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Summer Books for Kids (and the rest of us)

10,000 Birds

Parrots Over Puerto Rico is a wonderland of colors and shapes. The story of the Puerto Rican Amazon, also known as the Puerto Rico Parrot, Parrots Over Puerto Rico is illustrated with deeply hued collages created by Susan L. The parrots called as they looked for deep nesting holes in the tall trees. Other Europeans came.

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Bird Migration and Conservation Meet at Selva Bananito, Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

We might not get the variety of a New Jersey autumn but we do get major numbers of species that winter in South America. The next time you see a Bay-breasted Warbler in May, know that it might be singing its heart out because it was able to use habitat at Selva Bananito and other protected areas in Costa Rica.

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The Parakeet of City Streets, the Monk Parakeet

10,000 Birds

Monk Parakeet is the only parrot species that builds its own nest. Some articles speculate that the nests offer protection against the cold. I have not heard any reports of Monk Parakeets at bird feeders in New York City, or in New Jersey, where they have a colony in Edgewater, Bergen County.) And cell towers.

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