FEATHERS GET RUFFLED AT RIVERSIDE CAFE

Posted on September 17, 2014 at 9:41 pm by West Sider

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A parrot relaxed on Wednesday night at the Pier I Cafe at West 70th street inside Riverside Park. It sipped liquid (Chardonnay?) from a plastic cup and took in the sights, boldly wearing white after Labor Day. And like all parrots it probably ordered exactly what the person before it ordered.

Thanks to Bette Kerr for the photos.

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ABSURDITY, OUTDOORS | 7 comments | permalink
    1. SK says:
      September 17, 2014 at 10:48 pm

      That’s actaully a cockatoo — a Moluccan, I think. They’re in the parrot order but a different family.

    2. Paul RL says:
      September 17, 2014 at 10:51 pm

      Polly want a Cakebread? Paulie does!

    3. BT says:
      September 18, 2014 at 8:14 am

      There are signs up in Riverside Park about a cockatoo that got away. Maybe this is the one. Anyone have the contact info from the sign?

    4. Nancy Wahlin says:
      September 18, 2014 at 10:44 am

      Correction: This bird is a cockatoo, not a parrot.

    5. Liz says:
      September 18, 2014 at 8:47 pm

      Possibly belongs to this guy https://www.flickr.com/photos/lizpatek/14452437332/

    6. Dan says:
      September 22, 2014 at 4:47 pm

      This is unacceptable! I want to go back to a time when this neighborhood wasn’t gentrified by giant exotic birds!

    7. mharris says:
      December 30, 2014 at 2:50 pm

      glad to see the bird is wearing a harness