Nests removed but monk parakeets here to stay
April 12, 2007 — Filed in: Feral, Naturalized and City Parrots
The United Illuminating Co. has completed its spring-cleaning program, ripping down monk parakeet nests from nearly 70 utility poles in southwestern Connecticut.
But these tenacious green birds, South American invasives that have lived in colonies along Long Island Sound’s coast since the early 1970s, are already rebuilding their stick homes as they head into their egg-laying season.
