Posts Tagged ‘wild parrots’
Monday, September 25th, 2017
For some reason dese boids live in Frisco’s northeast but then commute southwest on a daily basis.
So in the morning, you see them over the Western Addition going southwest and then in the evening, you see them heading back northwest, as here over the Golden Gate Park Panhandle, as seen a while back:
I haven’t ever seen this many in one flight outside of the Coit Tower / Financial District area.
I went looking for them about a dozen years ago – this was the view from the Filbert Steps:
Seems they reside in the north and east of Frisco, but they reverse commute south and west, for food, I assumed.
And here you have it – the fruits of the Inner Sunset and also the berries of Forest Hill
I figured it was something like this, and now, after 12 years, I see that it’s so…
Look to the Skies for Signs and Wonders.
Tags:2017, apple, bay area, california, cherry, commute, district, ecador, Eucalyptus, fruit, golden gate park, head, headed, hemisphere, inner, masked, norther, panhandle, parakeets, parrots, peru, photo, red, San Francisco, south america, southern, sunset, tasmania, telegraph hill, tree, wild, wild parrots
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2016
The range of dese boids has increased a lot since I first saw them on the Filbert Steps some 11 years ago:
Speaking of which, they still hang out there, but they aren’t as approachable as back in the day:
FAQ
And some shots from the Aughts…
Tags:2016, Animals, Arinae, bay area, bittner, blossom, board, california, cherry, Cherry-headed, conure, Conures, feeding, financial district, flock, flowering, golden gate park, green, hill, mark, masked, mating, panhandle, parakeet, parakeets, park, parrot, parrots, plum, red, red masked, San Francisco, supervisors, telegraph, tree, waterfront, wild, wild parrots
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Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016
As seen in the Financh, lately:
And as seen from the Filbert Steps, from back in aught-five:
And here’s the documentary from aught-three…
Tags:2016, bay area, birds, california, filbert steps, financial, San Francisco, telegraph hill, wild parrots
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Monday, September 28th, 2015
For some reason dese boids live in Frisco’s northeast but then commute southwest for feeding on a daily basis.
So in the morning, you see them over the Western Addition going southwest and then in the evening, you see them heading back northwest, as here over the Golden Gate Park Panhandle:
I haven’t ever seen this many in one flight outside of the Coit Tower / Financial District area.
I went looking for them about a decade ago – this was the view from the Filbert Steps:
It seems there are more birds now, but they’re not hanging out in one big flock anymore. That’s my impression anyway.
Just recently, I saw about ten crows chasing four red-green conures over the Panhandle – I’ve never seen that before either.
Look to the Skies for Signs and Wonders.
Tags:2015, australia, bay area, california, cherry, Conures, ecador, Eucalyptus, golden gate park, head, headed, hemisphere, masked, norther, panhandle, parakeets, parrots, peru, photo, red, San Francisco, south america, southern, tasmania, telegraph hill, tree, wild, wild parrots
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Thursday, August 20th, 2015
You know the Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, from Peru, right?
As seen from the Filbert Steps, 94133 on Telegraph Hill more than a decade ago:
And of course, you know our eucalyptus trees, from Australia, right?
Put them together and you’ve got this – a Southern Hemisphere smorgasbord, all the way up here in the Northern Hemisphere:
G’day, mi Amigo…
Tags:2015, australia, bay area, california, cherry, ecador, Eucalyptus, golden gate park, head, headed, hemisphere, masked, norther, panhandle, parakeets, parrots, peru, photo, red, San Francisco, south america, southern, tasmania, telegraph hill, tree, wild, wild parrots
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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015
Your pet-store Cherry-Headed Conures certainly are handsome animules (see below), but our Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill don’t really belong in Frisco, not really.
So the Hooded Oriole takes the crown
Here’s one [oh, if you want to add your comment to all the others, use this link] at Golden Gate Park’s Stow Lake from, IDK, a decade ago? This male has a blush of orange, as is typical for this time of year – they generally have more of a pure yellow color at other times:
Here’s an effort from Bob Gunderson‘s Dust Trombone from a few years back – dese boids are all over the place dese days, so enjoy them while they last.
Now here are your beauty champs from the 415’s Import Division:
A friendly pair in the Presidio.
They love to fly…
and eat flowers.
Look to the skies…
Tags:Animals, Arinae, bird, bittner, black, black bird, blackbird, blossom, breeding, california, cherry, Cherry-headed, conure, Conures, cucullatus, fan palm, feeding, financial district, flock, flowering, golden gate park, green, head, hill, hooded, Hooded Oriole, Icterus, male, mark, mating, New World, orange, oriole, ornamental, Palm, parakeet, park, parrot, parrots, plum, red, red masked, San Francisco, spring, Stow lake, telegraph, tree, waterfront, wild, wild parrots, yellow, yellow headed
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Thursday, September 13th, 2012
Back in the day down there betwixt San Francisco’s Financial District and the Golden Gateway Apartments, tourists would come along and just hold their hands out, with astonishing results.
