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The Parakeet of City Streets, the Monk Parakeet

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Other areas of New York City where the parakeets were seen in 1970 included the upper East side of Manhattan, Great Kills, Staten Island, Ellis Island and the area around the Statue of Liberty. So, I flew to Chicago, where my daughter directed me to Washington Park in New Hyde Park, the area of Chicago where the University is located.

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Rare Birds: The Extraordinary Tale of the Bermuda Petrel and the Man Who Brought It Back from Extinction–A Review

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Articles on the Bermuda petrel have appeared in scientific journals and popular birding magazines, and Wingate has been the subject of articles in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and has received the Linnaean Society’s of New York prestigious Eisenmann medal. photo of Elizabeth Gehrman: Ingrid Skousgard, 2012.

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Best Bird of the Year 2013

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As 2013 draws to a close we here at 10,000 Birds thought that it would be a great idea if we, like we did in 2010 , 2011 , and 2012 , shared our Best Birds of the Year. My fiance and I drove nearly two hours to the Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area in rural Indiana to watch them come in for the evening.

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