Parrots Grab Manhattan Real Estate

Thursday, December 7, 2006, by Robert

[103rd St. parrots photo courtesy of Palemaleirregulars]

Last week, we had hipsters moving back to Manhattan from Brooklyn. This week, we've got parrots checking out Manhattan real estate. The question is, are they East Coast parrots (Brooklyn) or West Coast parrots (New Jersey)? The Monk Parrot colony is on Amsterdam Avenue at 103rd Street. Urban Hawk writes:

The closest colony to Amsterdam Avenue, is in Edgewater, New Jersey. If a bird flew directly across the Hudson River it would arrive at around 138th and Riverside Drive going over the water for about a mile. (One of the unanswered question is do Monk Parakeets fly over large bodies of water?)

The birds have previously been seen in Central Park, at the 79th St. Boat Basin and on Riverside Drive this summer. The nearest Brooklyn colony is, apparently, in much-in-the-news Red Hook. Maybe they're trying to escape the Brooklyn parrot poachers or all the demolition and construction noise.
· East Vs. West, Where Did the Amsterdam Monks Come From? [Urban Hawks]
· Breaking News: Wild Parrots on Manhattan's UWS [Brooklyn Parrots]
· Brooklyn Mystery: Parrot Poaching in Midwood [Curbed]

Filed under Brooklyn, City Life, Manhattan Uptown, Manhattan: Above 96th St.,

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I really dont think parrots can live in cold weather. Is this even remotely possible?

By Anonymous at December 7, 2006 1:35 PM

We had a Monk parrot on our window sill in Brooklyn Heights 3-4 months ago...

By Anonymous at December 7, 2006 1:37 PM

There is a bunch of construction going on in Edgewater....there is a big section of the cliff/palisades that recently was chopped and carved away to make way for what one assumes is a new housing development. Possible the birds left from there. It's a pretty big hole in the cliff that it had quite a bit of untouched growth...If my memory is correct the blasting started in the summer. Poor parrots :

By Krista at December 7, 2006 1:40 PM

Probably got sick of hearing that goddamn Clap Your Hands Say Yeah CD played on repeat at full blast.

By Ed at December 7, 2006 1:43 PM

You can learn all that you never wanted to know about Brooklyn parrots (and Edgewater parrots) here

http://www.brooklynparrots.com/

By Anonymous at December 7, 2006 2:26 PM

If parrots are getting poached, then why are you giving out the exact location of these nests?

By Eric at December 7, 2006 2:35 PM

I could name about 20 different nests, but my lips are sealed.

By amatt at December 7, 2006 3:42 PM

#3 - in the last ten years almost all of Edgewater has been under construction. So much so traffic became completely snarled, so they enlarged River Rd (the only one that goes through the town) to accommodate it. So of course, just 5 years later, traffic is again a snarl.

By AvnerUWS at December 7, 2006 4:05 PM

i got a few large nest near my house in south brooklyn. they are all over the place in brooklyn.

By armchair_warrior at December 7, 2006 8:33 PM

10.

they survive the winter - they've been here about 30 years. i think it gets cold in argentina so they can handle it?

By bob at December 8, 2006 10:09 AM

11.

Our 7 offices and 140+ associates services the entire state of New Jersey!!

By Charles Blumenkehl at January 21, 2007 11:47 AM

12.

I used to live on 103 rd street and Manhattan avenue one block from Central Park in the 1990s and had a green parakeet. I let him fly around the apartment for I didn't like to keep him prisoner in a cage which stayed open at all times so he could get in at night to sleep. The bird flew out the window one day the window was stuck open. I always hoped he could survive outdoors and now I'm comforted to know he's not alone, maybe he found a mate and had babies, who knows....

By Kamomil at December 3, 2007 12:41 AM