parrots are magic
they make my day
the French say that love begins with a
coup de foudre or a thunder fight mine
began with a hurricane 1992 my daughter
and I heard the call of a well macaw and
the mangrove across the street we
dropped in and save the bird and that
bird became the love of my life I didn’t
know I was a parent lover until Big Bird
landed so to speak into my life right
now it’s a little bit like admitting to
you no statue of alcohol in the garage I
have six large macaws and what happened
was every time there was a macaw meeting
a home I said yes in addition to the
birds that I live with I am so blessed
to have these wild macaws come into my
backyard every single day
you know the first day they arrived I
was cleaning cages out in the patio and
the funny thing was is my blue and gold
macaw gave out the macaw greeting call
but then she said for good measure hello
pretty Birds I guess in Miami and pays
to be bilingual the first time I ever
saw a blue and yellow macaw in Miami was
always driving along I saw this flash of
electric blue above my car and it blew
my mind
it was my first-ever week in Miami and
really introduced me to what a fabulous
places there was mental died it was even
ranked home to talk about it
the great thing about Miami right is
that those things keep happening the
non-native carrot community in South
Florida is absolutely wild there’s more
than 10 species which are fairly
abundant and easy to observe they all
interact with each other and with native
species it’s really a unique situation
[Music]
blue and yellow macaws come from Central
and South America most large parrots
range quite widely across the natural
forest ecosystems where they occur and
move between fruits in trees and take
advantage of those trees where the fruit
is particularly right to eat at that
time in Miami that can be replicated
fairly well because there’s a lot of
ornamental tropical plants scattered
across the city you know where the
almond trees are they know where the
point Fianna trees are they know where
the feeders are if ships nesting sees
and I’ll get them in pairs or one a
couple of times a day but this time of
year that I can get as many as 11 or 12
it just makes my day to see them flying
free and that’s why I’m so distraught
that this magnificence is going to be
lost that these birds are not going to
be anymore if the birds do not come I am
petrified
I am so terrified that they’re being
poached because so many have disappeared
in the eight years since 2010 they’ve
gone from 44 down to 12 there are ads in
Craigslist parrots wanted it’s a big
business down here it is a vile horrible
big business the major means they use to
to get these birds is that they climb
the trees with either cleats or ladders
and they take the baby birds the other
nut that they use is they buy $300 net
bonds on eBay
and they shoot in that 35 feet in the
air and they sell them broken feet and
all
I can’t even use the word poaching
technically it’s not illegal to take
parrots according to Florida Fish and
Wildlife as a non-native species it’s
not illegal it’s taken but
philosophically I don’t think it’s a
great idea
not all non-native species are
necessarily invasive an invasive species
is a non-native species that enters an
ecosystem and presents a direct threat
to our native species the macaws in
Miami have been here a few decades and
they’ve also been observed to nest in
South Florida but they’re so reliant on
the urban ecosystem within Miami that I
think it’s unlikely that they’re going
to become invasive throughout South
Florida these are wild birds whether
they’re in the native range or not these
are wild birds they have grown up in the
wild and they eat they nest in the wild
I will use the word poaching because
what else is it to take something a
magnificent wild animal from its mates
from its flock from its habitat and lock
it into a cage usually for breeding and
never let it out again it’s it’s cool
beyond belief
[Music]
the public is our eyes and ears report
poachers if you see somebody with a
ladder and and a neck gun you need to
call the police
[Music]
Coral Gables Pine Crest Coconut Grove
Key Biscayne
we all have bird sanctuary laws that
protect the parents we should enforce
the third sanctuary laws they are being
yram is one of the best places in the
world there’s tropical lizards there’s
tropical birds or tropical plants and I
definitely think Miami would lose part
of its charm if the macaws were to
parents should be parents and that means
that if they are a pet parrot they have
a loving bearing home but if they’re
these birds are my life they are my love
I must have a strong maternal instinct
that I just want to keep them safe and
then keep them salaried and keep them
fed if you’d been John
I want them flying free
[Music]
you [Music]
they make my day