Wild parrots looking for a handout – via Gwen in a great capture from 2007, before The Law:
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Ah mem’ries;
First it was all like this (Yes, this is the view you’ll get of the 415’s famous wild parrots from our Filbert Steps.)
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
But now it’s all like this. (Gee, should I get a Chinese character inked on my Europid skin and be a laughingstock for the rest of my life or should I get something cool like this instead? Mmmm, decisions, decisions…)
Wow! That’s a good one, Deanna Wardin of Tattoo Boogaloo.
That’s the best tattoo I’ve seen in the 415.
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill were made famous a few years back by the movie with the same name. Get the new Special Two-Disc Collector’s Edition today, why don’t you?
A friendly pair in the Presidio. Click to expand:
They love to fly…
and eat flowers.
Look to the Skies for Signs and Wonders…
Tags:Animals, Arinae, bittner, blossom, board, boogaloo, boogaloo tattoo, cherry, Cherry-headed, conure, Conures, deanna waedin, fedding, feed, feeding, financial district, flock, flowering, flying, green, hill, illegal, law, legal, mark, mating, north beach, parakeet, park, parrot, plum, red, red masked, San Francisco, scared, supervisors, tattoo, tattoo boogaloo, telegraph, tree, waterfront, wild, wild parrots, wOMAN
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Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Believe it or not, this is a color photograph of the Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill.
A view from the Financial from a few days back:
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But leave us remember more colorful San Francisco scenes…
First it was all like this (Yes, this is the view you’ll get of the 415’s famous wild parrots from our Filbert Steps.)
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill – Click to expand
But now it’s all like this. (Gee, should I get a Chinese character inked on my Europid skin and be a laughingstock for the rest of my life or should I get something cool like this instead? Mmmm, decisions, decisions…)
Wow! That’s a good one, Deanna Wardin of Tattoo Boogaloo.
[UPDATE: OMG, OMG, it’s their One Year Anniversary on July 30th, 2011 – Joyeux anniversaire, Tattoo du Boogaloo! All the deets.]
That’s the best tattoo I’ve seen in the 415.
Ever more deets, after the jump
(more…)
Tags:Animals, Arinae, bittner, blossom, board, boogaloo, boogaloo tattoo, cherry, Cherry-headed, conure, Conures, deanna waedin, feeding, financial district, flock, flowering, flying, green, hill, mark, mating, north beach, parakeet, park, parrot, plum, red, red masked, San Francisco, supervisors, tattoo, tattoo boogaloo, telegraph, tree, waterfront, wild, wild parrots
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Friday, July 15th, 2011
[UPDATE: OMG, OMG, it’s their One Year Anniversary on July 30th, 2011 – Joyeux anniversaire, Tattoo du Boogaloo! All the deets.]
First it was all like this (Yes, this is the view you’ll get of the 415’s famous wild parrots from our Filbert Steps.)
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill – Click to expand
But now it’s all like this. (Gee, should I get a Chinese character inked on my Europid skin and be a laughingstock for the rest of my life or should I get something cool like this instead? Mmmm, decisions, decisions…)
Wow! That’s a good one, Deanna Wardin of Tattoo Boogaloo.
That’s the best tattoo I’ve seen in the 415.
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill were made famous a few years back by the movie with the same name. Get the new Special Two-Disc Collector’s Edition today, why don’t you?
A friendly pair in the Presidio. Click to expand:
They love to fly…
and eat flowers.
Look to the skies…
Tags:Animals, Arinae, bittner, blossom, board, boogaloo, boogaloo tattoo, cherry, Cherry-headed, conure, Conures, deanna waedin, feeding, financial district, flock, flowering, flying, green, hill, mark, mating, north beach, parakeet, park, parrot, plum, red, red masked, San Francisco, supervisors, tattoo, tattoo boogaloo, telegraph, tree, waterfront, wild, wild parrots
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Monday, April 4th, 2011
Could be.
These South American parrots should feel right at home in a south-of-the-Equator tree, non?
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Will their chicks soon join the flock in Telegraph Hill?
Or maybe they’ll just end up hanging out in Sue Bierman Park eating flowers:
It will be one or the other, probably…
Tags:Animals, Arinae, bittner, blossom, cherry, Cherry-headed, collector's edition, conure, Conures, dvd, feeding, flock, flowering, green, hill, irving, judy, mark, mating, parakeet, parrot, parrots, red, red masked, San Francisco, telegraph, tree, waterfront, wild, wild parrots
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