Animal Canada Killing South America 
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
It involves plate tectonics; and the separation of North America from South America and their eventual reconnection; and the end of the Cretaceous Era thanks to a big asteroid, and the movements of animals, including humans, in response to all of those things. Knopf, New York, $30 (U.S.); $40 (Canada).
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. This echoes their behavior in their native South America, where they are known as agricultural pests who will eat and destroy crops.
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