I am always impressed by obscure websites.I was looking for statistics on the ringnecked parakeets which are living wild in the UK when I came across http://www.brooklynparrots.com/ which is a site dedicated wto the feral parakeets of New York. I don't know whether it is purely because I am as mad as a bagful of cheese at the moment, but I find it very easy to get sucked into the dramas of other people's animal-related adventures.
I guess that blogs like this fulfil the same emotional niche for me that soap operas do for other people.
I was particularly pleased to read the account from last week of how the introduced monk parakeets are now receiving legal protection..
For the past year, I have been working with NYC Council Member Tony Avella (Queens) in sheparding a proposed resolution calling for the protection of wild Quakers in New York City, and calling upon the NY State Legislature to change the State Environmental Conservation Law adding wild Quakers to the list of "protected birds."At the Stated Council Meeting of Tuesday, March 24, 2009, this proposal became reality when Council Member Avella introduced the proposed resolution, Resolution No. 1872-2009, to the Council. The resolution was immediately referred to the Council Committee on Environmental Protection, where, it will be discussed, and then probably open to public commeNt.
When that happens, testimony may be called for, and I ask that those of you especially most expert with wild Quakers, stand ready and volunteer some time for testimony.
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