I took this photo on a road trip from Washington to Minnesota. My good friend and college roommate Justin and I were road tripping it across the West and decided to stop at Yellowstone National Park for a bit. When we left the park, we ended up on some lesser known state highways before we found our way back to I-94. Anyway, it was completely worth it to go a bit out of our way since we stumbled upon this nice little scene.
Theories and myths abound on how these parrots came to claim Pasadena and surrounding towns as their home. A heavily accepted story by longtime residents of the area is that they were part of the stock at Simpson’s Nursery on East Colorado Blvd. in the Lamanda Park area. The nursery was burned down in 1959, and the parrots were thereby released to forage in the lush Pasadena area. It is also possible that some parrots moved northward from their normal range in central and northern Mexico as human habitation in the Pasadena area created artificial habitat in which the parrots could survive. Among their favorite foods are the berry kernels of the cedar trees that grow in great abundance around Pasadena.
We were strolling through the gardens when we heard some loud birds up in one of the larger trees, here’s the highlights from my brief sighting. Click to bigify. The last picture are some friends of the parrots, hanging out together.
This weekend I was lucky enough to be invited to Breakfast with the BOFAs at BOFA and Cheyennes swanky Silverlake place. Everyone had a great time, I wish I had taken more pictures. I thought I would share this nice camera phone pic of the incredible french toast creation in the works. This was before the bourbon-pecan topping was applied, which was amazing. Do yourself a favor and follow the link to look at the full menu. Hopefully more of these events will be happening in the future (with more pictures next time, I promise).
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