{"id":166780,"date":"2024-05-14T15:13:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T19:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebergencountygirl.com\/?p=166780"},"modified":"2024-05-14T15:57:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T19:57:17","slug":"quaker-parrots-edgewater-new-jersey-bergen-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/quaker-parrots-edgewater-new-jersey-bergen-county\/","title":{"rendered":"The Legend of the Quaker Parrots in Edgewater, New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"custom_featured_image\" style=\"display:none;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/quaker-parrots-edgewater-new-jersey-bergen-county-1-800x533.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"quaker parrots bergen county new jersey\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/quaker-parrots-edgewater-new-jersey-bergen-county-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/quaker-parrots-edgewater-new-jersey-bergen-county-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/quaker-parrots-edgewater-new-jersey-bergen-county-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/quaker-parrots-edgewater-new-jersey-bergen-county-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/quaker-parrots-edgewater-new-jersey-bergen-county-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/quaker-parrots-edgewater-new-jersey-bergen-county-1-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/quaker-parrots-edgewater-new-jersey-bergen-county-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/quaker-parrots-edgewater-new-jersey-bergen-county-1-1170x780.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/quaker-parrots-edgewater-new-jersey-bergen-county-1-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/quaker-parrots-edgewater-new-jersey-bergen-county-1-263x175.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div><div id=\"custom_category\" style=\"display:none;\">Animals<\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Northern New Jersey is known for its beautiful nature and wild animals. In Edgewater, that wonder is continued. Walking or driving around the shopping compounds or residential buildings <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/dear-petite-boutique-edgewater-new-jersey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">near Edgewater<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you may often see squadrons of small green birds congregating on power lines or flying around agilely. Even for those who are bad at bird spotting, they are hard to miss. Just listen to their loud, signature screech. Their round, fluffy shapes and bright green colors seem to belong more to a lush, tropical environment than an urban setting, and often make a bird spotter wonder what they just see. These are Quaker parrots and they\u2019ve made Edgewater, NJ home. <\/span><b>Read on to learn more about these unique birds and how they ended up in Bergen County, New Jersey.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-166817\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/quaker-parrots-edgewater-new-jersey-bergen-county-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/quaker-parrots-edgewater-new-jersey-bergen-county-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/quaker-parrots-edgewater-new-jersey-bergen-county-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/quaker-parrots-edgewater-new-jersey-bergen-county-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/quaker-parrots-edgewater-new-jersey-bergen-county-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/quaker-parrots-edgewater-new-jersey-bergen-county-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/quaker-parrots-edgewater-new-jersey-bergen-county-585x585.jpg 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/quaker-parrots-edgewater-new-jersey-bergen-county.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>About Quaker Parrots<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are Quaker parrots \u2014 also called monk parrots \u2014 and a large flock of them have been living in the Edgewater area for decades. Originally from South America and now living in a wide variety of habits in North America, it has never been confirmed how such a large colony of parrots was first established in <a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/best-diners-bergen-county-new-jersey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bergen County<\/a>. The most accepted speculation was that some birds escaped from a shipping crate from the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JFK airport<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the 1970s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are sedentary birds. Once they find a steady source of the food supply of grass seeds, which Edgewater has plenty of (in Veterans Field Park, for example), they can settle down in one place and not venture far from it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/palisades-interstate-park-new-jersey-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The History of Palisades Interstate Park + Things to Do When Visiting<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are resilient to the cold climate in Northeast America, and as a communal species have a nimble mechanism for managing the size of the flock. Quaker parrots are easy breeders but when the nests get too crowded and the food supply is tight, some female birds will skip breeding for one season. With all these favorable conditions, the parrots made Edgewater their new home, and have been a local fixture for more than 40 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Causing a Stir<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Local residents have long taken notice of these gorgeous guys. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobokengirl.com\/birdwatching-hoboken-jeff-train\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bird enthusiasts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> often put out bird feeders in winter, when food is harder to find for the parrots. Most people simply enjoy seeing these little fluffy, neon-green birds, which are so different from the pigeons more often encountered in urban living.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey are so sweet and beautiful! They make the neighborhood beautiful with nature and the blue under their wings.\u201d a Facebook user commented in a group called \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SavetheWildQuakerParrotsofNewJersey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Save the Wild Quaker Parrots of New Jersey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d. Yes, there is indeed a Facebook group dedicated to these birds, which has surprisingly 4,800+ members and maintains a relatively active posting frequency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The posts largely consist of parrot photos and parrot videos, with a lot of oohs and ahhs in the comment section from bird lovers. More \u201cserious\u201d content, such as wild parrot protection tips and calls for legislative changes, are often posted as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Challenges as a Species<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These birds, however, are not without detractors. The bird is still on the Department of Environmental Protection\u2019s list of potentially dangerous species, (which also includes bears) since these South-American-originated birds are considered an <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">invasive species<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Officials are afraid that they would jeopardize indigenous species and damage crops \u2014 and because of this, people are not allowed to adopt a wild Quaker parrot and keep it as a pet. However, according to Ali Fragale, the owner of the Facebook page mentioned above, \u201cThere is a bill in the state legislature presently to remove the parrots from New Jersey\u2019s list of potentially dangerous species.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She explained, \u201cThey were put on the list to monitor them when they first appeared in <a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/rutherford-east-rutherford-things-to-do-new-jersey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Jersey<\/a> in the late 1960s. They were imported as would-be pets, and New Jersey Fish and Wildlife wasn\u2019t sure what to do with them, so they put them on that list for the purposes of monitoring them. That was over 45 years ago, and they have not harmed crops or indigenous bird species.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A more material crackdown, however, comes from utility companies. The Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&amp;G) removes parrot nests from utility poles twice a year. The parrots love the heat generated by the utility equipment and are prone to build their homes on the poles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>See More: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobokengirl.com\/bird-watching-hudson-county-parks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>The Best Hudson County Parks to Bird Watch<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the round-shaped, structurally complex nests made of twigs can be a fire hazard and need to be managed. In recent years, PSE&amp;G has been working with local volunteers and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themontclairgirl.com\/animal-rescues-northern-new-jersey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">animal rescue<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> groups to work out better removal methods and schedules that minimize disruptions to the flock\u2019s breeding activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next time you\u2019re in Edgewater, keep an eye out for these little green parrots, and follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thebergencountygirl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@thebergencountygirl<\/a> on Instagram for more local fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-120157\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/02\/1-e1658249565719-800x240.jpg\" alt=\"read more button\" width=\"300\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/02\/1-e1658249565719-800x240.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/02\/1-e1658249565719-1024x307.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/02\/1-e1658249565719-768x230.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/02\/1-e1658249565719-585x176.jpg 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/bergen\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/02\/1-e1658249565719.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AnimalsNorthern New Jersey is known for its beautiful nature and wild animals. 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