It’s home to a colony of wild parrots that are native to Argentina. The Quaker, or Monk, parrots took up residence in Edgewater more 30 years ago. Just how they got there is up for debate.

They eventually colonized in eight states. Florida alone is believed to have a colony of more than 100,000 Quaker parrots. Because they are considered agricultural pests, they are banned as ...

Queens, the largest borough of New York City, is home to a colony of monk ... The monk parrot (Myiopsitta monachus), also known as the monk parakeet or Quaker parrot, is a true parrot species ...

Brooklyn has been home to colonies of tropical South American Monk (or Quaker) parrots since at least the ... While their exact origins remain murky, the parrots soon established a colony on the ...

and the Parks Department are poised to announce that the recently renovated field inside Leif Ericson Park at Eighth Avenue and 66th Street will either be called Quaker Parrot Park or The Parrot ...

EVERMAN - A growing colony of South American parrots has ... said Chief Rander Sanders, with the Everman Police Department. Called Quaker Parrots, they were imported as pets from South America ...

This is true in Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery, where a colony of lime green monk parakeets ... arches are a bunch of little green parrots. KATHLEEN DAVIS: These are monk parakeets, also known as ...

It’s home to a colony of wild parrots that are native to Argentina. The Quaker, or Monk, parrots took up residence in Edgewater more 30 years ago. Just how they got there is up for debate.

It’s home to a colony of wild parrots that are native to Argentina. The Quaker, or Monk, parrots took up residence in Edgewater more 30 years ago. Just how they got there is up for debate.