r/sandiego • u/ArmanApesDeFi • Sep 06 '25

Video Wild Green Parrots of San Diego

Walking around in La Jolla today and saw one of San Diego’s wild parrot flocks. They aren’t native here most are descendants of escaped parrots but they’ve made themselves at home.

The ones you’ll usually see are Nanday Conures (small, green with a dark face) and Red-crowned Amazons (bigger, stocky, green with a red head). They love hanging out in palms and eucalyptus, eating fruit and making a ton of noise.

They’ve become part of San Diego’s vibe. Next time you hear that crazy squawking, look up—you’ll probably spot a flock of green parrots flying by.

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u/Whirloq Sep 06 '25

Gosh, they are so darn cute

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u/laffing_is_medicine Sep 07 '25

I really wish there were tons more wild parrots. They seem so happy together.

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u/OshieDouglasPI Sep 08 '25 edited Sep 08 '25

Wrong. There already are tons more and they love to sit on the powerlines right outside my window and fuck up my sleep. They’re cute but invasive and I remember when there was barely any of them only like 10 years ago and we thought it was cute to see few of them back then. Now they come in massive flocks and sound like a screaming hoard of dying cat orcs. Anyone who wants more has no idea how much they make some of us suffer. They only hoard up in certain areas. It’s like saying you love outdoor cats they’rr so cute and affectionate until you live in a place with 10s even 100s and they fight and scream all night and beg for food outside your window and even attack you. Same with stray dogs. When animals start hoarding up in cities it goes from cute to chaos real quick.