Quakers are great pets too, they are smart and learn to talk quickly. They are pushy for being like 3oz, they will sit on your shoulder and take food as your eating it even though you they still have their own dish.

We have them as well as wild Macaws here in South Florida.

I'm from Brooklyn myself and I Love these parrots. I see their nets around Ave I and ext to Brooklyn College. Great Vids keep it up

I'v got 1 of these, its name is hazel, and all in all its a nice smart bird, doesnt bite pple, knows how to talk a little, but if its defending something (food, cage, toys) hes 1 of the toughest little critters i'v ever seen, he made my bodybuilding, footballplaying cousin roll around on the floor whining aobut how he doesnt want the birt to hurt him becasue he punched the cage while the bird was in it. And all the while the bird is sitting on the back or a chair laughing like spongebob

They are beautiful! What a joy to see!

Amazing and beautiful

Yes. There's one very tough-looking bird in there (he shows up in the "parrots in the snow" clip as well) who reminds me of Joe Pesci.

Man i love your vids, makes me jealous. We don't have them here in Nova Scotia but who knows. Go parrots go!!!!

My Quaker parrot appeared in my backyard one summer, I made friends and brought her inside when the weather got colder. She was someone's escaped parrot, but she would never tell me where she came from.

Adorable.

Thanks much! I'll definitely be out there next weekend with my "wild quaker cam" and will be getting more online ASAP!

We have some wild parrots in Whittier, California too. They might be Quaker Parrots, they're green and sound very similar. They like to get into the large pecan tree in my backyard during the fall, but they can't open the nuts and end up just pelting the roof with them. It's like they're throwing rocks at the house!

@ZumbaByTania actually Quakers are very good at adapting to any environment. "Human" urban settlements dont bother them. They can adapt better than other "domestic" birds as you say. Thats why they are illegal in some US states (because they adapt so well and increase their numbers very quickly) I wouldn't be surprised if he(theTeabag) took them to Poland and Quaker colonies sprang up in Wroclaw or Warsaw or wherever in Poland he is from. Quaker parrots are incredible/smart/adaptable

Check out what happens about 1 second after the squirrel appears. One of the main "instigating" parrots, who is clearly holding a major parrot grudge, enters from the right, and races right over to bite the other parrot. It's truly brazen behavior! Guys - can we get along? Nope: this is Brooklyn, after all: what's more fun than a good street fight? I'm just glad that I've never actually seen any serious injuries.

Quakers have lived wild in various parts of the country (mostly urban areas, I think) for quite a while now--for decades in parts of Chicago. I'm not aware of any cases where they've pushed out native species. We actually once had a native parrot in North America, the Carolina parakeet--extinct since probably 1918. Maybe these little guys step into the niche the Carolina parakeet once occupied.

This is very cool! Love it! "Can't we all just get along?" "Wha'dya mean? This is us getting along!" There's an ornithologist in The Birds who says that birds of different species don't flock together...which is odd that Hitchcock had that because every birder knows birds hang out together, regardless (well, the predators...that's another matter) but these little veggie lovers... Anyway, thanks for sharing.

Some of them must be from New Jersey. "HEY, ARE YOU TALKIN TO ME? YA WANNA PIECE OF ME"?

I was just thinking about that 2....pretty scary in a way.

Could be, CinBad27. Although Chicago (where there are also wild quakers) is a lot closer than Brooklyn!

I wonder if these things could live in Poland. I'm thinking of buying and realesing them

See the squirrel?

It would have been really cool if they would have ganged up on the pigeons or the squirrel

LOL

Not to be mean but.....Quaker's in New York?????? There not even native animals!!! I see them all the time here in Florida and I always wonder if it would be the end to other birds who actually belong in the state.

I agree. I would prefer seeing cardinals and blue jays in that video. Nothing is wrong with parrots, pigeons and sparrows, but they don't belong here, and native North American birds shouldn't have to compete for resources with these birds that have been introduced here.

Why would you do that? Domesticated birds cant survive in the wild!

well ain't that great for them, and actually quakers are indigenous to the areas aroun the carolinas and have habits of migrating

@ZumbaByTania actually Quakers are very good at adapting to any environment. "Human" urban settlements dont bother them. They can adapt better than other "domestic" birds as you say. Thats why they are illegal in some US states (because they adapt so well and increase their numbers very quickly) I wouldn't be surprised if he(theTeabag) took them to Poland and Quaker colonies sprang up in Wroclaw or Warsaw or wherever in Poland he is from. Quaker parrots are incredible/smart/adaptable