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tiregroove t1_j3klfvi wrote

They're very likely Monk Parrots. They're incredibly evasive, you won't see them on the ground much but you'll definitely hear them because they squawk. ALOT.
THey're also pretty smart, they build nests in warm places, which usually happens to be Con Ed transformers on top of utility poles, which sucks when Con Ed has to service them and destroy the nests, even against the protests of the neighborhood.
https://static8.depositphotos.com/1037197/828/i/950/depositphotos_8288360-stock-photo-group-of-feral-monk-parakeets.jpg

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TraditionalChest7825 OP t1_j3lnslz wrote

She saw them around the beginning of December after all the leaves had fallen. She noticed them bc they were bright green so they really stood out. I saw about 15 of them just randomly on the grass in front of somebody’s house on Saturday. Thinking of putting out a bird feeder maybe 🤔.

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