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The Parakeet of City Streets, the Monk Parakeet

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According to a December 1970 article in the New York Times , there was a flock of 9 to 12 birds in Fort Tilden. 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.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

The United States Department of Agriculture has been broken for a long time, and it is clear that it cannot protect the American public from illness and death from contaminated meat products. Mary Ellen Croteau Chicago, Dec. This is not unlike what we hear from financial institutions trying to track (or not) derivatives.

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Bird Deaths in Washington DC Lead to Calls for a Lights Out Program

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Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. The proposal from U.S. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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