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that might be all true but the parrots have been in Pasadena since the 1920ties when a truck overturned spilling them out--their main roost was at the retired teachers homes villiage on villa street west of el molino --i was a paper boy in that area in the 50ties and everybody around there knew the story
In Alhambra, a few minutes from Pasadena, there are THOUSANDS. To they're extremely noisy! We like to watch them in the mornings. They love to hang out in the palm trees. You can find them usually squawking and chasing each other off in the morning. They're pretty amazing.
So that solves the mystery of the loud palm birds I heard in the am/pm in Alhambra! I had no idea they were parrots, as they hid in the tall trees! Wow!!!
The rumor or story is, a few years back there was a wildfire in Monrovia and domestic parrots were released from a pet store that was near these fires. The birds survived and flourished. They are now wild parrots native to the San Gabriel Valley.
that might be all true but the parrots have been in Pasadena since the 1920ties when a truck overturned spilling them out--their main roost was at the retired teachers homes villiage on villa west of el molino --i was a paper boy in that area in the 50ties and everybody around there knew the story
I’m wondering why they call them Pasadena Parrots. I’m in Lynwood CA and these parrots have been driving me insane for the past week! They fill 3 huge trees surrounding my house. One in each of my neighbors front yard and a huge tree in the backyard thats adjacent to my backyard. It’s like I’m in the middle of a parrot triangle. They scream and fly from tree to tree all day long. It’s the worse in the evenings because they just fly in a huge flock from tree to tree clockwise while screaming until they tire out I guess. Then around 6am they start their screaming again. There has to be at least 200 of them, it’s just insane!
Pasadena was just the area I happened to be in when I first noticed them. And yeah, it's pretty crazy how many there are. Definitely caught me by surprise :)
shannona80 I have one of these parrots with me at home I rescued from a bad person he ( Pepe the parrot) is free all day long at home with plenty of food water and friends he is still very wild and yes he can scream very very loudly but since I have it I will never change him for any other animal I try to keep him wild he is 4 years old and only reap one word when he is afraid an that is( periquito) that's the signal to come and save me -when he start to scream is because there are many more parrots flying close by or because he wants company in general he is a great pet he flies all over the hose and so far he didn't destroy any thing -for me his screams are like classic music It doesn't bother me at all I take it like a Canadian man who always walk by my house drunk with a beer in his hand screaming--Canada is the best- you probably have your own way to express happiness with parrots is the same and those are not just screams they are communicating with each other it sound like a lot of bla bla bla -i guess they will think the same about a bunch of people talking at ones ---
I love this video!! I'm glad for the appreciation for some of our lovely common suburban residents like the phoebe, theyre so cute. I love band tailed pigeons too, they make such large flapping noises
Cool video, I live in San Fernando CA and one summer evening I saw and counted about 60 parrots or pandemonium in my front yard on the big tree. Load little creatures.They were there for abut 20 min and then they all flew away. They do come back to the same tree every year. I would like to know how they became native to Southern California
Born and raised in the SF Valley here. Been seeing them annually for the past 40 or so years. The rumor is when Busch Gardens closed up in here in '79, a bunch of the parrots managed to escape and these are probably descendants of those that escaped or were freed. I have seen huge flocks of 50+, usually seen between Apr to October when it is much warmer and usually just before sunset.
Here in Miami there’s parrots everywhere u can hear and see the large flocks flying over neighborhoods. Also if there’s a large fruit tree in your neighborhood you’re bound to see them there as well. If you’re lucky you can even see macaws sometimes. They’re nice they help with the tropical feel the place has
Here in San Diego we have them as well, they come to my backyard every morning the other day I saw 1 lovely couple kissing right in front of my window was amazing.😻
We have little green parrots here in Westwood. But just recently when I was riding down Overland crossing Pico, I heard this noise like fake high-pitched laughing and I thought that someone was playing some soundtrack as a joke from one of the cars. It was literally like high pitched, "Ha ha ha ha ha, haaaa"... Then I looked up and I saw a flock of very large parrots, with very long tails. I don't know what kind they were, but it almost sounded like they were imitating a human laughing. It was really strange and funny at the same time.
Thank you for sharing your high quality video-you spotted a lot of other great birds on the way! The Black Phoebe is one of my favorites. The Amazon Parrots are also well known in Orange County, which is south of L.A. They fly in pairs (either mating pairs or mentor-mentee pairs) at sunset, and in the spring you can find hundreds hanging out on phone lines (now that’s a very loud sight!). Some find them annoying but I love them, and I am glad that their exotic fruit diet makes them likely not invasive to other species so that they are welcome to stay here.
