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Five Places In Southern Brooklyn To See Exotic Wildlife [Photos]

We’re all familiar with pigeons, starlings, and house sparrows, and we all still smile when we see a particularly cute squirrel, but did you know that Southern Brooklyn is home to a vast array of seemingly exotic wildlife? Right above our heads, hawks and falcons fly! And right behind

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5 Things You Might Not Know About The Green-Wood Parrots

Frequent visitors to Green-Wood Cemetery [http://www.green-wood.com/] are accustomed to seeing (and hearing) the brilliant green quaker parrots, aka monk parakeets, flitting about the gothic brownstone gate at its entrance. But here are some things you may not know about these Brooklyn immigrants. 1. Where Did They Come