Cherry Blossom’s season is for birds in Brooklyn.
In the Cemetery of Greenwood, the annual flourishing of the vibrant pink trees is also a time for an unusual and local view, through the Periquitos of Fluorescent Green Monk, which are perched on the branches to enjoy an annual spring feast.
Tree fruit bulbs are a favorite meal for wild birds, which makes it a mixture of colors in the branches that is exclusive to the cemetery cherry flower flower.
“We have a fairly beautiful collection of Japanese cherry trees that really make a show.
“If Cherry Blossom’s season is exciting people to visit Greenwood, they are likely to be even more excited and, even more surprised to have that kind of commitment to wildlife that could have been unexpected.”
There are up to 75 Wild Monk Periquitos that live in the iconic cemetery, where legends such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Leonard Bernstein and Frederick August Otto (FAO) Schwarz have been resting.
The local tradition states that the species, native to Brazil and Argentina, reached the Big Apple Decades ago when they were imported to the John F. Kennedy airport as part of the pet trade, but escaped and extended through the five districts.
A significant population tok shelter in the cemetery, transforming the corners and cracks of the Gothic arch into an Apartment building of the bird size that “are constantly building and coined,” Evans said.
The birds are shameless and far from being shy to harvest the benefits of the cemetery cherry flower season full of flowers.
“I have seen them nibbling and eating the outbreaks of cherry trees,” Evans said.
“Many times you will see only the perquito of the monks feeding the fallen flowers, but you will also see them in the trees eating. And mainly they collect living twigs to return to their nest,” he continued.
“You will always listen to them before seeing them because they are very loud and happy.”
The parakeets are one of the favorites for Brooklyn Birders, who go to Greenwood throughout the year to see the green birds.
“It’s Brooklyn’s most beautiful park, once you overcome the spooky factor,” said Michael Castellano, 76, or Park Slope, to the post during an expedition on Wednesday.
“I have been taking photos of the [parakeets] For years. I hope the trees flourish to see them eat the outbreaks. “
Tod Winston, a Urban Biodiversity Specialist at the New York Bird Alliance, called Greenwood one of the best bird observation stops in the metropolitan area, partly thanks to its green population.
“I think all bird observers are excited about thesis birds. It is unusual to have them. Here. They are so beautiful and interesting,” Winston said.
“Parrot are so intelligent. They have such an interesting lifestyle in their communal apartments. I have the birds of the legs all my life, I was a child and I am still fascinated to see these birds. I am them and I see the city.”
The parakeets have already begun Feigne in the this year’s cherry shoots forest, partly in Yoshino’s cherry tree, which began its flowering last week.
The white and cloud -shaped trees are approximately 80 years old and online Battle Hill, infamously the highest point of Brooklyn and where the largest battle of the American revolutionary war.
The real cherry show in flower and stop will probably take place in the next week or two, when Evans hopes that Prunus Serrulata, the thick, pink and huge cherry trees, explode through the cemetery.
And if seeing green parakeets eating beautiful cherry trees is not entertaining enough, Evans suggested that visitors should visit small birds at dawn or dusk.
“They have their own daily routine. If you are in Greenwood during the golden hour and the sun is getting, you will see all the parakeets that return to the nest to put the night, and you will see some parakeets that percha are perched against sunset.”
They literally like to see the sunset every time. Then, in the morning, he will see them out of the nest and, like, bathe in the sun so that they warm before they come out. They are very cute. “