Thanks for watching! I love the Black Phoebe as well. That was one I saw in the bird book beforehand and was glad I got to see in person. Very fun to watch.
Years ago when we served a sabbatical in Pasadena, a colony of parrots lived in a dead palm tree on the street. In the morning the flock would fly to feeding grounds ( I guess) and return in the evening to settle for the night. It was fascinating!
If you ever come back to Pasadena, for the parrots, a great spot to find hundreds of them is in a large tree, in the parking lot of the Arroyo Seco Tennis club... and the best time to view them is in the evening, around 7 pm. They all seem to be returning to nest in the huge pine, and it's a cacophony of sound and activity!!
DUDE. Those are the same Parrots that passed by here just NOW, in Torrance CA! They woke me up with all their chirping and seen them hanging around our front yard big tree. I was like.. these arent ur typical morning birds… and i just see about 100 of em chirping away. Beautiful greenish,white,red parrots. Was real nice to see em 👍
The Amazon parrot you showed first is a red crowned or Mexican Red Headed Amazon parrot. Both names are correct. They are native to where from, Tamaulipas and they are endangered. Luckily they are thriving In California
When I lived in the Bay Area, the first thing I noticed was the Mockingbird, and had one nesting above my bedroom. Loved the song but not the lack of sleep, lol. No parrots where I was, i think it got too cold in the east bay, but definitely knew of them in parts of SF.
Update Im near downtown Long Beach and there’s 2-4 parrots a day. They wake me up with their squawking at 5:45am everyday lol. I don’t mind it but my roommates hate it 😂
I found your video because I’m in Pasadena and looked up and saw a parrot haha I thought wait a second was that a parrot. Ended up on google and then here I am!
I loved your video! You confirmed my identification of the phoebe that I have been seeing! My grandma used to feed a pair of scrub jays peanuts. She got him to come right up to her.
thanks for this video. before I moved to LA my parents briefly lived in Miami in the 90s. and I'm nearly positive these screeching parrots were there too.
Hey I live in this area, Burbank specifically, and the birds aren’t all the same species. We learned about it in school that the green is the most dominant color among parrots and that there’s multiple different breeds that fly in the flock and cross breed. You can even find African Grey’s in the flocks sometimes but their color strongly stands out Edit: looked it up and there are 13 species of parrot that, not including the rare African grey.
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Busch Gardens in Van Nuys only a few miles from my home town of Granada Hills let most of them go when the amusement park was being torn down, they accidentally destroyed a huge aviary that was connected to several other aviaries letting loose nearly 1200 birds of many species like Macaw's, African Grays and many Parrots but mostly Amazon Parrots that you can find on almost every block with a nut or fruit tree on it, they all like the Peacon trees in our backyards. In my neighborhood we get several Scarlett Macaw's that come and eat our block long of trees with large seed pods, we have had a Hyacinth Macaw that someone caught with a gun shot powered net that all of us tried to get him to leave, but he showed us he had three of the type and a female he may like so we let it go at that. Over at a park a mile away there are several dozen Amazon Parrots along with African Grays that I have not seen in a year or so. The most notable though have been the peach faced love birds that our local Sparrow Hawks, Redtailed and Coopers Hawks along with Peregrine Falcons we see now and then love them for a snack along with the Sparrows and Doves. I had an encounter with a Falcon when one either knocked down a fast flying Dove fly into the front window of my bedroom trying to avoid or was hit by the Falcon. After I heard the bang, I saw the Falcon over the Dove so no one else could see it. The Falcon then removed a bunch of feathers and ate most of the internal organs of the bird before taking off. I can't believe the amount of birds you can see here in the San Fernando valley if you just sit in our park and listen, it's like we're in some Amazon Jungle,! By the way, I have had on two separate occasions peach faced Love birds land in my backyard , one landed on my chair I sit on under my trees wanting food and water, I put my finger out and they let me handle them. I had a cockatiel a few years before so I still had this very expensive cage I went overboard on that the Love birds loved. I had the first one for four years before he died of old age. Then a few years later another love bird landed on my back step while I was sitting around my pool. I went and opened the back door and he walked right in! Again, he let me pick him up, or fingered him and put him in the cage, I had him for almost six years before he passed. That bird I could take outside and let him fly. He would do circles around my house calling out, land and get a drink then off again. He would do this for about a half hour then when he was done he would land on this hanging potted plant next to my back door. I would open the screen and door and he would either fly to the back of the lounge chair I sit in or to his cage. That was a very smart love bird and had a good vocabulary of sounds like knocking, pings from a computer and different sounds he would pick up from the Radio or TV. I miss that bird, one of the best species to have as a friend.
