Their squawk sounds like thumbtacks going down a trash disposal. Their habit of nesting on power lines causes blackouts and millions of dollars in damage. Yet the monk parakeets that have colonized ...
Monk parakeets have been flapping around Houston for around 50 years. Having logged just 20 years in the city myself, I feel some reticence calling them an invasive species. Yet, technically, the monk ...
Black-capped chickadees, dark-eyed juncos and cardinals congregate around a backyard feeder as birdseed falls to the grass like sprinkles. Suddenly, from the sky comes a flash of vivid green and blue, ...
EDGEWATER — PSE&G plans this week to remove about 30 monk parakeet nests along their utility poles in Edgewater, Fort Lee and Leonia, the Record reported. The parakeets caused a four-hour power outage ...
The original version of this story contained an error: Although the state regulation was updated March 1, monk parakeets have been a prohibited species since 2002. A tropical bird with an affinity for ...