Green Parakeets

There is a population of wild Green Parakeets that flies in to roost on the wires at a particular intersection in McAllen every evening.

It is not a quiet process.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzGhHBAvy5U

Parakeets aren’t the only birds coming in. The wires and trees are filled for blocks with grackles, blackbirds, starlings, cowbirds, and parakeets. In the video clip, some of the birds on the top wire are grackles. The rest are parakeets.