I grew up with a flock of 200+ parrots. Every morning at 6 am they would feast from an apple tree then socialize in a sycamore tree. The apple tree was destroyed after being striped of bark and the parrots don’t show up anymore.
You're alright. I lived in Wisc. for 10 years and was my experience that the only time the natives would look at a bird is when they were pointing a gun at it. I used to live in Glendora, east of Pasadena. There were a couple dozen parrots that lived in the date palms out front. Every morning at first light, they'd collect on my balcony railing and squawk away. It was such a cool sight, it didn't bother me they woke me up early.
Enjoyed the video. At 8:55 - That is a Cherry Head Conure. Story is that a few accidentally escaped many years ago and eventually formed a colony. - Stephanie
In San Diego we have a large population of these parrots and much smaller populations of four other species. In late spring the carrotwood trees produce an orange fruit/nut and our trees all full of red crested Amazons for 5-6 weeks. They are thriving and seen throughout SD county now. Many roosts are in the community of Ocean Beach and they migrate inland in the morning for food and can be seen in large numbers returning to the coast in the late afternoon. Thirty of them outside of your domicile in the early morning will certainly gain your attention from the volume and it’s great. Another fifty years and they’ll be quite common in SoCal as the climate and food sources are ideal.
Living in Australia parrots (mainly cockatoos) are everywhere. The noise will make you want to bang your head off a wall. There is a group of almost 5000 pink and grey galahs that live in my neighbourhood
Where I am in Northern California luckily we don’t have parrots. There are so many introduced species, us listers often have seen 20+ introduced species in the state. That’s why most people keep two lists, one including and and one excluding introduced species. If your ever thinking on heading out to California, I can point you in the right direction to find pacific coast or mountain specialties
@@BadgerlandBirding Some of my favorite local warblers are Hermit and Black-Throated Gray. When spiring migrations happening, you'll hear those songs everywhere.WInters alway great for Sparrows, getting migrants from pretty much everywhere. Golden-crowneds are common in winter. And with a little searching and knowing the right places you can often find some pretty interesting stuff, like Bell's and Sagebrush Sparrow. Lawrences Goldfinch are some cool coastal specialties. Pretty much most of the western birds can bee seen at some point of the year here. Probably the bird I think of when I think of Costal California is the Wrentit, singing it's distinctive song in the coastal scrub. Where I am were lucky to have one of the countries best vagrant trap, point Reyes. Most years we get most of the eastern wood warblers, some flycatchers and vireos. Mexican overshoots come, like Yellow-green Vireo and blue footed and brown boobies seen off the shore.I've been getting Red-throated Pipit yearly the past couple years. Point Reyes has gotten all of the longspurs. European Visitors like Eurasian Dotterel, Eurasian Kestrel, Eurasian Skylark and Dusky Warbler and two species of wagtail have shown up, all in my county alone. The California coast is a great place to bird
If u want a good spot where there are hundreds of em flying around go to pepper street in pasadena or around that area, right before sundown they fly around constantly if u look closely u can actually see them flying into eachother because theres so much flying in a flock
@@BadgerlandBirding awesome! I live in Stockton California and I live in an apartment complex, and have an Anna’s hummingbird female living in the small Japanese paper tree in my yard.
They all over the San Diego county I seen them on the beach ocean beach and way east to El Cajon in a huge flock like thousand , I wounded what they eat so at least maybe we consider growing the food they like
There are isolated pockets of wild parrots living throughout the Southern U.S. With the Monk Parakeet seemingly able to deal with the NYC climate. I'm rather hoping that they can expand out of suburbia and start making it in more rural areas. We used to have at least one native species of parrot, the Carolina Parakeet, and would love to see it replaced by other species just to increase biodiversity in the U.S.
