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University of Florida

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — When monk parakeets began to infiltrate the United States in the 1960s, some feared they would ravage farm crops as they often had in their native South America.

That never happened, but the birds did cause a different kind of problem: They built huge, heavy nests atop power substations and utility equipment, causing power outages, fires and countless headaches for utility companies from Florida to Washington. Read on…

The Ledger by Tom Palmer

Black-hooded Parakeets have arrived in Lakeland. This photo, which was shot recently in The Ledger parking lot by staff photographer David Mills, is the first evidence of this species presence in Polk County in many years. There are established colonies of these exotic birds in St. Petersburg and elsewhere in Florida. Read on…

By George Moore - Meriden Record-Journal

WALLINGFORD - Their ancestors were from South America, but monk parakeets have made their way to Wallingford. Read on…

Free Press Leader

ANGRY residents are calling on the State Government to cull cockatoos in the hills as a last resort if damage to their homes continues. Read on…

Messenger Community News

CORELLAS plaguing Old Noarlunga will be trapped and euthanised with gas, although there is an alternative in this wedge-tailed eagle or a falcon.

Onkaparinga Council voted last week to work with the Old Noarlunga Commercial & Residents Association (ONCARA) to establish a “trap and gas” program to deal with the town’s annual corella population that has been estimated at 10,000 birds. Read on…

The Daily Times By Stephen Keller

A local restaurant recently began hosting a pair of unexpected patrons.

About three months ago, two light green parrots moved into the palm tree in front of the Acapulco Mexican Restaurant on Sidney Baker Street. The couple’s tree-side suite comes complete with shade and a prime view of the drive-thru.

“Its pretty unique,” said David Cockrill, general manager and part-owner. “It looks like a big, much sturdier hornet’s nest.”

The restaurant planted the palm trees when it moved to the location 25 years ago, but Cockrill said these are the first parrot tenants. Read on…

Stewart Metz, director of the Indonesian Parrot Project/PBW, send us some wonderful images of wild parrots in Jakarta. The images were made by his associates, Dudi Nandika and Dwi Agustina of the Indonesia-based (NGO) Konservasi Kakatua Indonesia. Read on…

Ken Dixon - Connecticut Post

NEW HAVEN — A Superior Court judge on Wednesday reluctantly rejected an attempt to stop the United Illuminating Co. from capturing and killing monk parakeets that nest in utility poles near Long Island Sound. Read on…

By Mel Fairhurst - Bradford Telegraph Argus

Elvis the parrot has got a Bradford village all shook up. Read on…

Ken Dixon the Connecticut Post

Animal lovers call them a colorful part of the urban ecology, but the United Illuminating Co. wants a state judge to declare Connecticut’s monk parakeet population a tenacious threat to public health and safety. Read on…