On item that we’ve had, but failed to post during our hiatus was one of our favorites about the Smith Street parrots. Our Special Correspondent explains: “The parrot pic is (street name deleted to protect the parrot) and smith’s newest resident. Looks like looks like a baby of a bigger parrot that has been hanging out at (deleted to protect the parrot) all summer.” Doesn’t look like a Monk Parrot either, but we’re certain someone will definitively ID the bird in short order.
6 responses so far ↓
1 z // Oct 6, 2008 at 2:03 pm
she’s been in our garden and her name is trixie!!!!
2 Anonymous // Oct 6, 2008 at 6:00 pm
there is also a set of parakeets in the back gardens near smith, too.
3 Pre K Teacher // Oct 6, 2008 at 7:33 pm
No! we already named her “Smithie!” 🙂
She (?) hangs near Smith street a lot.
4 Seri West // Oct 7, 2008 at 9:31 am
Looks to me like a Cherry-headed Conure. The film “The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill” was based on them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_Parrots_of_Telegraph_Hill
5 anon // Oct 7, 2008 at 9:34 am
Peach-faced love bird.
6 z // Oct 9, 2008 at 11:39 am
my children and i thought long and hard about the trixie name-
and i think she lives in the telephone wire box in our garden.