in longbeach near the belmont pool and peir there are red faced parrots all along the road on the eucalyptis trees grown in a row, in palmtrees that are a hundred foot tall usually from there to the wilson high school and bank but they can go miles from that at the Eldoraldo wooded area next to the one near the senior center has a hawk, and so does cherry park, 2 parents and a paler feathered tan young bird with a large nest at the top o f a strong tree next to the stage with a round shaped trunk elevated with huge roots and sparrows, mockingbirds, crows and ravens are more inland, over youth schools seagulls can develop a pattern to go there
I have seen them ( or a similar flock ) in me backyard 2 or maybe 3 times(ish) over the years. There's quite a few birds on my culdesac. Besides the finches , doves , same bluebird couple , there were these small black birds with bellow beaks in healthy numbers , maybe a couple of years ago. I think it was in the winter or fall. Maybe? Hawks as well. More than a few years ago there was a murder of 1000s of crows about a quarter of a mile as well. I never found out what happened to them. I am about 15 miles south of pasadena. I have not seen the parrots in at least 8 years. Probably more. Do you know if the pair of blue jays are the same couple or their offspring perhaps. Lol. I guess it can't be the same because it's been decades. Offspring? And the black birds ? Thankyouverymuch
There’s more than 5 but Lilac Crowned Amazon, Nanday Parakeet, Yellow Headed Amazon, Monk Parakeet, Red-masked Parakeet are 5 more. 🦜 if you look it up you can find a list online. californiaparrots.us
Badgerland Birding maybe I have planted a ton but they were interested in this green tree with spikes on the trunk and had pink flowers 🌺 that look like that it was huge and grew huge seeds the size of your hand and on. The inside they had cotton with like seeds
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that might be all true but the parrots have been in Pasadena since the 1920ties when a truck overturned spilling them out--their main roost was at the retired teachers homes villiage on villa street west of el molino --i was a paper boy in that area in the 50ties and everybody around there knew the story
I like having these parrots around. A speck of tropical wildlife.
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In Alhambra, a few minutes from Pasadena, there are THOUSANDS. To they're extremely noisy! We like to watch them in the mornings. They love to hang out in the palm trees. You can find them usually squawking and chasing each other off in the morning. They're pretty amazing.
So that solves the mystery of the loud palm birds I heard in the am/pm in Alhambra! I had no idea they were parrots, as they hid in the tall trees! Wow!!!
The rumor or story is, a few years back there was a wildfire in Monrovia and domestic parrots were released from a pet store that was near these fires. The birds survived and flourished. They are now wild parrots native to the San Gabriel Valley.
I heard the fire was in east los Angeles.
I lived in Monrovia and heard that rumor too
Same story for the parrots in Redondo Beach.
not native ! but considering benign to the local ecosystems since they mainly feed on non native fruits and nuts
that might be all true but the parrots have been in Pasadena since the 1920ties when a truck overturned spilling them out--their main roost was at the retired teachers homes villiage on villa west of el molino --i was a paper boy in that area in the 50ties and everybody around there knew the story
Great stuff! Thanks for capturing our Pasadena Parrots so well. They are my morning alarm clock.
Russ T thank you! Sounds like a great way to start the morning :)
I live in California and I’ve been seeing these parrots since I was a lad
Papi Chulo are you a fan of them?
me too! i love them
Great video you got of the parrots in Pasadena. They are often in large groups and all making loud calls in my neighborhood.
Seen them at my grandmas house in El Sereno, very loud and smaller than expected. Beautiful lil guys
I’m wondering why they call them Pasadena Parrots. I’m in Lynwood CA and these parrots have been driving me insane for the past week! They fill 3 huge trees surrounding my house. One in each of my neighbors front yard and a huge tree in the backyard thats adjacent to my backyard. It’s like I’m in the middle of a parrot triangle. They scream and fly from tree to tree all day long. It’s the worse in the evenings because they just fly in a huge flock from tree to tree clockwise while screaming until they tire out I guess. Then around 6am they start their screaming again. There has to be at least 200 of them, it’s just insane!
Pasadena was just the area I happened to be in when I first noticed them. And yeah, it's pretty crazy how many there are. Definitely caught me by surprise :)
shannona80 I have one of these parrots with me at home I rescued from a bad person he ( Pepe the parrot) is free all day long at home with plenty of food water and friends he is still very wild and yes he can scream very very loudly but since I have it I will never change him for any other animal I try to keep him wild he is 4 years old and only reap one word when he is afraid an that is( periquito) that's the signal to come and save me -when he start to scream is because there are many more parrots flying close by or because he wants company in general he is a great pet he flies all over the hose and so far he didn't destroy any thing -for me his screams are like classic music It doesn't bother me at all I take it like a Canadian man who always walk by my house drunk with a beer in his hand screaming--Canada is the best- you probably have your own way to express happiness with parrots is the same and those are not just screams they are communicating with each other it sound like a lot of bla bla bla -i guess they will think the same about a bunch of people talking at ones ---
*im in Long Beach and theyre always up in the palm trees squawking. Theyre cute tho*
Living with wild, screaming parrots is an insanity I could deal with.......
It’s lovely having them around, beautiful animals just living their lives like the rest of us 💕
I love this video!! I'm glad for the appreciation for some of our lovely common suburban residents like the phoebe, theyre so cute. I love band tailed pigeons too, they make such large flapping noises
Cool video, I live in San Fernando CA and one summer evening I saw and counted about 60 parrots or pandemonium in my front yard on the big tree. Load little creatures.They were there for abut 20 min and then they all flew away. They do come back to the same tree every year. I would like to know how they became native to Southern California
Born and raised in the SF Valley here. Been seeing them annually for the past 40 or so years. The rumor is when Busch Gardens closed up in here in '79, a bunch of the parrots managed to escape and these are probably descendants of those that escaped or were freed.
