
Parrots of Green-Wood Cemetery
The Atlas Obscura Podcast
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The Story of the Parrots
The parrots had to find a new home. They sniffed the air and they said, this is kind of like argentina. In the 18 fifties, greenwood was actually the number two tourist attraction in the entire united states,. So the parrots settled in the gothic spires on the cemetery gate and began constructing their nests. Inside each bulbous mass of twigs, there are multiple chambers, though the chambers themselves aren't connected.
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