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The Parakeet of City Streets, the Monk Parakeet

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Some articles speculate that the nests offer protection against the cold. Document WEC257 of the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida / IFAS, [link]. ** Pruett-Jones, Stephen, et al. There are a lot of pet psittacines out there that escape or are released. and Sam Logue. Urban Ecosystems , Sept.

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Seabird City Spectacular

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A month later I had the chance to watch these impressive birds again, fishing off Cape Trafalgar in southern Spain. Kittiwakes are the noisiest of Bempton’s cliff nesters A Kittiwake collecting grass for its nest Today, thanks to protection, the Climmers are no more, and the auks and Kittiwakes nest unmolested.

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