I have seen huge flocks of 50+, usually seen between Apr to October when it is much warmer and usually just before sunset.
Here in Miami there’s parrots everywhere u can hear and see the large flocks flying over neighborhoods. Also if there’s a large fruit tree in your neighborhood you’re bound to see them there as well. If you’re lucky you can even see macaws sometimes. They’re nice they help with the tropical feel the place has
Seeing the Macaws sounds really cool!
Here in San Diego we have them as well, they come to my backyard every morning the other day I saw 1 lovely couple kissing right in front of my window was amazing.😻
DymondQueen 1 Glad you’re enjoying them :)
We have little green parrots here in Westwood. But just recently when I was riding down Overland crossing Pico, I heard this noise like fake high-pitched laughing and I thought that someone was playing some soundtrack as a joke from one of the cars. It was literally like high pitched, "Ha ha ha ha ha, haaaa"... Then I looked up and I saw a flock of very large parrots, with very long tails. I don't know what kind they were, but it almost sounded like they were imitating a human laughing. It was really strange and funny at the same time.
I just saw two of them at my college, Loyola Marymount University.
David Young nice!
Great video 👍
Thanks!
Thank you for sharing your high quality video-you spotted a lot of other great birds on the way! The Black Phoebe is one of my favorites. The Amazon Parrots are also well known in Orange County, which is south of L.A. They fly in pairs (either mating pairs or mentor-mentee pairs) at sunset, and in the spring you can find hundreds hanging out on phone lines (now that’s a very loud sight!). Some find them annoying but I love them, and I am glad that their exotic fruit diet makes them likely not invasive to other species so that they are welcome to stay here.
Thanks for watching! I love the Black Phoebe as well. That was one I saw in the bird book beforehand and was glad I got to see in person. Very fun to watch.
Years ago when we served a sabbatical in Pasadena, a colony of parrots lived in a dead palm tree on the street. In the morning the flock would fly to feeding grounds ( I guess) and return in the evening to settle for the night. It was fascinating!
That’s awesome!
If you ever come back to Pasadena, for the parrots, a great spot to find hundreds of them is in a large tree, in the parking lot of the Arroyo Seco Tennis club... and the best time to view them is in the evening, around 7 pm. They all seem to be returning to nest in the huge pine, and it's a cacophony of sound and activity!!
DUDE. Those are the same Parrots that passed by here just NOW, in Torrance CA! They woke me up with all their chirping and seen them hanging around our front yard big tree. I was like.. these arent ur typical morning birds… and i just see about 100 of em chirping away. Beautiful greenish,white,red parrots. Was real nice to see em 👍
Yeah they are super cool!
One of my favorite documentaries is The wild parrots of Telegraph Hill."
Will have to check that out!
I'm 34 and born and raised in LA. My enitre life I've seen parrots. But I've noticed theyre virtually in all of California now. Not just LA.
They have definitely spread
Oldie but gold
Indeed!
I live in Glendora, since it’s spring I have seen them everyday, they are so loud!! They always wake me up lol
The Amazon parrot you showed first is a red crowned or Mexican Red Headed Amazon parrot. Both names are correct. They are native to where from, Tamaulipas and they are endangered. Luckily they are thriving In California
That is true. Thanks for watching!
When I lived in the Bay Area, the first thing I noticed was the Mockingbird, and had one nesting above my bedroom. Loved the song but not the lack of sleep, lol. No parrots where I was, i think it got too cold in the east bay, but definitely knew of them in parts of SF.
Lakewood, Long Beach and Whittier is like infiltrated
I see them at the same time everyday
J can you take videos ? Please
Yeah take vids and show us!
Where in Long Beach and Lakewood?
I'm in Anaheim. I see a pair at least once or twice a day, and every few weeks, I'll catch a group of over a dozen flying over.
Update Im near downtown Long Beach and there’s 2-4 parrots a day. They wake me up with their squawking at 5:45am everyday lol. I don’t mind it but my roommates hate it 😂
I found your video because I’m in Pasadena and looked up and saw a parrot haha I thought wait a second was that a parrot. Ended up on google and then here I am!
Welcome! It’s definitely an interesting story!
🔥 Great video! 🔥 Thanks for sharing.
Here in Cologne we also got them. I see them every day on my way to work it's just amazing. I love them
They’re very cool creatures!
