Wild Quaker Parrots

A few years ago, I made some "nature videos" with my new video camera. Editing has always been sort of a hobby for me and thought it would be nice to put some music to some of my recordings. The first video is of the pond when it was first established. Little Jamie & Oliver were just tiny babies that were under the 4 inch law. They were adopted so we were able to take them considering we had no kids and they would be in an outside pond. The pond has certainly gone through some changes since then. We had always planned on updating it over time. We had to do what we could afford, but I don't think fake plants and red & white rocks were necessary....DAD! Haha. None-the-less, I think the music video came out nice. It's very tranquel and relaxing.



For those of you who live in Louisiana, take a look up at the sky every now and then. I think you'll be amazed at what you see and even hear from time to time. What??? Is that a quaker parrot I see? It sure is. They've been flying around New Orleans and surrounding areas for a few years now. I noticed them after Hurricane Katrina. The tale is that a shipment got loose on their way to a pet store and since have been living freely amongst us. Apparently Louisiana isn't a bad place to live for a parrot. The weather is warm and they obviously survive the winters. At one time a bunch of them hung out in our backyard (I counted 19 once). I loved to just watch them hang around and make that God awful screaming noise. It felt like I was living in a tropical jungle. With a little patience and stealth, I was able to get close enough to film them. They were so beautiful I decided to put together a little video. Hope you enjoy it.

Oh, I thought the squirrel in the video was going to attack me! At one point, it started running in my direction. Yes, I was that close!