the French say that love begins with a
coup de foudre or a thunder fight mine
began with a hurricane 1992 my daughter
and I heard the call of a well macaw and
the mangrove across the street we
dropped in and save the bird and that
bird became the love of my life I didn’t
know I was a parent lover until Big Bird
landed so to speak into my life right
now it’s a little bit like admitting to
you no statue of alcohol in the garage I
have six large macaws and what happened
was every time there was a macaw meeting
a home I said yes in addition to the
birds that I live with I am so blessed
to have these wild macaws come into my
backyard every single day
you know the first day they arrived I
was cleaning cages out in the patio and
the funny thing was is my blue and gold
macaw gave out the macaw greeting call
but then she said for good measure hello
pretty Birds I guess in Miami and pays
to be bilingual the first time I ever
saw a blue and yellow macaw in Miami was
always driving along I saw this flash of
electric blue above my car and it blew
my mind
it was my first-ever week in Miami and
really introduced me to what a fabulous
places there was mental died it was even
ranked home to talk about it
the great thing about Miami right is
that those things keep happening the
non-native carrot community in South
Florida is absolutely wild there’s more
than 10 species which are fairly
abundant and easy to observe they all
interact with each other and with native
species it’s really a unique situation
[Music]
blue and yellow macaws come from Central
and South America most large parrots
range quite widely across the natural
forest ecosystems where they occur and
move between fruits in trees and take
advantage of those trees where the fruit
is particularly right to eat at that
time in Miami that can be replicated
fairly well because there’s a lot of
ornamental tropical plants scattered
across the city you know where the
almond trees are they know where the
point Fianna trees are they know where
the feeders are if ships nesting sees
and I’ll get them in pairs or one a
couple of times a day but this time of
year that I can get as many as 11 or 12
it just makes my day to see them flying
free and that’s why I’m so distraught
that this magnificence is going to be
lost that these birds are not going to
be anymore if the birds do not come I am
petrified
I am so terrified that they’re being
poached because so many have disappeared
in the eight years since 2010 they’ve
gone from 44 down to 12 there are ads in
Craigslist parrots wanted it’s a big
business down here it is a vile horrible
big business the major means they use to
to get these birds is that they climb
the trees with either cleats or ladders
and they take the baby birds the other
nut that they use is they buy $300 net
bonds on eBay
and they shoot in that 35 feet in the
air and they sell them broken feet and
all
I can’t even use the word poaching
technically it’s not illegal to take
parrots according to Florida Fish and
Wildlife as a non-native species it’s
not illegal it’s taken but
philosophically I don’t think it’s a
great idea
not all non-native species are
necessarily invasive an invasive species
is a non-native species that enters an
ecosystem and presents a direct threat
to our native species the macaws in
Miami have been here a few decades and
they’ve also been observed to nest in
South Florida but they’re so reliant on
the urban ecosystem within Miami that I
think it’s unlikely that they’re going
to become invasive throughout South
Florida these are wild birds whether
they’re in the native range or not these
are wild birds they have grown up in the
wild and they eat they nest in the wild
I will use the word poaching because
what else is it to take something a
magnificent wild animal from its mates
from its flock from its habitat and lock
it into a cage usually for breeding and
never let it out again it’s it’s cool
beyond belief
[Music]
the public is our eyes and ears report
poachers if you see somebody with a
ladder and and a neck gun you need to
call the police
[Music]
Coral Gables Pine Crest Coconut Grove
Key Biscayne
we all have bird sanctuary laws that
protect the parents we should enforce
the third sanctuary laws they are being
yram is one of the best places in the
world there’s tropical lizards there’s
tropical birds or tropical plants and I
definitely think Miami would lose part
of its charm if the macaws were to
parents should be parents and that means
that if they are a pet parrot they have
a loving bearing home but if they’re
these birds are my life they are my love
I must have a strong maternal instinct
that I just want to keep them safe and
then keep them salaried and keep them
fed if you’d been John
I want them flying free
[Music]
you [Music]
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