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I was looking for months for a good birding channel and i found one today
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I got to see Nanday parakeets in Florida. Cool experience.
I loved your video! You confirmed my identification of the phoebe that I have been seeing! My grandma used to feed a pair of scrub jays peanuts. She got him to come right up to her.
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed the vid!
They are So loud on my old street they would start squawking around 3am.😂
thanks for this video.
before I moved to LA my parents briefly lived in Miami in the 90s. and I'm nearly positive these screeching parrots were there too.
You’re welcome! It’s possible. Florida is home to a ton of nonnative species.
I live in uptown Whittier and these damn pterodactyl birds wake me up at like 6 AM every day.
Haha, that's a hilarious description
That's exactly how I describe them They're hella annoying in Pico
Well leave LA then they been here before you were born chump
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Hey I live in this area, Burbank specifically, and the birds aren’t all the same species. We learned about it in school that the green is the most dominant color among parrots and that there’s multiple different breeds that fly in the flock and cross breed. You can even find African Grey’s in the flocks sometimes but their color strongly stands out
Edit: looked it up and there are 13 species of parrot that, not including the rare African grey.
Yeah, I heard there were a bunch of different kinds. I didn’t get a definitive look at any other kinds
I heard one once and it sounded like a little boy crying for help so I went outside and saw the bird calling
Haha that’s interesting
Pasadena needs a ton of random pirates now! 😂😂😂
Great video as always!! I visit burbank often. This is cool that the place has so many. Where can start my search my this year? thanks
Your search for parrots?
@@BadgerlandBirding Yes, Parrots
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You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Busch Gardens in Van Nuys only a few miles from my home town of Granada Hills let most of them go when the amusement park was being torn down, they accidentally destroyed a huge aviary that was connected to several other aviaries letting loose nearly 1200 birds of many species like Macaw's, African Grays and many Parrots but mostly Amazon Parrots that you can find on almost every block with a nut or fruit tree on it, they all like the Peacon trees in our backyards. In my neighborhood we get several Scarlett Macaw's that come and eat our block long of trees with large seed pods, we have had a Hyacinth Macaw that someone caught with a gun shot powered net that all of us tried to get him to leave, but he showed us he had three of the type and a female he may like so we let it go at that. Over at a park a mile away there are several dozen Amazon Parrots along with African Grays that I have not seen in a year or so. The most notable though have been the peach faced love birds that our local Sparrow Hawks, Redtailed and Coopers Hawks along with Peregrine Falcons we see now and then love them for a snack along with the Sparrows and Doves. I had an encounter with a Falcon when one either knocked down a fast flying Dove fly into the front window of my bedroom trying to avoid or was hit by the Falcon. After I heard the bang, I saw the Falcon over the Dove so no one else could see it. The Falcon then removed a bunch of feathers and ate most of the internal organs of the bird before taking off. I can't believe the amount of birds you can see here in the San Fernando valley if you just sit in our park and listen, it's like we're in some Amazon Jungle,! By the way, I have had on two separate occasions peach faced Love birds land in my backyard , one landed on my chair I sit on under my trees wanting food and water, I put my finger out and they let me handle them. I had a cockatiel a few years before so I still had this very expensive cage I went overboard on that the Love birds loved. I had the first one for four years before he died of old age. Then a few years later another love bird landed on my back step while I was sitting around my pool. I went and opened the back door and he walked right in! Again, he let me pick him up, or fingered him and put him in the cage, I had him for almost six years before he passed. That bird I could take outside and let him fly. He would do circles around my house calling out, land and get a drink then off again. He would do this for about a half hour then when he was done he would land on this hanging potted plant next to my back door. I would open the screen and door and he would either fly to the back of the lounge chair I sit in or to his cage. That was a very smart love bird and had a good vocabulary of sounds like knocking, pings from a computer and different sounds he would pick up from the Radio or TV. I miss that bird, one of the best species to have as a friend.
P&Wengineering so many different stories surrounding the origin 🤔
I grew up with a flock of 200+ parrots. Every morning at 6 am they would feast from an apple tree then socialize in a sycamore tree. The apple tree was destroyed after being striped of bark and the parrots don’t show up anymore.
You're alright. I lived in Wisc. for 10 years and was my experience that the only time the natives would look at a bird is when they were pointing a gun at it.
I used to live in Glendora, east of Pasadena. There were a couple dozen parrots that lived in the date palms out front. Every morning at first light, they'd collect on my balcony railing and squawk away. It was such a cool sight, it didn't bother me they woke me up early.
My dad had one of these as a pet growing up.
