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The Parakeet of City Streets, the Monk Parakeet

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But it is most probable that the birds are released or escaped pets. One article states that by the end of the 1960′s, over 16,000 Monk Parakeets a year were being imported into the U.S.**. There are a lot of pet psittacines out there that escape or are released. Not many survive, and very few flourish. and Sam Logue.

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The Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)

10,000 Birds

But, as I have already shown in one of my two posts about visiting Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge, that is exactly what the boat load of birders I was with got the chance to see way back at the beginning of March. Green Iguanas range from southern Mexico and the Caribbean islands to South America and are relatively common.

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