The Parakeet of City Streets, the Monk Parakeet
10,000 Birds
JULY 21, 2014
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. Happily, there is absolutely no evidence, scientific or anecdotal, to support Monk Parakeets as agricultural pests in the United States.
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