*i live in the coast of Southern California and i see a lot of those parrots i hear it at school just anywhere where there are big trees*
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I enjoyed this
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Enjoyed the video.
At 8:55 - That is a Cherry Head Conure. Story is that a few accidentally escaped many years ago and eventually formed a colony. - Stephanie
In San Diego we have a large population of these parrots and much smaller populations of four other species. In late spring the carrotwood trees produce an orange fruit/nut and our trees all full of red crested Amazons for 5-6 weeks. They are thriving and seen throughout SD county now. Many roosts are in the community of Ocean Beach and they migrate inland in the morning for food and can be seen in large numbers returning to the coast in the late afternoon. Thirty of them outside of your domicile in the early morning will certainly gain your attention from the volume and it’s great. Another fifty years and they’ll be quite common in SoCal as the climate and food sources are ideal.
I was in pasadena today and saw a parrot, green body with yellow crown.
Gixxer90 Nice! Maybe a Yellow-headed Amazon?
From the madison area and moved to Pasadena . The parrots are ridiculously loud every morning. I had no idea what they were until i googled it 😂
Haha, SO loud. Thanks for checking out our channel, and hope you enjoyed the vid :)
I remember seeing a flock of parakeets in the I.E when I was little.
Cool!
they are found in center la (pico/la Cienega) and many in Beverly hills
I believe it!
Living in Australia parrots (mainly cockatoos) are everywhere. The noise will make you want to bang your head off a wall. There is a group of almost 5000 pink and grey galahs that live in my neighbourhood
Haha, are all of those native in Australia or are there some non-natives?
The Mocking Birds are seasonal.
4:26 This phoebe looks like a juvenile. Very cute birds.
Definitely possible! It was fairly tame
Where I am in Northern California luckily we don’t have parrots. There are so many introduced species, us listers often have seen 20+ introduced species in the state. That’s why most people keep two lists, one including and and one excluding introduced species. If your ever thinking on heading out to California, I can point you in the right direction to find pacific coast or mountain specialties
Connor Cochrane interesting! And that would be great! What are some of the coolest coastal birds to see out there?
@@BadgerlandBirding Some of my favorite local warblers are Hermit and Black-Throated Gray. When spiring migrations happening, you'll hear those songs everywhere.WInters alway great for Sparrows, getting migrants from pretty much everywhere. Golden-crowneds are common in winter. And with a little searching and knowing the right places you can often find some pretty interesting stuff, like Bell's and Sagebrush Sparrow. Lawrences Goldfinch are some cool coastal specialties. Pretty much most of the western birds can bee seen at some point of the year here. Probably the bird I think of when I think of Costal California is the Wrentit, singing it's distinctive song in the coastal scrub. Where I am were lucky to have one of the countries best vagrant trap, point Reyes. Most years we get most of the eastern wood warblers, some flycatchers and vireos. Mexican overshoots come, like Yellow-green Vireo and blue footed and brown boobies seen off the shore.I've been getting Red-throated Pipit yearly the past couple years. Point Reyes has gotten all of the longspurs. European Visitors like Eurasian Dotterel, Eurasian Kestrel, Eurasian Skylark and Dusky Warbler and two species of wagtail have shown up, all in my county alone. The California coast is a great place to bird
There's 2 flocks in Mid City, Los Angeles (by downtown) they're always around during sunset haha
Nice!
The pet store fire is the most common story.
For some reason I thought you were in Wisconsin finding parrots!
You can find Monk Parakeets in nearby Illinois!
Next time you're in LA a great place to see even more feral parrots is at King Gillette ranch just outside of Los Angeles.
Kaitlin Callahan awesome! Thanks, will definitely have to check it out if I’m in the area again :)
They are quite the squawkers.
Charlie Sanchez Salinas they sure are.
If u want a good spot where there are hundreds of em flying around go to pepper street in pasadena or around that area, right before sundown they fly around constantly if u look closely u can actually see them flying into eachother because theres so much flying in a flock
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I’m surprised you didn’t see any Anna’s hummingbird
I had one Black-chinned nearby but no Anna’s.
@@BadgerlandBirding awesome! I live in Stockton California and I live in an apartment complex, and have an Anna’s hummingbird female living in the small Japanese paper tree in my yard.
They all over the San Diego county I seen them on the beach ocean beach and way east to El Cajon in a huge flock like thousand , I wounded what they eat so at least maybe we consider growing the food they like
There are isolated pockets of wild parrots living throughout the Southern U.S. With the Monk Parakeet seemingly able to deal with the NYC climate. I'm rather hoping that they can expand out of suburbia and start making it in more rural areas. We used to have at least one native species of parrot, the Carolina Parakeet, and would love to see it replaced by other species just to increase biodiversity in the U.S.
