SFist: SFist Photo: The slightly more wild parrots of S.F.

suckafree

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:19:58 -0800

i have an idea... how about we ban feeding the homeless? a much bigger problem than these beautiful birds!

sparkletack

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:14:05 -0800

San Francisco has had many different flocks of birds like this since the early part of the century... they've come and gone, died out and deformed for decades. And since they are "foreign invaders" just as much as pretty much every one reading this blog, I say leave 'em in peace. (and as long as we're feeling didactic, the birds in this flock aren't parrots or parakeets... they are conures!)

bluecanary

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:05:46 -0800

No, don't get me wrong, there's no outrage. I love the parrots. They screech for hours outside my window every morning and I love it. I love watching them fly overhead. I just don't think humans should be messing with them because we could hurt them/they could get stolen and caged. (They *should* bite people who bother them)I just don't think it's a good idea to tame wild animals for our own enjoyment.

Dave

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:43:01 -0800

This is an outrage allowing them to fly over and annoy the residents of Telegraph Hill, pac heights etc, they are loud, obtrusive, un san franciscan, and based on a previous comment, dangerous. WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE???

Michael

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:01:37 -0800

They're not native, either. Parrots are cute, but will they become as ubiquitous (and despised) as pigeons are? If anything, the flock should be managed.

bluecanary

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:43:25 -0800

They should ban feeding of these parrots. Mark Bittner was an idiot for taming them in the first place. Now they'll just come and sit on anyone's hand (and they bite). Makes me wonder how many people have a "wild parrot of telegraph hill" sitting in cages in their houses. Wild animals are WILD. They're not here for our entertainment.