"It never gets any easier. You just go faster." ---Greg Lemond
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30.11.07

Chirp!

Saw the Jackson Park Monk Parakeets for the first time ever today.

Bright, bright green, and squawking loudly. Just hanging out with the geese and the pigeons.

They are descendants of pets that escaped in the 1960's and have adapted quite well to Chicago's climate.

At 33 degrees and 20 mph wind this morning, to see Parakeets mixed in, ruffled feathers all around, with the big, fat, lazy Canuck honkers was quite a treat and a reminder of the all quirky little ways that this city is one of the greatest in the world.

1 comment:

Tamara Fraser said...

You see those parrots riding your bike? You braving the weather, tough guy? I totally wimp out when Tom Skilling says the wind chill is in the single digits.