Wild New Jersey Exclusive: A Taste of the Tropics in Carteret



                                       
                                                                                Photos by David Wheeler.
Monk parrots - a species more commonly found in Brazil, Uruguay and Bolivia - have established themselves in colonies in New Jersey, not exactly a tropical jungle.  Yet the urban landscapes of Edgewater, Ridgefield, and Carteret have proven to offer the parrots the right mix of habitat, food, and shelter.
 
Wild New Jersey's David Wheeler recently visited one of the monk parrot colonies at a nest in a hardscrabble section of Carteret.  Their nest was attached to a transformer on a power line, located just above an abandoned lot near a row of warehouses and apartment housing.  The bright green of the parrots stood out on the otherwise bleak, overgrown gravel lot - yet nothing stood out more than the parrots' raucous call.
 
Click here, here, and here for other recent stories about this amazing South American immigrant's story.


                                  

Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 5/27/2009 12:00 PM
Categories: WNJ Exclusives, Birds
Tags: monk parrots carteret
 

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  • 4/4/2013 12:45 AM Bruce Oxner wrote:
    I have many better photos, I tracked the colonie all summer, I'm guessing about 60 birds over the 5 nests I found.
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