Who knew parrots have gone rogue in Cologne??
A travel addict's life and love in Germany
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I'm a Europhile living with my German boyfriend ("The Mann") and splitting my time between Cologne and the Frankfurt area, Germany.
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A travel addict's life and love in Germany
Who knew parrots have gone rogue in Cologne??
I'm a Europhile living with my German boyfriend ("The Mann") and splitting my time between Cologne and the Frankfurt area, Germany.
They are all over Wiesbaden as well! I don’t remember seeing them in years past, so it makes me wonder why we’re seeing them all over now…
These look to be Indian Ringneck parrots (also called parakeets). They are very common in Britain. Would be interesting to know if they migrated or were introduced in Germany.
I have no proof to corroborate this, but was told that the parrots are the descendants of rogue parrots that flew the Botanische Garten coop decades back. They don’t migrate and tend to hang out in the Nippes/Niehl/northern areas so I *kind of* believe it. That, and that when we first visited the Botanical Gardens years ago, there were no cages around the parrots. It may just be an urban legend but it’s a nice one.
My sister told me about them, but I’ve never seen them
She told me the same story that C mentions above – excepts her story started in the zoo. Either way, they seem to have multiplied 