They are flourishing. They started showing up to my apartment about two months ago, and they've continued to visit every day since. They're so much fun to watch, and they actually are pretty quiet when they visit. A lot quieter than the starlings!
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That's suprising. The ones we had were insistently noisy, & very aggressive. They built huge twig nests around electrical fixtures on telephones poles. They chased the other birds away.
But they were fun to watch. Many, many neighbors, including my family, put out food for them. An amazing survival story for escapees from JFK Airport (according to one version). I think it's been 30 years or so.
I think that's the main difference - they're noisy around their nests but not where they eat. These ones live in Greenwood Cemetery, so they go home in the evening and probably squawk up a storm there!
No, not near. I'm at the south shore where they first turned up after they escaped from JFK. The word was they went to the Brooklyn College campus when they first left us. They may return. When they first showed up we had a lot less trees hete than we have now.
I’m near Green-wood cemetery and they have a huge communal nest at the entrance where they are flourishing. A group of about 20 visit me in the morning and afternoon and then go back to Green-wood to sleep (at least that’s what I assume. I haven’t followed them home!).
They’re basically tropical in nature, but they learned that the communal nests kept them protected from the elements and predators.
Not that Brooklyn has a lot of predators to worry about.
Btw, I was told that they were escapees from owners who let them out with their windows open.
The were holding on tight & hunching up their little shoulders against the snow & wind. They surveyed the area for a while but eventually moved on. They are definitely survivors.
A couple of days ago I saw a group of starlings chase a hawk out of the area. It was quite a sight! Couldn’t get my camera fast enough to capture it though.
I’ve read a few theories about how they got here. I think they’re all related to the pet trade in one way or other. I heard they escaped from JFK. The main predators here are hawks. You can tell when one’s around because all the birds in the neighborhood start squawking and flying in unison.
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Not that Brooklyn has a lot of predators to worry about.
Btw, I was told that they were escapees from owners who let them out with their windows open.
I remember an awful blizzardly morning when I was on the outdoor subway platform and saw two parrot scouts on a bare tree.