heard of them. I just recently learned that there are large colonies of them.

http://www.brooklynparrots.com/

This is Elvis, my siser's Lovebird: http://public.fotki.com/Mudhooks/family_friends_pets/elvis/image181.html (currently being bird-sat by me)

Really cute birds.

cool contest entry

clearly a well read bird