The Parakeet of City Streets, the Monk Parakeet
10,000 Birds
JULY 21, 2014
I grew up in Whitestone, and though the birds were not around at that time, I love the fact that they decided to populate this particular area of New York City. According to a December 1970 article in the New York Times , there was a flock of 9 to 12 birds in Fort Tilden. Not in Whitestone, that came later.
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