From Christiane Koszka
hoenerlage@labor-keeser-arndt.de
London is not the only northern European city with a flock of green parrots
(Feedback, 28 February, and
Letters, 14 March, p 60). We have a flock of about
20 here in Hamburg, Germany. They seem to have lived happily in the valley of
the river Alster for years now.
The story is that a pair of them escaped a few years ago. The female was
recaptured, and the male sat alone and sad in front of her window. Out of pity,
the owners let the female go again.
A very romantic story. Hamburg loves them.
