Found: Budgee bird
20
May
5/20/2008:
Is this your birdie?
“Hi 411,
This little bird ended up on our back porch this morning. We were able to coax it into a cage with food. It is clearly someone’s lost pet. Could you please post it and they can contact us at julie@harariville.com“
1. resident337 | May 20th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
On two separate occassions, I have seen loose parakeets in Hoboken (one blue and white and one yellow and white). Both times were near the corner of 1st and Jackson. The first time I saw one, I actually called animal services (no answer/response) to see if they could catch it. I also walked around asking neighbors if they had lost a pet. A police officer saw me and stopped to help - went to the pet store on the corner and got some bird seed… all to no avail. We could not catch it and it was clear that it did not have clipped wings (as a pet would) b/c it flew up into a tree.
The second time I saw one (a few weeks later), I realized that it couldn’t just be a coincidence and that this bird was likley also not someone’s pet. My question is: what is going on with parakeets “in the wild” in Hoboken? Has anyone else seen wild parakeets? I truly think that both of those birds “escaped” or were purposely released from the pet store on the corner of Newark and 1st St.
I just don’t see how else there could have been 2 parakeets on the same corner that were lost pets.
2. moephab | May 20th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
There is a Parrot colony in Edgewater just past Trader Joe’s. They are nesting in the trees and in the bank sign. Apparently they can survive the winter
3. mercy | May 20th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
resident337 wrote:
That is so strange. I found a parakeet on 1st and Jackson about 3 years ago. I took it in till I found a home for it.
4. Sandwich | May 20th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
moephab wrote:
The urban Edgewater parrots seem to be getting sidetracked a lot this year…
5. C_Lass | May 20th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
FYI, that’s not a budgie. Budgie is short for budgerigar which is a type of parakeet. That is some kind of finch.
6. strand tramp | May 20th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
wy, it’s a norwegian blue! lovely plumage…he’s pining for the fjords.
7. Easy-E | May 20th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
That’s a finch, not a parakeet or a budgee.
8. Easy-E | May 20th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
oops beat me too it C_Lass… Didn’t see your post.
9. kal-el | May 21st, 2008 at 7:14 am
if you ever find a parakeet i would be glad to help i’ve been raising them by hand for over 20 years now. i know we have different fews on this forum but when it comes to parakeets i will be glad to help..i dont know too much about finch’s so im gonna pass on this one ! so if you ever see parakeets around just let 411 know and i will be glad to help im sure there’s a way 411 can reach me…
10. VoodooChild | May 21st, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Looks like an Eastern Goldfinch - The State Bird of NJ. javascript:SJB_appendSmiley(’
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