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The Parakeet of City Streets, the Monk Parakeet

10,000 Birds

These are extremely large stick structures (some articles compare the largest ones to the size of a car) that are usually populated by multiple breeding pairs in separate chambers. Some articles speculate that the nests offer protection against the cold. Urban parakeets in Northern Illinois: A 40-year perspective.

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