Free birds

Despite the fact proper structures have been built for them, the wild Quaker parrots continue to make their own nests in trees near Brooklyn College and in the steeple of Green-Wood Cemetery. Image by JRxpoLook, up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s . . . hey, it is a bird, a parrot no less — in January! The Quaker parrots or monk parakeets, as they’re known, haven’t just lived in New York for decades, they survived Hurricane Sandy and are now ready to outlast a sub-zero winter.

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Hoping for a solution to the monk parakeet problem

Monk parakeets enyoing a pine tree. Image by Jeremy SetoHere's an unlikely bird story for the holiday season. It involves some extremely loud castaway tropical birds that have been making their year-round home in Edgewater for several decades. At first, their latest saga appeared to be turning into a feel-good story, but as of this writing, the situation appears to be, well, up in the air.

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Volunteers work to provide temporary nests for Edgewater monk parakeets

Monk parakeets sitting on a wire near the trees they live in.EDGEWATER — The Edgewater Parrot Society on Wednesday rushed to set up temporary nesting areas for a colony of monk parakeets to build new homes after learning that the trees where the birds currently live might be chopped down Thursday, one member said.

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Monk parakeet nest in Leonia causes power outage for 3,400

Monk parakeets in Edgewater NJ garding their nest. Image by Hope Abrams.LEONIA — These are tough times for the wayward band of monk parakeets that have nested in the trees and utility poles in and around Edgewater for three decades.

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New homes to be found for parakeets in Edgewater

Edgewater Monk parakeets. Image by Topdog1.EDGEWATER — The borough will delay chopping down more trees that are home to a colony of wild parakeets in order to allow volunteers time to install nesting platforms for the famed birds in a nearby park.

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