In 1050 Brussels there is a square called the Arezzoplein. In one to several trees hangs a large bag or something of that nature built from branches and something like clay. In it live parrot-like birds on the back colored green and below more light gray or beige and a flesh-colored curved beak. Well, these bags, which are their commune nest
A plate devoted to this bird hangs next to the entry to Tenbosch park in Vleurgatsesteenweg in 1050 Elsene. Its name is Myiopsitta monachus or monk parakeet, Quaker parrots … The large bag from the introduction of this post, their communal nests, are woven with sticks and twigs. Just try to find them in Tenbosch park also! The sand that it can contain, is caught by the twigs when there is wind. They are much bigger than 5 feet! A foot is namely 30,48 cm. The biggest bag I was talking about can best be 3 m. While I’m just talking a population in in a small city as brussels (little bit more than 1 million inhabitants and quite some higrise!). This bird must evolve or probably always have species [genoten] in greener habitats.
These nests at place d’Arezzo in Brussels ARE AT LEAST 19 YEARS OLD! They are in Brussels from 1979 following the Brussels environment organisation (link). The nest is like a kangaroo home where many families live together. It has specialized rooms of different kinds. There are rooms for sleeping and breeding.
I thought that the difference with humans is that they will never use there own saliva while animals do that continuously. I am someone who always tries to put a human on completely the same place as an animal but I fail on this point. There must be animals who can build their nest without, a simple example is a sparrow (?) that makes a very messy nest. I’ve never come upon a more complicated example.
Embed-map.com is too good! When you click on the link to look at a bigger map, and inside on a random point on the picture of the birds at place d’Arezzo, you can watch a movie to see the monk parakeets there locally at work, probably Google’s latest tool.
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