Bird Watching: Attracting Monk Parrots, 1 by mrw31

mrw31 wrote:
They share pretty well with other birds. They are really more aggressive with one another than with other birds. I routinely get a big flock of sparrows, lots of doves, squirrels, bluejays and a few cardinals. They all seem to get along pretty well. The parrots aren't a continuous presence -- the larger flock comes around just before dusk. I also see them in the morning.

Hurricane Katrina took down all the tall trees in my backyard, so I don't have a lot of cover for any bird -- the sparrows like my neighbors bushes along the fenceline. The parrots seem to want to be high up so they favor the powerlines in front of the house and the two big trees in my backyard neighbors lots.

Here's a picture I took of the flock on the ground -- there were a lot of other birds right before I took this picture, but a lot of them notice me and took off before I could snap the shot.