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The Parakeet of City Streets, the Monk Parakeet

10,000 Birds

We got them,” I say happily to the three members of my 2011 Christmas Bird Count team, strung out along the path traversing Powell’s Cove Park. According to a December 1970 article in the New York Times , there was a flock of 9 to 12 birds in Fort Tilden. Some articles speculate that the nests offer protection against the cold.

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Birding and Safari-ing South Africa with the ABA

10,000 Birds

There were birders from a wide cross-section of the United States: Colorado, Ohio, Idaho, Iowa, Wyoming, Washington State, Pennsylvania, New York State, New Jersey, California, Texas, Florida. The leopards place their kill in a tree, protecting it from poaching by other predators. Struik, 2011).