Darth Belal there are Monk Parakeets in the Chicago area as well. Missing the Carolina Parakeet though 😢
Yeah they live in long beach also, they like eating the fruit of the magnolia trees
Sounds about right 👍
in longbeach near the belmont pool and peir there are red faced parrots all along the road on the eucalyptis trees grown in a row, in palmtrees that are a hundred foot tall
usually from there to the wilson high school and bank but they can go miles from that
at the Eldoraldo wooded area next to the one near the senior center has a hawk, and so does cherry park, 2 parents and a paler feathered tan young bird with a large nest at the top o f a strong tree next to the stage with a round shaped trunk elevated with huge roots
and sparrows, mockingbirds, crows and ravens are more inland, over youth schools seagulls can develop a pattern to go there
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A Red-Crowned Amazon Parrot walked into our house years ago. And we've kept him (or her) ever since. (We also live in Az).
I live in sylmar ca and I see them parrots every morning flying around sf mission area
Nice!
I have seen them ( or a similar flock ) in me backyard 2 or maybe 3 times(ish) over the years. There's quite a few birds on my culdesac. Besides the finches , doves , same bluebird couple , there were these small black birds with bellow beaks in healthy numbers , maybe a couple of years ago. I think it was in the winter or fall. Maybe? Hawks as well. More than a few years ago there was a murder of 1000s of crows about a quarter of a mile as well. I never found out what happened to them. I am about 15 miles south of pasadena. I have not seen the parrots in at least 8 years. Probably more. Do you know if the pair of blue jays are the same couple or their offspring perhaps. Lol. I guess it can't be the same because it's been decades. Offspring? And the black birds ? Thankyouverymuch
They are in Long Beach also.
TieFighter34 in front of vons in Belmont shores there’s a bunch
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I always see them here in Hemet Ca
Alexis Medina nice!
You know, sometimes I wonder if some of these feral species, like these parrots, will become their own species
If they’re isolated from all other populations it could happen over time.
Parrots are secret characters.
Tengo un colibrí bebé y tiene una alita rota por favor ayuda, estoy en Los Angeles CA
i live in monterrey mexico and i see thousands of them every day i dont think they are under extintion threat not at least here ..
rht785 Thanks for watching! :) They are doing quite well in California, haha.
What are the other 5 feral parrots of california?
There’s more than 5 but Lilac Crowned Amazon, Nanday Parakeet, Yellow Headed Amazon, Monk Parakeet, Red-masked Parakeet are 5 more. 🦜 if you look it up you can find a list online. californiaparrots.us
@@BadgerlandBirding Ok thank is really neat
@@thatScoutdog you’re welcome. Yeah it is! I would have loved to see some of the other parrot species while I was there.
There was fire at a pet shop in south pasedena
Different city than pasedena
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I woud travel for work in South El Monte at Legg Lake and in Inglewood
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what street's ?
Sola Fide they were kind of all over the place in the Pasadena area.
How can I catch one to keep as a pet
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I had parrots come to my home every day and I hade those birds Because of a tree that’s was chopped down and now I hear them pass 😞
Edward Jimenez 😞 Maybe you can plant another tree in your yard for them to come to :)
Badgerland Birding maybe I have planted a ton but they were interested in this green tree with spikes on the trunk and had pink flowers 🌺 that look like that it was huge and grew huge seeds the size of your hand and on. The inside they had cotton with like seeds
Badgerland Birding they liked the silk floss tree they especially put there eggs in the cotton pods
Drive me nuts
The parrots came from east los Angeles not pasadena.
Nobody claimed they originated in Pasadena.
Pstasidae 🥰🦜
Lol indangerd I think not there's thousands of them in pasadena
Endangered in their native range, bud
Put a lot of audio players in the trees with swear words on infinite repeat Flocks of wild cussing parrots would be awesome
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Escaped pets. Or dumped by a useless human!
Hard to say about the origin at this point, unless somebody comes forwards and says they did it, haha
Please eradicate them, USA don't have native parrots.
They are not doing anything to our habitat here in So Cal, so you have to live with them.
Many are dying out in their natural habitat. Why not let them stay in SoCal where they're safe?
What harm do they do to you? They are seeking shelter and safe living jerk. They are beautiful birds.
Rhythmical Some people want them to be gone but if they did eradicate them they could be assisting the extinction of a species.
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Sanctuary city that is the angels, close to God and away from humans with a bad heart because even the birds seek where to take refuge.
🔥 Great video! 🔥 Thanks for sharing.
🔥 Great video! 🔥 Thanks for sharing.
Paul Argueta thanks!