The Parakeet of City Streets, the Monk Parakeet
10,000 Birds
JULY 21, 2014
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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