Originally Posted by
big john
There are parrots in the hills all over this area. They squawk and chirp and imitate other birds. They are invasive and deprive other birds of food but nobody has figured out what to do about them yet. Some speculate they came from Busch Gardens when it closed years ago.
Going up the road last Saturday there were 6 or 8 of them on a small tree watching me.
Apparently there are feral parakeets in NYC, I recall reading about that awhile back. I don’t know if they talk like a New Yorker though.