I learned something new about Chicago today...

...we have wild parrots. Well, feral Monk Parakeets.

And they nest a few miles from where Gary and I live.

And they like to fly by our apartment once a year to annoy one of our Polish maintenance men. (Well, that's what he claims.)


Here is what I saw out my kitchen window when I came home today:





Second one is blurry - right as I stepped outside to take photos of the flock (?) of about a dozen bright green parrots, the aforementioned maintenance man shouted at the tree they were roosting in to stop them from squawking. (You can guess how well that worked.)

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  Parrots...interesting! They're pretty though :)

  by heidix at 08/13/08 10:40PM
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  That's cool

  by deanna at 08/13/08 11:13PM
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  Oh cool!

  by clarinet_jen at 08/13/08 11:54PM
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  how cool is that! all we have are bugs and pigeons! haha

  by mini_lizzie at 08/14/08 11:03AM
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  Crazy! How cool!

  by honeybee at 08/14/08 12:04PM
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  How neat! I miss having a window over my sink. In most places I had a huge window and the beauty of nature relaxed me so much! How is your FMS? I also learned that my Hashimotos Thyroiditis probably caused my FMS. Please Pray for me as I go through breast cancer screening.

  by debsherbs at 08/20/08 9:46AM
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  Is that Gary Moore? From Gibson City c of C?

  by imarushbabe at 08/21/08 9:17PM
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  Thanks for all your help today!

  by paula at 08/23/08 9:39PM
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  How is your arm feeling?

  by clarinet_jen at 08/24/08 12:38AM
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  That is wild... I didn't know that they were that popular that you could actually spot them!

  by katiebee at 08/28/08 7:43PM
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  no worries, unfortunately pleo doesn't really have voice or tone so it's easy to be misheard.

  by tatertot at 10/12/08 1:12AM
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  I didn't know you were on here too! Hello, it's Jill from Phoenix (well Orlando, now).

  by jillorjac at 12/08/08 10:10AM